The Eastern Bloc catwalk concert explores the socialist-communist past of Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland in an international co-production. Featuring extravagant costumes and vocal music accompanied by electronics, the performance gives a glimpse into a full day of a fictional country's only national TV channel on a special national holiday, Unification Day.
Catwalk Concert Productions proposes a brand-new concept created in 2015 by costume designer Fruzsina Nagy and music composer and conductor Dóra Halas to define the collaborative performances that do not strictly fit into any of the consecrated categories of the performing arts. In Hungary, the artist duo collaborates with the experimental choir Soharóza. Soharóza improvises with the human voice, language and movement, exploring different areas from folk music to composed pieces, constantly searching for new forms and sounds.
Performers:
TV announcer, singer: Kata Pető
Members of Soharóza:
Petra Al-Farman / Fanni Eckhard
Szaffi Asbóth / Luca Perényi
Judit Biksz / Borbála Tamási
Ilona Liliána Birtalan / Dóra Rácz
Tamás Bogdán / Máté Szilvay
Sarolta Eörsi / Lilla Nagy
Dániel Jankó / András Sipos
Roland Karosi / Lóránt Kégl
Endre Kertész / Tamás Tárnoki
Ákos Lokody
Sarolta Majkut / Zsófia Nagy
Kata Nagy / Júlia Simon
Zsófia Remes / Anna Sebők
László Somogyi / Bálint Szalontai
& Soharóza Cloud Choir
Children: Abigél Gál, Sebestyén Gál, Julianna Nagy
Music: Dóra Halas, Ákos Lovász
Sound design: Ákos Lovász
Text: Sarolta Eörsi, Dora Kaplarova (CZ), Orsolya Matejčuk (SK), Anna Veress, Agnieszka Wolny-Hamkalo (PL)
Dramaturge: Anna Veress
Costume designers: Zuzana Hudekova (SK), Dorota Kuźniarska (PL), Fruzsina Nagy, Simona Rybakova (CZ)
MAII. students of the Scenography Department – Hungarian University of Fine Arts:
Hanna Erős, Réka Fülöpp, Betti Király, Alíz Kovács, Zsófi Jákóhalmi, Panna Kárpáti, Kata Dorka Bense
Assistants to the Costume designers: Veronika Keresztesová, Grzegorz Łabuda (PL), Dominika Mészáros
Set designer: Juli Balázs
Assistant to the Set designer: Luca Kata Fehér
Choreography: Joanna Jaworska-Maciaszek (PL)
Media design: Máté Bredán, Šimon Caban (CZ)
Light designer: Ján Ptačin (SK)
Technical director: Tibor Kiefer
Assistant to the Technical director: Lóránt Kégl
Sound: Dávid Kovács
Communication: András Sipos
Assistant to the Directors: Diána Laky
Manager: Alina Karnics
Directed by Dóra Halas & Fruzsina Nagy
Producer: Catwalk Concert Productions | Project partners: Action Group (PL), Pro Scena (SK), COSDAT (CZ)
Supported by: Visegrad Fund, i-Portunus, Magyar Telekom, LIBERTY Creative Europe Programme, NKA, Memento Park, Trafó
The performance is created in the framework of the Liberty international partnership with the support of the Creative Europe Program of the European Union.
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Creative Europe Programme EN |
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Liberty Festival |
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Visegrad Fund |
