Tremula

Tremula is the first onstage encounter between acrobat Eliška Brtnická and dancer Martina Hajdyla. Working with director Jana Stárková, they mine pure physicality for the intersections in their artistic approaches, which are then developed further in collaboration with composer Ian Mikyska and visual artist Pavel Havrda.

Are we at the beginning or the end? We enter a situation that is already taking place. The final tremors, a fire dying out… a calamity of the elements or an ecstatic state? A state of absolute happiness or immeasurable suffering? Or simply daily exhaustion brought about by the mundanity of the everyday?
We must rest. Stay put for a while.
Where a fire raged only moments ago, now all is quiet. Bodies are exhausted, and time has slowed down.
Finally, rest. But how long can one endure it?

Living organisms’ perception of time changes. We aim to be as fast and productive as possible, yet we find value in permanence and durability. The root system from which we grow forms the foundation of our existence. We support each other and create a society. The malleable bodies that acquire strength over the course of the journey become stable pillars of support.

Concept and creation: Martina Hajdyla, Eliška Brtnická, Jana Stárková
Performance: Martina Hajdyla / Markéta Vacovská, Eliška Brtnická
Music: Ian Mikyska
Scenography and light design: Pavel Havrda
Costumes: Petra Vlachynská
Movement collaborator: Kristián Mensa
Music performed by: Ian Mikyska, Jakub Švejnar / Jaroslav Čermín Noga
Technical support: Sebastián Vích
Photographs: Alex Chudá, Vojtěch Brtnický, Michal Hančovský
Graphic design: Jozef Ondrík
Social media: Alice Krajčírová
Production: Eva Roškaňuková, Jiří Hajdyla / ME-SA
Co-production: Studio ALTA
Project partners: Cirqueon, REZI.dance, SE.S.TA

About the company

ME-SA is an independent dance platform producing original projects in the field of contemporary dance and working with Czech artists as well as international choreographers and performers. With a focus on the physicality and expressivity of the body and the medium of movement, we present artistic productions at a professional level with an unconventional approach to the dramaturgy and form of the artistic output.