Artus – Goda Gábor Társulata: A Szél kapuja – bemutató / BTF 2019

Performed by: Tamás Bakó, Szilvia Izsák, Zita Mayer, Zoltán Mózes, Csilla Nagy, Henriett Szalay

Featured martial artists: Zsuzsa Szalkó, Etelka Szeghalmi

Featured musicians: Zsolt Bartek, György Philipp

Music: György Philipp

Lyrics: Ákos Fodor, Gábor Goda, László Krasznahorkai, Seneca, A. A. Milne

Production design: Ferenc Sebestény, Gábor Goda

Costumes: Kriszta Lőrincz, Antal Bodóczky

Lighting: Gábor Kocsis

Creative technology: Gábor Papp, Gáspár Hajdu

Assistant to the director: Eszter Nagy, Zahra Fuladvand

Choreographer, director: Gábor Goda

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.

An event jointly organized with National Dance Theatre.