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nonverbal physical theatre performance
Directed by: Varga Hunor-József
Performers: Varga Hunor-József, Veres Orsolya, Sipos Júlia
Set designer: Gábor Zsófia
Movement coordinator: Györgyjakab Enikő
Sound and lights: Sipos Júlia
Special thanks to: Made In Pata-Rât, Varga Ervin, Oana Mureșan
Synopsis:
Man. Woman. Man and Woman. Woman and Man.
In the words of someone, two people, once: they have made a mistake. It’s a very human story. About the tragedy of two very well-known individuals. It’s a very personal story and yet: how did it become so impersonal? We think of men as a group, women alike. We lack something personal to relate to. If we want to escape, or discover a need in ourselves that overturns established rules, society considers it a violation of the rules and punishes us.
What does a couple mean in our society? What is its task?
Our show does not seek the answer in the story of creation, it merely starts from it. It weighs up the power and pity in our relationships, self-realisation and the search for intimacy, human fragility and brutality, the power of desire and the desperate appearance of normality.
It creates a non-judgmental reality in which the viewer can easily find their place. It is a subjective, intimate, apolitical reality that does not seek ethics. It is a creation that is not masculine or feminine, only human.
Eva. Adam. Man. “Done!”
Premiere date: Saturday, 18.12.2021, 7 p.m.
Premiere venue: ZIZ art and social area, Paris street no.5-7, Cluj-Napoca
Performance financed by the Communitas Foundation and the Bethlen Gábor Fund.
Balázs Urbán: Changing Perspectives
in szinhaz.net, 30th August 2023
“The mythical elements of the story are often represented by modern, profane-looking tools, for example the movement is accelerated by small trampolines in the second half of the game. Although Hunor-József Varga and Orsolya Veress are not professional dancers, their movements are expressive and dynamic. The current question of the change and interchangeability of conventional gender roles is explored in a subtle, witty and non-didactic way.”
The Sixth Day: no self-blame and scapegoating
in Magyar Nemzet, 17th May 2023
“The symbolism of the Sixth Day may be familiar: the Bible attributes this day to the creation of man, which is a quick, barely detailed event, out of which the whole history of mankind was then spun. Now, however, it was only this one day that was of interest to us: man himself was created in six phases – in six days on the sixth day. He played, he discovered his body, the world, the body of others, the shared pleasures of the body, the pleasure of movement, and finally, consciousness. In József Varga-Hunor’s arrangement, the apple would have been too mainstream: let it be jelly! It was as if the Woman and the Man had eaten brains.”
Tőkés Hunor: The creation of man and a performance, in which gender roles change
transindex.ro, February 02, 2022
“While the show seeks to present the religious creation, it associates this ancient story with one of the controversial topics of our time, namely the gender stereotypes and gender roles. During the show, this is placed in several ranges of interpretation with a creative symbol system.”
Fazakas Réka: Presenting the creation
jatekter.ro, January 28, 2022
“The nonverbal, physical theatre performance focuses on the various questions of male and female existence: can there a clear boundary be drawn between the two forms of existence? How can stereotypes be decommissioned? Is the communication (or even transition, why not) possible between the two?”
