VerTeDance and Divadlo Archa - Simulante Bande / Small Inventory 2013

In the production of SIMULANTE BANDE VerTeDance explores original ways of expression through movement based on the cooperation of a healthy and a physically disabled person. Choreographers Veronika Kotlíková and Tereza Ondrová have aimed to tackle at least a small part of the unexpectedly wide range of problems which disabled people face every day in an effort to lead a “normal” life. There is no need for them to act their extraordinary life experiences, they actually live them. Kotlíková and Ondrová aim to bring these experiences in a condensed and humorous form to the stage, to create a moving authentic work that will capture audiences with its subject matter and aesthetic beauty, to offer another perspective on the meaning of the term handicap.

“First of all we wanted to create a beautiful performance,” said Kotlíková and Ondrová. “We examined the female body, its beauty and appeal, its dimensions and individual limits. Limited motion became for us an inspiration and driving force, with the dancer’s often unseen limitations recast into unbelievable performances.”

The performance has led to the creation of the first ever dance wheelchair, which in addition to greater stability also eases and improves turning. It is also an interesting aesthetic element which the choreographers used during the creation of the visual form of the production. The original music for the performance was composed by DVA, which worked together with VerTeDance on the production of Emigrantes. The premiere will be followed by a discussion with the creators and performers.