MYSTICAL SELF
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Premiere 18. 9. 2024 Komedie Theatre Prague
"Mystical Self" invites us to explore the depths of our inner world, embracing its mysteries, and look for solace while shadows dance and whispers echoes. It is a reminder that beneath the surface of our everyday lives lies a profound and infinite expanse, waiting to be discovered and experienced.
With a non-linear narrative, “Mystical Self” interconnects behavioral, expressions, and communicative similarities between beings. Edivaldo intuitively juxtaposes images and movement gestures, developed collectively with the dancers, inspiring them to delve into their own transformations and reach different character.
Credits:
Choreography, direction and concept: Edivaldo Ernesto
Performed by: Adam Sojka, Matilde Giacomelli, Léonard Vo Tan, Leo Terris, Lukas Benjamin Lizama Garrido,
Dalma Kitley
Music: Ivan Acher
Costumes: Simona Rybáková (creative collaboration Barbora Kotěšovcová)
Sound: Eva Hamouzová
Light design: Jan Hugo Hejzlar
Production: Soňa Hájek Bartková, Eliška Řezníčková
Photo: Vojtěch Brtnický
Co-production: Městská divadla pražská / City Theatre Prague
Supported by: Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Capital City of Prague, IDU, PerformCzech, EU Next Generations - funded by EU, Czech Recovery Plan
Improvisation Expert, Teacher and Choreographer born in Maputo (Mozambique). Based in Berlin since 2007. Since 2011 Edivaldo Ernesto had been immersed in the investigation and development of his Workshops: “Depth Movement” and “ Next Level”.
Interview with Edivaldo / Lucie Kocourková (Moderní divadlo no. 1, 2024/2025)
RIVIEWS:
"Mystical Self by Edivaldo Ernesto is a gut-wrenching statement that will not leave you in peace, but instead assaults your physical and mental receptors with incredibly obsessive vehemence.”
"Edivaldo Ernesto drives the raw expression of the performers to the edge of madness. And he does so with undisguised delight…”
"In Mystical Self, Edivaldo Ernesto draws you into the dark recesses of human souls, lost and immersed in a decadent flow of thoughts and emotions."
"Their performances, when the choreographer forces them to "touch their bottom", are magnificently mesmerizing."
LUCIE DERCSÉNYI / Taneční aktuality
