RAPTURE
23Poems
23. 2. / 18.00 / PONEC
No language barrier / 55 min
Constant pulse, looking for life.
Shadows and light.
For light.
Four female bodies move through a landscape of vertigo, pulsation and exhaustion.
Choreography of shadows and light, nearness and absence, creates a living kaleidoscope that twists the audience’s perception of bodies’ presence, way of being.
Rapture is a ritual of effort — a conscious search for vertigo, for the moment when chaos and order can coexist. Through rhythm, light, and breath, the performance traces the fragile boundary between order and chaos, intimacy and exposure. In shifting shades of blue, Rapture becomes both a confession of a collective pulse, trembling at the edge of transformation.
Rapture invites the audience into a shared state of alertness and fragile sensitivity, where emotion becomes rhythm and rhythm becomes an encounter. What begins as a ritual of endurance expands into a meditation on being — on the constant effort to hold, to let go, and to find life again in the trembling afterglow.
Creative team
Concept: 23Poems
Choreography: Kristýna Peldová
Choreographic collaboration and interpretation: Eliška Benešová, Tereza Krejčová, Kristýna Peldová, Karolína Šnajdrová
Visuals, video projection, graphic design: Enya Belak
Dramaturgical collaboration: Aljoša Lovric Krapež
Music: Kristijan Krajnčan, Rok Zalokar
Technical realization: Matěj Kubíček
Production: 23 Poems Collective z. s.
Co-production: Tanec Praha z. ú. / PONEC – divadlo pro tanec
Photo by: Karolína Malá, Vojtěch Brtnický
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Supported by
The project is supported by: Prague City Hall, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, State Fund for Culture of the Czech Republic, Prague 8 City District, Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Prague.
We would like to thank the following for their cooperation in the creation of this project: Stodola Drozdov – František Fabián and Kateřina Lanči, SIRAEX Festival – Zora Breczková, ÚL Cultural Space – David Fejgl, Zuzana Sýkorová, Petra Blau, and all private donors who contributed to the realization of this project.
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