Dance Evenings 5th part – for naked audience
– a cooperation between L1 Association and the Virtual Association of Naturists (NaVKE)

Choreographer/concept: Ladjánszki Márta
Composer: Varga Zsolt
Performers: Ladjánszki Márta, Varga Zsolt

Supported by L1 Egyesület, NaVKE, Bakelit MAC, EMMI, Derida Dance Center, Fabrik Potsdam, Műhely Alapítvány
www.martaatwork.com / www.L1.hu

Please note that the audience members (by buying their tickets) are agreeing upon being naked with the performer(s) during the performance. Please bring your own towel to sit on it.

Márta LADJÁNSZKI (H) studied classical ballet, gymnastic apparatus work and jazz- and modern dance in Budapest and in Vienna. In 1996 she was the co-founder of KOMPmÁNIA contemporary dance theatre company where Ladjánszki worked both as performer and co-choreographer. In 2001 she joined the L1 Association and has been acting as its artistic vice-director ever since. Being a freelance choreographer and dancer in Budapest she keeps on seeking opportunities to present her work in the field of contemporary dance to those who are open to and interested in her works of art and her provision for the human body.
“Her inspiration comes directly from the body itself and transforms the inner thoughts into visible pieces of information. Ladjánszki firmly believes that we are all different (not only physically) and this makes our lives richer. This is why she celebrates the body in every piece she creates.
“Body is the visible representation of personality” (Mary Starks Whitehouse)

Zsolt VARGA (H) is a musician, composer, multiinstrumentalist, sound and movement artist from Budapest, Hungary and chairman of L1 Association since 2011.

Feedback from the audience
“Unprecedented event. An exciting experience which I definitely want to continue.”

“It was my pleasure to be there and to take part in the performance. As I put it yesterday, a dream came true for me. I can hardly believe that it really happened. I’m grateful. It was fantastic!” 

“Contemporary Nude Dance in Budapest – Not for the first time, and not for the last! A place for both nude dancers and a nude audience. The idea came directly from Márta Ladjánszki who came into contact with one of the founding member of the Federation of Naturists in Hungary (FENHU), the Virtual Association of Naturists (NaVKE), more than 10 years ago. At that time, several successful dance performances were organised for naturist audience. In 2018, the idea was taken up again and a series of dance evenings was launched for a nude audience, as a cooperation of L1 Association with NaVKE.”
[Written by Rózsa Markács, Secretary-General of FENHU, translated by Ilona L’Homme]

“Not any performance is suited for the participation of naked performers and audience. Ladjánszki and Varga were clearly not adjusting the piece to the concept of nakedness, but from nakedness they created one – the awareness present in the whole work could only come true this way. The other side of the thing is the simple nakedness lacking all kind of multiple possibilities of connotation, which is rarely experienced, and created a strong communal encounter. “Show it”, “Let me see!” – in any way we translate the title, it revealed the joy of watching and mutual presence.
[Dorottya Albert 2018 – English translation by Simona Máthé Kiss]