"In Márk Bartha and Emese Cuhorka’s immersive concert-performance Entering the Limbo, the audience sits among ten musicians and ten dancers. The space is shaped by acoustic instruments, live electronics and movement; the performers improvise within defined structures, while music and choreography develop with equal energy, responding to one another.
The performance is a new stage in Bartha’s electroacoustic project Ensemble in Limbo, extending musical experimentation into the realm of movement.
Limbo is a state of both waiting and transition: something has already passed, and what follows has not yet taken shape. Slow shifts, drawn-out sounds and gradually evolving common rhythms define the tempo of this liminal state.
Grief and remembrance create community through being together: Entering the Limbo transforms personal loss into a shared experience, a kind of contemporary ritual."
(—Léna Szirmay-Kalos, curator)
Performers: Kámea FARKAS, Ruben FARKAS, Márton GLÁSER, Attila HORVÁTH, Nóra HORVÁTH, Lilla HÜBSCH, Imola KACSÓ, Zsófia SZÁSZ, Gáspár TÉRI, Zita THURY,
Musicians: Béla ÁGOSTON (saxophone, bagpipe, glissotar), Juli DEÁK (saxophone, flute), Boldizsár HUSZTI (trumpet), Tamás GERÖLY (drums, percussion), Árpád KISS (trumpet), Gábor PAP (trombone), Áron PORTELEKI (drums, percussion), István SZÖGI (trombone), Salamon TŰZKŐ (trumpet)
Concept, creator, music: Márk BARTHA
Creator, choreography, costume: Emese CUHORKA
Lighting design: Júlia MOHÁCSI
Production assistant: Zsuzsanna LAJKÓ-BALOGH
Production manager: Dániel MAYER
Production partner: STEREO AKT
Supported by: Municipality of Budapest, Pro Cultura Urbis Public Foundation, Tiszta Forrás Foundation, JazzaJ