András Szombathy
András Szombathy
Vigil is a dance performance we created to explore what the night changes in our perception.
Supporter: Workshop Foundation
Dancer and co-creator: Máté Asbót
Mentor: Tamara Zsófia Vadas
Music: Rozi Mákó
Light: Júlia Mohácsi
The end result was a highly associative piece that invited people to share a dreamlike experience. The play started with one hour in complete silence with continually dimming lights. Then, in complete darkness I read out an edited version of my visions. Electornic music artist Rozi Mákó’s composition slowly fading in followed, and my projected visuals slowly becoming more visible. Máté Asbót’s dance was the final and longest act.
Some quotes from the performance written by me, translated:
"(...) Train, the sound of a train. Hits me. I walk in, fly over the Danube. The water is cold, I rather not dive in. The steam is swirling, it turns to fire. Sore eyes, sleepiness aches. Tiring walks, rustling trousers, painful stories, tears. I need to cut my nails, I can't even scratch with them anymore. Rolling tufts, green as a pine forest. Dark bark-brown soil, somekind of warmth underneath. The green fades, the brown lightens. (...)
(…) Two ants waltzing intimately. Storm clouds gather, striking a tree or two. Thus the forest becomes a field. A little hilly landscape, all green and yellow. A large pit grows, the rain above it is left in peace. I'm lying in the middle of the pit, everything's rustling around me. Warm yellow lights. Outside, cold, carpeted floors, dark. (...)
(…) Plane-trees bobbing in the wind. Miraculously, not a single twig breaks off them, even though they are bending to the ground. They step out of the ground, walking with their roots along the winter shores of Lake Balaton.”