F*cking Beautiful Spring

F*cking Beautiful Spring is inspired by endless listening to the oratorio El Niño by American composer John Adams, the rap verses of Kae Tempest and the musical ritual of the Saint Petersburg underground band Shortparis.

This story actually happened and has been kept alive through storytelling. It is a story about birth, a body within a body, a screaming whisper and sounds that shape space. This story was born while listening to music about a young Mary and her child. It is a story about the circles that must be crossed to rediscover oneself.

A sixteen-year-old girl opens the bathroom door. She opens a box containing a pregnancy test. Inhale. A descent into the depths of her loneliness. The circle of depth. Exhale. The girl returns to the living room. The circle of a spinning room. Exhale. Whispers on the ground: of rustling, of soft things, of spasms and contractions. The circle of running. Awaz from herself to nowhere. The circle of friendship. A descent into the purgatory of the subway. Staying in a circle with an undefeatable beast. Escalators. The sun has finally touched the girl’s hair. The circle of spring. Ritual. The circle of consecration.

The performance is accompanied by a binaural effect, which places the viewer at the centre of the spatial perception of sound and music thanks to two moving Robe Esprite lights that “dance” with Markéta Jandová.

About the company

Spitfire Company creates works of physical, visual and dance theatre and is currently one of the most progressive authorial theatre ensembles in the Czech Republic. The ensemble’s work is defined by the search for an original physical language for each performance, an emphasis on experiencing the performer’s state of being, which generates very present emotions, and dealing with human limitations and existential situations.