ICARUS - contemporary dance performance - MN DANCE COMPANY

Contemporary dance performance and choreographic work on the theme of Icarus by MN Dance Company.

Icarus’s story creates questions: Is Icarus heroic or reckless? The opinions have always been divided. Inside us, there is a fight between the mind and the heart. Some saw the fall, but others saw the flight – it depends on the gaze. Since our childhood, we learn to follow the precise rules that contribute to our survival and the survival of the social system. We must not excel and we must not fall below the average. Icarus, however, is the embodiment of human striving to reach beyond the limits of the possible, to find new options, to venture into the unknown, to discover new dimensions. And perhaps learn something from the fall. Creative souls have no difficulty identifying with the character of Icarus, who inspires. Artists have always wanted to go into the unknown, the impossible. The dancer’s wishes are to fly, to rise up to the sun. To fly high or low? Perhaps the middle is the best choice. The myth that has inspired many artists also inspires the dance performance produced by the MN Dance Company in collaboration with the SNG Nova Gorica.

Credits:
Choreographer and author of music selection: Michal Rynia, Nastja Bremec Rynia
Dancers: Nastja Bremec Rynia, Michal Rynia, Tjaša Bucik, Noemi Capuano, David Micu, Eri Nishibara, Matteo Palumbo, Robert Prein, So Yeon Shin, Luka Vodopivec
Video: Fabris Šulin, Urban Kosir
Concept authors: Michal Rynia, Nastja Bremec Rynia, Ana Kržišnik Blažica
Dramaturg: Ana Kržišnik Blažica
Scenographer: Aleksander Blažica
Photo: Aljoša Kravanja
Costume designers: Michal Rynia, Nastja Bremec Rynia, Tanja Zorn Grželj
Light designer: Matjaž Bajc, Samo Oblokar
Sound designer: Matej Čelik   
Recorded voice: Ana Facchini
PREMIERE: October 28, 2021, SNG Nova Gorica, big stage  

PRODUCTION: MN DANCE COMPANY

CO-PRODUCTION: EPK 2025, CD Ljubljana, Ministrstvo za kulturo Republike Slovenije, Mestna občina Nova Gorica, Gorizia Dance Festival Visavì