The Gate of Wind
Artus – Company of Gábor Goda
Main Auditorium / 29 September, 2024 19:00
Genrecontemporary
Number of Acts1
Duration70
The Gate of Wind is a passageway between the outside and the inside, between the world and the individual, between the material and the spiritual world. Wind passes through these worlds, connects and eliminates boundaries, and does not lead anywhere because it is present everywhere. In many cultures, wind is a metaphor for the force that moves the world and man; it is something invisible that is perceived only through its effects. It stirs the physical world into motion, awakens it, destroys it, and makes it regenerate itself. The production relies on movements drawn from Tai Chi Chuan, Shen Dao Kung Fu, and natural gestures derived from these. Its musical universe is both minimalist and very rich, employing an apparatus that includes a harmonium, wind instruments, song, and human breath – all that makes use of the soft or wild movement and stirring of air.
Performed by Tamás Bakó, Dóra Furulyás, Szilvia Izsák, Zita Mayer, Zoltán Mózes, Henriett Szalay
Featured Martial Artists: Zsuzsa Szalkó, Etelka Szeghalmi
Featured Musicians: Zsolt Bartek, György Philipp
Space: Ferenc Sebestény, Gábor Goda
Composed by György Philipp
Texts by Ákos Fodor, Gábor Goda, László Krasznahorkai, Seneca, A.A. Milne
Costume Designers: Kriszta Lőrincz, Antal Bodóczky
Creative Technicians: Gábor Papp, Gáspár Hajdu
Ligting Designer and Co-creator: Gábor Kocsis
Co-creators: Csilla Nagy, Eszter Nagy, Zahra Fuladvand
Production Assistant: Anna Fazekas
Production Director: Margit Hodován
Special thanks to András Havasi, Tai Chi Chuan and Shen Dao Kung Fu master
Directed and choreographed by Gábor Goda
