Imagine a world where every single conflict is solved in duel….
Where women are fighting in the name of their honour…
Where every dispute is a matter of life and death…
Imagine…. how full of passion and honour the world would be…
In “DUEL” two female performers will face each other in order to stage a series of confrontations. They will challenge each other but as well the audience playing with stereotyped images of fighting woman. They will dare and will be daring searching fornuances that make a dispute become a duel, become a game, become a dance…
concept, direction, choreography
Agata Maszkiewicz
performance
* Agnieszka Dmochowska Sławiec, Karen Lambæk Christensen / ** Agata Maszkiewicz, Anouk Gonzalez / *** Agata Maszkiewicz, Pauline Paolini
dramaturgy
Vincent Tirmarche
text
Agata Maszkiewicz, Vincent Tirmarche
fencing supervisor
Pauline Paolini
production
AUTOMOBILE verein together with Tanzquartier Wien, Hellerau Dresden, Art Stations Foundation by Grażyna Kulczyk (Poznan)
;With the support of Centre national de la danse – Pantin – France (research residency), Dance Ireland Dublin (residency), Dansehallerne Copenhagen (residency)