“SUNDAY contains Adrienn Hód, and some Bosch and Pasolini, as well (...) It's a kind of experience that the audience can't stay indifferent to. (...) To Hód, the audience are just as important, if not more important, than her dancers. She teases us, working on us until our thick shells open up, and we stand there waiting for the unknown, just like the performers in SUNDAY themselves. The visceral bodily experience, which arises from the self-disclosure and explosions of energy from the dancers, sweeps away all false illusions and ideas.” (Csaba Králl)

“We find ourselves in an uncertain, unknown place where we don't know our way around (...) Hód clears away the glaze from everything. (...) She does, in a relentlessly systematic way, exactly what her dancers have done for years: reaching for areas that are inappropriate, touching parts that are sometimes uncomfortable. But we have to see them. Because it's intriguing. Because it doesn't let us sit back. Because it helps us to know ourselves better.” (Ágnes Maul)

“The company HODWORKS, after Grace and Solos, continues to think about the genre of dance, about its role, its future, the duality of performer and role, and last but not least about the process of reception. (…) SUNDAY is a theatrical self-reflection that doesn’t leave anything or anyone without a question.” (Klaudia Antal)

Self-reflection. Dance and us. What is the role of dance?  How does it affect the outside world? And how does it affect dancers themselves? What does it mean to be a dancer today? How does a dancer view a choreographer, and vice versa? What kinds of creativity exist? How does the work shape one’s personality, and on the other hand, how do personalities shape the work? Opinions on dance. Moral judgements on dance. Is dance dangerous? The legitimacy and comprehension of different cultural norms and value systems. What is immoral and what is not? Today it seems as if we have moved beyond such categorization, or have we… (?) Everything is permitted. But is everything really permitted? What is the future of dance? Utopian ideas. What is the point of dance?

Ábris Gryllus about the music of the piece:
The idea behind the score of SUNDAY was to create a musical atmosphere which is sacral, but disturbing and bitter. Clublike, but also relentless and pitiless towards the dancers and the audience. Therefore, at some point the whole musical progress started to gravitate towards the aesthetics of gabber. Not techno, gabber. Aggressive, street, ruthless and uplifting, visceral and sublime. Just like a football anthem. Part of the process was to analyze and deconstruct the genre. Then use significant elements of it on their own, as repetitive, almost meditative, but still uneasy skeletal patterns. The score is performed live in synergy with the dancing.

Performers and co-creators: Emese Cuhorka, Csaba Molnár, Marin Lemić, Jessica Simet, Zoltán Vakulya.
Lights: Miklós Mervel
Music: Ábris Gryllus
Costume and props: Csenge Vass
Dramaturge: Ármin Szabó-Székely
Management: Lilla  Eredics
Choreographer: Adrienn Hód

Special thanks: Lívia Fuchs, Péter Tóvay, László Kürti, PIM-OSZMI (The Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute) - Dance Archive

Co-producer: Trafó House of Contemporary Arts

Photo: Márton Mónus