Date: 23 November 19:00
What kind of music plays in a café when nothing comes from the speakers?
Do everyday movements turn into dance if we pay attention to them?
The community performance by Mátyás Sirokai and Kaland Budapest invites the audience to play, move, and explore together in the space of Hadik.
And what is a teaspoon doing next to a wine bottle? We will find out on Sunday evening, November 23 — because this time, everyone will hold a teaspoon in their hand.
The Artists
Mátyás Sirokai
Füst Milán Award-winning poet, musician, editor, translator, and teacher. He graduated from the percussion department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music and performed extensively with the Amadinda Percussion Group across Europe and the Americas. He has worked with numerous world music ensembles, with improvisation being his main area of interest. He is the author of six poetry books; his most recent volume, Lomboldal, received notable attention upon its publication in the Czech Republic.
Kaland – Orsolya Vágner and Verus Klausz
Kaland is an artist duo and community-based project exploring the freedom of movement, dance, and play. Orsi and Verus each have over ten years of artistic and pedagogical experience, and both graduated from the Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy. Orsi also holds a degree from MOME, with several award-winning artistic research projects behind her. Verus has been teaching for years, leading groups with sensitivity and playful guidance.
They have been working together for a year and a half to help people rediscover the power of a “kaland attitude” — an openness to play, curiosity, and spontaneity. Kaland brings together all their shared passions: outdoor movement, creative use of space, playful rule-making, improvisation, dance, and curiosity.
The CAFÉ – Redefining Café Houses as Unique European Cultural Heritage project, which provides the background for this event, is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.