MAJKA

An alien dance encounter with womanhood

Alien girl Majka is striving to become an emancipated Czechoslovak woman as she learns to embody feminine behavior from advertising, television and propaganda in the 1970’s Czechoslovakia.

In her childlike innocence, she finds roles that seem to contradict each other: the beautiful saint, the hard-working matriarch, fearless female citizen, and a celebrated heroine. Majka’s appearance transforms with her self realization and a study of womanhood turns into a statement. As images, objects and costumes take on new meaning, innocence converts into something dark and we see struggle between different cultural, social and personal female stereotypes, zooming into the differences and similarities between Eastern and Western European femininity.

PRODUCTION

Theater de Generator

CHOREOGRAPHY

Sandra Kramerová

VIDEO EDITOR AND DIRECTOR

Álvaro Congosto

LIGHTING DESIGN

Boaz van den Ban

SCENOGRAPHY

Sofie Moritz

VISUALS

Boaz van den Ban, Andre Lima, Álvaro Congosto

LIVE FEED OPERATOR

Álvaro Congosto

SOUND COMPOSER

Denisa Uherová

SOUND DESIGNERS

Denisa Uherová, Álvaro Congosto

ADDITIONAL SOUNDS BY

Nihilore, Suonho, FinalCrystine, aj_heels, Tyops, Rael Wissdorf, deleted_user_112280, Drakensson, shimsewn, thatjeffcarter, Gregor Quendel, Moulaythami.

PRODUCTION LEADER

Fayola Antonius

ARTISTIC ADVICE

Pavel Zuštiak, Ioana Tudor

PR & MARKETING

Erik Groenewold , PR image: Jurre Verhoog

LENGTH

55 minutes

SUPPORTED BY

Fonds Podiumkunsten and Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst

8 March 2023

Concordia / Enschede / Netherlands