Yuri Korec
Primate’s Palace Courtyard
Price: FREE
The Pulse of Pressburg
The premiere and reruns of a multimedia site-specific dance performance, starring both professional dancers and dance enthusiast coming from different Bratislava communities. Together they will present both a multicultural history of the place in a multi-ethnic city and the diversity of the Bratislava communities.
Premiere:
7. 9. 2024 at 19.00 h
Reruns:
7. 9. 2024 at 20.30 h
8. 9. 2024 at 19.00 h a 20.30 h
The Pulse of Pressburg is a multimedia site-specific dance performance set against the authentic backdrop of architecture of historical building of Primate´s Palace.
The performance communicates with the audience through dance, contemporary sound, and visual design. The vibrant, colorful performance recalls the multicultural history of the city, evolving into a multi-ethnic dialogue. It reflects the present and dreams of a future that celebrates diversity.
The aim of this performative work is to revive the building of Primate´s Palace, a symbol of the city.
The scenic design communicates in opposition to the theme. The colorless white ribbon is like censorship that wants to hide the variety of history, present and future of Bratislava´s culture, but even it will not resist the captivating rhythm of bodies and will paint itself with all the colors. The goal is to introduce performative art as an integral part of the city’s life and culture, engaging both the audience and passers-by.
Concept and choreography: Yuri Korec
Concept and dramaturgy: Miroslava Kovářová
Choreography and performed by: Silvia Bakočková, Lukáš Bobalík, Viktória Malá, Anja
Naňová, Lukáš Zahy
Scenography and visuals: Ondrej Zachar
Sound design: Matúš Bolka
Dance and performed by: Nancy Nguyenová, Miroslava Stašková, Aron Tesfaye, Jozef Vaľo
Production: Katarína Figula a Asociácia Bratislava v pohybe/Bratislava in Movement
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YURI KOREC
Performer and choreographer Juraj Korec, operating under the artistic brand Yuri Korec & Co., has
created, presented, and performed several successful full-length dance works. Recent works include
the duet about body memory d-BODY-m (2017), the performance lecture Solo not only for one
body and its sequel Nesólo (2018), and the multimedia solo Habibi 2196-18 (2018), which addresses
human rights. In 2020, he presented the full-length performance Sapiens Territory for seven
performers and one DJ at the Bratislava in Movement festival, exploring the theme of violence within
us.
Juraj is also a co-author of internationally awarded dance films directed by Jozef Vlk (Day, 2004) and
director Peter Bebjak (Darko, 2008, and voiceS, 2010). In 2018, Juraj successfully defended his
dissertation thesis on Body in the Context of Dance Performance. He currently works as an assistant
professor at the Department of Dance at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and as a
therapist of the somatic method Rolfing®. He is the first Certified Advanced Rolfer® in Slovakia and
incorporates his therapeutic and somatic practice into his choreographic work.
This year, his dance work PRÍBEH/The STORY premiered in an international co-production at the New
Synagogue of Žilina. In collaboration with Michaela Hučko Pašteková, he created the gallery
movement installation Ne-príbeh, preceded by a series of performance studies presented in Slovak
galleries, focusing on the dance body as an exhibition artifact.