The starting point of the performance is the figure of the Soviet man, homo sovieticus, built on fear, which left its mark on the societies of the so-called “Eastern Bloc.” In the performance, three performers and dancers explore what remains of “homo sovieticus” today, what inheriting the trauma of fear means, and how it is stored in the archive of the body. The artists deconstruct the facade of the perfect human that homo sovieticus was supposed to be, queering it and processing it through the non-normativity of the body.
Idea, concept, and text: Łukasz Wójcicki
Choreography, performance, dance: Anka Jurek, Łukasz Wójcicki, Tatian Cholewa
Dramaturgical consultations: Marcin Miętus
The work was created thanks to the Visegrad Artist Residency Program—Performing Arts, funded by the International Visegrad Fund, with the support of the Center of Choreographic Development SE.S.TA from Prague and the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
Premiere: March 2022 / Cricoteka, Krakow
Duration: 50 minutes
Featuring
Idea, concept, and text: Łukasz Wójcicki
Choreography, performance, dance: Anka Jurek, Łukasz Wójcicki, Tatian Cholewa
Dramaturgical consultations: Marcin Miętus
