WITNESS
Climate change in its most poetic form.
Silent witnesses. In some places we have pushed them away completely. At the same time, during leisure time or fatigue, we take shelter in their shadow. Distinctive above the ground, strong below it. We have done them wrong many times, but they remain. They take care of their friends and relationships.
Trees.
„In her performance Witness Věra Ondrašíková adapts a moment of human silence to these »good and great creatures that only speak when people fall silent«, creating a poetic choreographic work in which the bodies of people and trees share a story and in which the artist and her collaborators silently call for empathy towards the world that, after all, provides us with the basic conditions of life.“
„It would be hard to imagine a more iconic site in twentieth-century theatre than the barren tree of Beckett’s Godot. A witness to time, its vicissitudes and defeats. Choreographer and dancer Věra Ondrašíková casts the tree in a series of dance roles in which it changes not only its functions, but also its miraculous times. It is a witness to an atmospheric dance tribute to the miracle of nature.“
- Rok Vevar, CoFestival
The show was awarded Audience Award on Czech Dance Platform 2022. It was put on the stage in these festivals: CoFestival in Ljubljana, Munich Dance Festival, Tel Aviv Dance Festival, Off Europa in Leipzig and others.
TRAILER
CREDITS
Concept and Choreography: Věra Ondrašíková
Cast: Jaro Ondruš, David Králík, Jakub Kohout
Dramaturgy: Marta Ljubková
Software Architect & Live Programming: Michal Rydlo
Music: Filip Míšek
Running time: 50 minutes
PARTNERS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Prague City Hall, State Fund of the Ministry of Culture, PONEC – Dance Venue, Tanec Praha, AV MEDIA, Dáda Němeček