The Power Game
Andrea Miltnerová, Jan Komárek (Czech Republic)Venue in Daugavpils (230km from Riga)!
The Power Game is a bold, raw and provocative physical theatre performance dealing with manipulation and the abuse of power.
Lighthearted or deadly serious?
Real or surreal?
Absurd or rational?
Two agile old men in suits wrestle in a claustrophobically tight space defined by light. Their precise, stylised movement is both urgent and ridiculous, serious and satirical. Through strange games and associations attention is drawn to the danger of tacit acceptance of power structures and the consequent loss of control over one’s own life.
The piece was born out of a personal need to react to the disinformation surrounding Covid, climate change and the war in the Ukraine.
About artists
The artistic duo of dancer and choreographer Andrea Miltnerová and director, lighting and sound designer Jan Komárek has been creating together for fifteen years.
He experienced the dark years of communism in Czechoslovakia where he was employed in various mundane jobs as well as following a keen interest in music and painting and at times performing as a clown and puppeteer. He emigrated to Canada and for over a decade lived and worked in Toronto where he formed Sound Image Theatre and created his own performances, combining movement, live music and lighting design. He also worked as a lighting and sound designer for other professional dance and theatre ensembles in Canada. He received several prestigious Dora Mavor Awards for Best Play, Best Set and Lighting Design and Best Music.
She was born of Czech parents in London, opted for a life of dance instead of sinology and came to Prague to dance with the National Ballet, consequently specialising in baroque dance and contemporary dance.
Their joint work is a combination of the instinctive creative adventurer and aesthete and the perfectionist in search of the impossible, tinged by a touch of nostalgia and a ‘touch of class’. In their creations movement, light and sound are inseparable elements and are created together.
Credits
Concept, directed and choreographed by: Andrea Miltnerová
Performed by: Andrea Miltnerová and Zden Brungot Svíteková
Lighting and sound design: Jan Komárek
Produced by: AM&C
Local producer: Marina Ivanova
Supported by: the Czech Ministry of Culture, the State Cultural Fund of the Czech Republic, Hellerau – European Centre for the Arts, Theatre na Cucky Olomouc, Dance Prague, Cultural Centre Mlejn
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Accessibility: limited
The building is not adapted for people with mobility impairments. It is not possible to enter the premises from the main entrance – there are several steps to climb and no suitable ramp has been built. To get to the event venue, you have to use the staff entrance, which is difficult to access – there is a narrow hallway and two wooden thresholds. Without the help of an assistant, access is difficult. The restrooms are not accessible. The nearest adapted facilities are available at the Latgola Hotel or Daugavpils University.