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Don`Talk

a solo performance by Cie. Kata Juhasz 

We don’t talk about the B-side of life, when we women become almost invisible. We don’t talk about the fear of losing femininity and sexual attractiveness, for which many find a temporary solution in plastic surgery, wrinkle fillers, liposuction, to conform to the pervasive cult of perfect beauty and infinite youth. We don’t talk about decreased libido, hot flushes, hair loss, vaginal dryness that are common symptoms of menopause. Nor do we talk about the loss of family, because the children growing up often means the breakdown of marriage, infidelity and (shared) loneliness.

If we talk about it, we are no longer invisible. We are not afraid to be honest and authentic, to set and break down boundaries, to rise from our ashes, to strip off on stage, to accept our bodies and their natural changes, to face our fears, to dance with our eyes closed and to play freely. “

How is the female body viewed, especially after losing fertility? How is it perceived, questioned and accused, and how is it supposed to behave socially? These are just some of the questions we explore, examine and make visible.

The third part of Kata Juhász’s verbal trilogy concludes a series of solo dance performances by the dancer and choreographer that mix genres and explore political and social issues.

In Don’t Talk, she will use her physical abilities in movement, but verbally she works closely with Orsolya Bálint, the well-known Hungarian political journalist and feminist author responsible for the libretto. The dramaturg of the performance is Tamás Lóky, co-author of Kata’s several performances. The music is composed and performed by the excellent drummer Dávid Szegő, the costume designer is the renowned designer Fruzsina Nagy.

This performance will be sort of a summary of the performer’s work to date, an inventory and a synthesis of her different personalities having lived on stage and in private life, but also as a social being, whether they fit her or not. This serial transfiguration and the incongruity of these characters is the source of the humor, sometimes even of an unpleasant, spine-chilling one.

A middle-aged woman and artist struggles with her body parts, hormones and parallel careers as they are reflected and fade away in the eye of the society, her partner, kids, and the upcoming generation.

A slightly provocative new perspective from the B-side, mixing the personal, generational and universal sight in terms of the spoken language as well, where verbality represents the alternating ranges of interpretation: possibilities and circumstances, determination and hope or hopelessness, in what we achieved or what we could have achieved.

The performance premiered on 8 October 2024 at TRAFÓ House of Contemporary Arts in Budapest.

Collaborators:

Performed and choreographed by: Kata Juhasz

Dramaturgy: Tamás Lóky

Costume: Fruzsina Nagy

Music: David Szegő

Libretto: Orsolya Bálint

Light Design: Kata Dézsi

Rigging: Andor Tóth

Supported by: National Cultural Fund, Hungarian Ministry of Culture, Workshop Foundation, SIN Culture Centre, Aulea Foundation

Events Calendar


13-12-2024, at  11:00 AM

  • THE BAD STUDENT TESTED

Location:

 

13-12-2024, at  9:00 AM

  • THE BAD STUDENT TESTED

Location:

 

18-10-2024,  (in the frame of 30th Anniversary Gala of Association of Independent Performing Arts, Hungary)

  • ANOTHER MODEST PROPOSAL (excerpts)

Location:  55. Margit blvd. Budapest 1024

 

08-10-2024, at 7:00 PM and 9 PM, (in the frame of double bill evening)

  • DON' TALK (Premiere!)

Location: TRAFÓ HOUSE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS
41 Liliom Street, Budapest 1094, Hungary

 

02-08-2024, at 8:30 PM

  • BREAKING BREAD

Location: Theatre on the Water Szarvas /Szarvasi Vízi Színház, 5540 Szarvas, Petőfi Sándor str. 7-9.

 

15-06-2024, at 3:15 PM, (in the frame of Under500 Festival)

  • DON' TALK

Location: Artus Contemporary Art Studio, Budapest, Sztregova str. 7, 1116

 

10-06-2024, at  10:00 AM

  • THE BAD STUDENT TESTED

Location: Hunyadi János Secondary School, 5800, Mezőkovácsháza, Sármezey Endre str. 63.

 

10-06-2024, at 8:00 AM

  • THE BAD STUDENT TESTED

Location: Csanád Vezér Elementary  and Art School, 5800 Mezőkovácsháza, Árpád str.184

 

07-06-2024, at  11:00 AM

  • THE BAD STUDENT TESTED

Location: Táncsics Mihály Secondary School, 5900 Orosháza, Táncsics str. 2-4.

 

07-06-2024, at 9:00 AM

  • THE BAD STUDENT TESTED

Location: János Jankó Elementary School,  Tótkomlós, Erzsébet str. 2., 5940

 

 01-06-2024,  8:30 PM 

  • ORDINARY CIRCUSES (outdoor)

The performance is part of the Budapest 150 commemorative year, with the financial support of the Pro Cultura Urbis Public Foundation

Location: Mechwart liget, 1024 Budapest, Margit körút 47-49, square, outdoor fittness court

12-05-2024,  8:00 PM 

  • ORDINARY CIRCUSES (outdoor)

The performance is part of the Budapest 150 commemorative year, with the financial support of the Pro Cultura Urbis Public Foundation

Location: Máriaremetei Közösségi Liget, 1029 Budapest, Máriaremetei út 226., outdoor fittness court

 

04-05-2024,  8:00 PM 

  • ORDINARY CIRCUSES (outdoor)

The performance is part of the Budapest 150 commemorative year, with the financial support of the Pro Cultura Urbis Public Foundation

Location: 1023 Budapest, Zsigmond square, outdoor fittness court

 

05-03-2024, at 7:30 PM

  • HABITAT

Location: 1022 Budapest, Marczibányi square 5/A,

 

05-03-2024, at 12:00 PM

  • HABITAT

Location: 1022 Budapest, Marczibányi square 5/A,

 

05-03-2024, at 10:00 AM

  • HABITAT

Location: 1022 Budapest, Marczibányi square 5/A,

 

01-03-2024, at 7:00 PM

  • HABITAT

Location: Theater am Markt, Brunnenpassage, Brunnengasse 71/Yppenplatz, 1160 Wien

 

29-02-2024, at 7:00 PM

  • BREAKING BREAD

Location: Soul Stage, 1066 Budapest, Erzsébet bld. 58,

 

28-02-2024, at 7:00 PM

  • BREAKING BREAD Premiere!

Location: Soul Stage, 1066 Budapest, Erzsébet bld. 58,

 

28-12-2023, at 7:00 PM

  • CAFÉ DE LA DANSE

Location: Foton Audiovisual Centre, 8200 Veszprém, Vár str. 17, Hungary

 

15-12-2023, at  11:00 AM

  • THE BAD STUDENT TESTED

Location: János Jankó Elementary School,  Tótkomlós, Erzsébet str. 2., 5940

 

15-12-2023, at 9:00 AM

  • THE BAD STUDENT TESTED

Location: Slovak Bilingual Elementary School, Tótkomlós, Diófa str. 6, 5940

 

27 and 28-10-2023, at 7:30 PM

  • DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Location: Center for Performing Arts 3754 Pleasant Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55409, US

 

21-10-2023, at 8:30 PM

  • DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Location: Dancewave, 182 4th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11217, US

 

8-10-2023, at 7:00 PM

  • CAFÉ DE LA DANSE

Location: Foton Audiovisual Centre, 8200 Veszprém, Vár str. 17, Hungary

 

10-08-2023, at 6:00 PM

  • DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Location: Sziget Festival, Május 9. park, Budapest, Hungary, 1033.

 

27-06-2023, at 8:00 PM

  • BO BITTER

Location: 1022 Budapest, Marczibányi square 5/A,

 

16-06-2023, at 3 PM, (in the frame of Under500 Festival)

  • HABITAT

Location: Artus Contemporary Art Studio, Budapest, Sztregova str. 7, 1116

 

13-06-2023, at 10:30 AM,

  • HABITAT

Location: Artus Contemporary Art Studio, Budapest, Sztregova str. 7, 1116

 

12-06-2023, at 9 AM, 

  • THE BAD STUDENT TESTED

Location: Jurányi House, chamber room, 1027 Budapest, Jurányi str. 1.

19-05-2023,  8:30 PM (in the frame of  Festival of the Dance as part of the  European Capital of Culture official program.)

  • ORDINARY CIRCUSES (outdoor)

Location: 8200 Veszprém, Erzsébet sétány

 

12-04-2023, at 12 AM, 

  • THE BAD STUDENT TESTED

Location: Veres Pálné Gimnázium, 1053 Budapest, Veres Pálné street. 38,

 

27-03-2023, at 1 PM, 

  • HABITAT

Location: Trafo Studio, 1094 Budapest, Lilom street 41.

 

03-12-2022, at 4:00 PM

  • RECHARGABLE

Location: CEU Auditorium, 1051 Budapest, Nádor street 15.

 

02-12-2022, at 7:30 PM

  • RECHARGABLE

Location: CEU Auditorium, 1051 Budapest, Nádor street 15.

 

26-11-2022,  (in the frame of Art November Fest.)

  • ANOTHER MODEST PROPOSAL

Location: Max City, 2045 Törökbálint, Tópark street 1/a,

 

18-11-2022, at 7:30 PM

  • DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Location: CEU Auditorium, 1051 Budapest, Nádor street 15.

 

04-11-2022, at 19:30 (in the frame of Slippery live)

  • ANOTHER MODEST PROPOSAL

Location: CEU Auditorium, 1051 Budapest, Nádor street 15.

 

21-10-2022, at 7:30 PM

  • DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Location: CEU Auditorium, 1051 Budapest, Nádor street 15.

 

13-10-2022, at 11 AM, 4 PM and 7:30 PM

  • HABITAT

Location: CEU Auditorium, 1051 Budapest, Nádor street 15.

 

23-09-2022, at 7:30 PM

  • DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Location: CEU Auditorium, 1051 Budapest, Nádor street 15.

 

10-09-2022,  4 PM and 7 PM (in the frame of Placcc Festival)

  • ORDINARY CIRCUSES

Location: 1024 Budapest Mechwart liget

 

09-09-2022,  7 PM (in the frame of Placcc Festival)

  • ORDINARY CIRCUSES

Location: 1024 Budapest Mechwart liget

 

 

 

16-07-2022,  10 PM

  • ANOTHER MODEST PROPOSAL

Location: Bánkitó Festival

 

28-06-2022, at 9:00 PM

  • BO BITTER (PREMIERE!)

Location: 1026 Budapest, Lotz Károly street 9/A.

 

14-06-2022, at 8:00

  • THE BAD STUDENT TESTED

Location: Petőfi Sándor Gimnázium, 1013 Budapest, Attila street 43.

 

13-06-2022, at 8:00 and 10:00

  • THE BAD STUDENT TESTED

Location: Fazekas Mihály Gimnázium, 1082 Budapest, Horváth Mihály square 8.

 

10-06-2022, at 8:55 and 10:45

  • THE BAD STUDENT TESTED

Location: Forrai Methodist High School and Art Technical School, 1139 Budapest, Lomb street. 41,

 

04-06-2022, at 19:00

  • DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Location: Strada Paris 5, Cluj-Napoca 400000, Romania

 

26-05-2022, at 11:00

  • THE BAD STUDENT TESTED

Location: Veres Pálné Gimnázium, 1053 Budapest, Veres Pálné street. 38,

 

17-05-2022, at 20:00

  • DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Location: Marczibányi Square Cultural Center, 1022 Budapest, Marczibányi square 5/a.

 

22-03-2022, at 20:00

  • DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Location: Marczibányi Square Cultural Center, 1022 Budapest, Marczibányi square 5/a.

 

10-03-2022, at 9:00

  • WARM-UP

Location: Petőfi Sándor Gimnázium, 1013 Budapest, Attila street 43.

 

02-03-2022, at 9:00

  • WARM-UP

Location: Szent Gellért Katolikus Általános Iskola és Gimnázium, 1013 Budapest, Krisztina square 4.

 

01-03-2022, at 19:00

  • A MODEST PROPOSAL / in the frame of Slippery-evenings

Location: Sándor Márai Cultural House, 1013 Budapest, Krisztina square 1.

 

08-02-2022, at 20:00

  • A MODEST PROPOSAL / in the frame of Slippery-evenings

Location: Marczibányi Square Cultural Center, 1022 Budapest, Marczibányi square 5/a.

 

31-01-2022, at 10:00 and 14:00

  • CLOUDCIRCUS

Location: Vojtina Puppet Theatre, 4026 Debrecen, Kálvin square 13.

 

15-12-2021, at 10:00 and 12:00

  • WARM-UP

Location: Forrai Methodist High School and Art Technical School, 1139 Budapest, Lomb street. 41,

13-12-2021, at 10:15 and 13:00

  • HABITAT

Premiere!

Location: Vojtina Puppet Theatre, 4026 Debrecen, Kálvin square 13.

 

11-12-2021, at 17:00

  • HABITAT

Location: Jurányi Ház, Grabo studio (1027 Budapest, Jurányi street. 1., 4th floor)

 

19-11-2021, at 19:00

  • HABITAT (work in progress presentation)

in the frames of the assembly of Hungarian Drama Pedagogical Society

Location: Marczibányi Square Cultural Center, Budapest, 1022 Marczibányi square 5/A,

 

11-12-2021, at 10:00 and 12:00

  • WARM-UP

Location: Fazekas Mihály Gimnázium, 1082 Budapest, Horváth Mihály square 8.

14-11-2021, at 11:00

  • CLOUDCIRCUS (unplugged)

Location: Jurányi Ház, Grabo studio (1027 Budapest, Jurányi street. 1., 4th floor)

 

14-10-2021, at 10:00 and 14:00

  • CLOUDCIRCUS

Location: Pécsi Harmadik Színház, 7633 Pécs, Hajnóczy street 41.

 

03-07-2021, 18:00

  • A MODEST PROPOSAL (20')

Location: NFGreen Festival Bodaky (SK)

 

24-04-2021, 19:00 (streamed in the frame of Slippery Project chapter 1.)

  • A MODEST PROPOSAL (20') webtheatre premier

Location: Trip Boat,

available on demand through this link: https://trip.jegyx1.hu/eloadas/860/

 

07-02-2021, 16:00 cancelled in response to coronavirus pandemic

  • ANIMAL TALES (circus version)

Location: Eötvös 10. Cultural Scene, Budapest, Eötvös u. 10, 1067

 

30-01-2021, 16:00 cancelled in response to coronavirus pandemic

  • ANIMAL TALES (circus version)

Location: Eötvös 10. Cultural Scene, Budapest, Eötvös u. 10, 1067

 

28-01-2021, 20:00 (streamed live)

  • ANIMAL TALES (circus version) webtheatre premier

Location: Trip Boat,

available on demand through this link: https://trip.jegyx1.hu/eloadas/804/

 

09-01-2021, 16:00 cancelled in response to coronavirus pandemic

  • ANIMAL TALES (circus version)

Location: Eötvös 10. Cultural Scene, Budapest, Eötvös u. 10, 1067

 

08-12-2020, 10:00, 12:00, 14:00 cancelled in response to coronavirus pandemic

  • WARM-UP

Location: Eötvös 10. Cultural Scene, Budapest, Eötvös u. 10, 1067

 

21-11-2020, 16:00 cancelled in response to coronavirus pandemic

  • ANIMAL TALES (circus version)

Location: Eötvös 10. Cultural Scene, Budapest, Eötvös u. 10, 1067

 

16-11-2020, 10:00, 12:00, 14:00 cancelled in response to coronavirus pandemic

  • WARM-UP

Location: Eötvös 10. Cultural Scene, Budapest, Eötvös u. 10, 1067

 

10-10-2020, 16:00 

  • ANIMAL TALES (circus version premier)

Location: Inspiral Circus Centre, Budapest, Sopron út 19/A, 1117

 

09-09-2020, 11:00, 14:00

  • THE BAD STUDENT TESTED (classroom performance)

Location: Virányos Elementary School, Budapest, Virányos út 48., 1125

 

08-09-2020, 9:00, 11:00, 14:00

  • THE BAD STUDENT TESTED (classroom performance)

Location: Koch Valéria School Centre, Pécs, Tiborc köz 28/1., 7624

 

Our dance-in-education program planned for March and April 2020. will also be postponed in response to coronavirus pandemic.

29-03-2020, 16:00 cancelled in response to coronavirus pandemic

  • ANIMAL TALES

Location: Jurányi Ház, Grabo studio (1027 Budapest, Jurányi street. 1., 4th floor)

 

02-03-2020, 10:00 and 14:00

  • ANIMAL TALES
    Location: Vojtina Puppet Theatre (Debrecen, Kálvin tér 13., 4026)

 

29-02-2020, 16:00

  • ANIMAL TALES

Location: Jurányi Ház, Grabo studio (Budapest, Jurányi u. 1., 1027, 4th floor)

 

18-12-2019, 11:00

  • ANIMAL TALES

Location: Jurányi Ház, Grabo studio (Budapest, Jurányi u. 1., 1027, 4th floor)

 

28-11-2019, 13:30 (in the frame of dunapArt5 international showcase)

  • DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE  

Location: Trafo studio (Budapest, Liliom u. 41, 1094)

28-11-2019, 23:00

  • DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Location: Három Holló/ Drei Raben Café underground theatre venue (Budapest, Piarista köz 1, 1052, entrance from Szabadsajtó út)

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