Compagnie Pál Frenák (Hungary/ France)

Mennono/Fiuk (The Hidden Men) - Modern Dance

31/5 - 1/6/2007     Macao Cultural Centre Small Auditorium     100

Choreographer: Pál Frenák
Dancers: Kristóf Várnagy, Rolando Rocha, André Mandarino and Miguel Ortega
Music: Fabrice Planquette

Hungarian choreographer Pál Frenák challenges dancer Kristóf Várnagy with the role of Mennono, inviting the public into a world of reflections clothed in blue. In a piece drawing heavily on Japanese Butoh dance techniques, Várnagy creates tiny movements, combining mysterious gestures and the sign language of the deaf mute. The body belongs to diverse spaces as the blue fabric envelops it and pours forth from the stage to await the emotional response of the audience.

Fiuk on the other hand, questions the simultaneous existence of a rational and an instinctive creature within one body, while searching for the shadowy hiding place of man in the modern world.

(This programme contains some nudity)

“Pál Frenák knows how to capture the attention of his audience, creating a sometimes strange, emotional and captivating environment - surrounded by magnificent dancers - in every sense of the word.”

Le Figaro

Duration: approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes, including one interval