L1danceFest 2021 – 20 years! The LAST CONCERT

Movement-based International Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts

20th annual edition organized by L1 Association in Budapest

September 1 – 5 2021

September 2. 2021 Thursday

12.00 – 18.00 DÖRGICSE, at the picnic place called Boldog Asszony

Let’s spend the day together, get to know each other, remember, meditate together; while we may encounter pop-up performances. Free of charge event.Pop-up performances by András Déri, István Kovács, Márta Ladjánszki, Zsolt Varga, Flóra Veres

With the ticket you buy here you can travel with the mini bus, departing from Bakelilt MAC at 10.00 am and come back at 18.00 to Bakelit MAC where you can joion the evening program as well. The price covers the minibus and the eveing shows.

András Déri: Fidelio introduction

Concept/performer: András Déri

Supported by L1 Association, EMMI, ‘Köszönjük, Magyarország! Program’

The performance was initiated by Cocoon Dance in the frame of BeatBeethoven at the BTVN2020 Festival June 2020 and was touring afterwards with the support of the Köszönjük, Magyarország! Program in Hungary. A site specific performance with a framed structure drawing inspiration from the given space, the audiences and the overture of Beethoven’s Fidelio. 

András Déri: Research on the moment in one note

Concept/performer: András Déri

Music: Mihály Bazsinka

Supported by L1 Association, EMMI, ‘Köszönjük, Magyarország! Program’

An improvised performance with a simple structure and task for a single musician (playing saxophone) and a dancer giving a taste of the opening practice from my performance entitled “Mysterium Cosmographicum”. The first two minutes you can observe the saxophone playing one note and the dancer kneeling with the vocal cords resonating. Moving in a spiral the saxophonist approaches the dancer, then fades away. The next two minutes the dancerI reacts with a free-flow improvisation on the sound. After that the saxophone does the same and following that both merge into a collective improv observing what has happened previously.

István Kovács: Self therapy

Concept/performer: István Kovács

Supported by L1 Association, EMMI

September 2. 2021 Thursday

Bakelit MAC

19.30 Connecting V4 ART-IN-RES – Learn more about the residency places in Hungary for performing art, with the generous support of the International Visegrad Fund (IVF).

20.30 CONCERT – Zsoám Project (Ádám Márton Horváth, Zsolt Koroknai, Zsolt Varga)

Visual artist and musician Zsolt Koroknai and musician Zsolt Varga have been cooperating  previously on several contemporary dance performances and performative actions. Joining forces with musician Ádám Márton Horváth they represented the music section of “shoegaze”. All three of them are members of the L1 Association. 

This time they rejoin again to follow their concept of  “everything is music”. 

Ádám Márton Horváth (L1 member) has been creating music for movies and contemporary dance performances since 2009. In 2014 he was a resident artist of L1 Association and joined in 2015.

https://songsfromtheroom.bandcamp.com/ // https://donau.bandcamp.com/

Zsolt Koroknai DLA (L1 member) is a college professor and Munkácsy Mihály Award recipient. He researches the field of electrography, performativity on video and cross-art collaborations. Since 2013 he has been teaching merging techniques of film and animation, creative design, and mediagraphics at the Institute of Applied Art of the Budapest Metropolitan University. His professional activities include contemporary visual art, graphics, video installations, scenic work for contemporary dance productions, experimental music. He has been exhibiting regularly since the 1990’s. Since 2005 he has been researching cross-art 

collaborations in the frame of the Lektrónia performance series. Since 2000 he has created visualizations of several theater works, has been performing with formations playing experimental music. In 2012 he joined the L1 Association. Since 2002 he has been on the board of the MAMŰ Society and has been doing curational work. His art can be found in public collections, on public spaces and private collections as well.

https://www.youtube.com/user/ZSOKOROK

Zsolt Varga is a player of the saxophone, electric guitar and electronics, composer, sound and movement artist. Has been playing in bands such as McLoecky, Bálványos Társulat, Limited Timpani,  Tornaklub, Desert Chaos, MC Ribbentropp, The Pasztorz and a few other setups. He has been regularly composing and performing for and with choreographer Márta Ladjánszki and IPtanz. Member of the L1 Association since 2011.

Main organizer: L1 Association

Artistic director, curator: Márta Ladjánszki (L1-member)

Host: Zsolt Varga (L1-member)

Moderator of discussions: Márta Ladjánszki (L1-member)

Translation: Zsolt Varga (L1-member)

Co-organizers of the programs at the countryside: Márton Bauer (Dörgicse), István Kovács (Monor/Csévharaszt), Mária Nagy/Rózsa Markács (Délegyháza)

Video, photo documentation: István Kovács (L1-member), Balázs Lajti

Design: Anna Korolovszky

Main supporters: L1 Association, Ministry of Human Capacities (EMMI), National Cultural Fund (NKA)

Hosting/cooperation venues/partners:

Bakelit M. A. C., MAMŰ Gallery, ‘Egy Falu – Egy Város’ Association, Naturist Camping Oázis

Further supporters of the projects:

Artemisszió Intercultural Foundation, Be SpectACTive!, Creative Europe Programme, ZéróPlus Dance Studio, SkhyzoKhyno Studio, Fészek Fotó Stúdió, „Köszönjük, Magyarország!” program, International Visegrad Fund, National Cultural Fund of Hungary Imre Zoltán Program Ideiglenes Kollégium, NaVKE, Trans Europe Halles (TEH)

Media partners: CHB – Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, szinhaz.online, Táncművészet

The organizer reserves the right to make changes to the program.

More information: L1danceFest web-site / L1danceFest FB-site / L1 Association FB-site