Choreographer: Eléonore Valère Lachky Performers: Sven Bahat, Andreja Jandrić, Luka Švajda, Una Štalcar Furač, Laszlo Takacs Music: Art Blakey, John Zorn Lighting designer: Mario Vnučec Creative director: Liberdance / Rajko Pavlić Designer: Martina Granić Photograper: Damir Žižić The project was financially supported by: the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb City Office for Sports, Education and Culture
In collaboration with: Hrvatski institut za pokret i ples / Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance
PLEDGING FOOT, choreographed by Eléonore Valère Lachky, is based on the physical power and virtuosity of each dancer. The piece celebrates movement as a challenge and incorporates it in complex temporal and spatial structures. This is a dance piece of extremely high energy and optimism, in which the dancer's body enjoys and celebrates itself as the main means of expression that uncompromisingly masters a very complicated spatial syntax, giving it the so-called semantic part in every aspect, offering the audience a concrete meaning and inspiring curiosity. Two complementary systems stand out – speed and stability – and they are both present at the same time, helping each other. While working on this show, we focused on improving the skills of dancers in both directions as much as possible. The project was built on physical dance phrases that lead to a powerful kinetic experience during performance. The purpose of all these processes is to evoke creativity and imagination in dancers, in order to make their dance original and completely personal.
ELÉONORE VALÈRE LACHKY was born in 1979. She studied at P.A.R.T.S. She has worked with Wim Vandekeybus's Ultima Vez, Michèle Anne de Mey's Charleroi danses, Les Ballets C de la B, Emanuel Gatt, Kristiand Smeds, and Jan Lauwers's Needcompany, with which she is currently touring with The Deer House and The Art of Entertainment. As a choreographer, Eleonore is the author of Lands (Charleroi danses), Whirling (Trafo Theater, Hungary), and The Darling Scenes (La Balsamine, Belgium). Since 2009, she has been working with her husband Anton Lachky, assisting him on his three most recent creations.
LIBERDANCE was founded in 1979 by Rajko Pavlić, who is also its artistic director. Two components prevail in the work of the company: dance/educational and artistic/creative. Since the beginning, the Company has been committed to education, and its staff has taught a great number of dancers seeking professional recognition.
