TETSU is a dance quintet, which was formed in close connection with the musical composition. The basis of the musical composition structure and the whole work is inspired by the Chinese wuxing system (known in Japan as gogyō). This system holistically names five phases, processes, elements, movements ... – appearing in the universe, in nature or in human life. Similar principles can be found in the European environment, in pagan or Celtic customs, which were an equally creative stimulus for the team.

It is possible to look at TETSU as a fire around which we sit, dance, and live. We perceive as it grows stronger and weakens. Sometimes, we need to look away from its glow, other times we want to blow to fan its flame. We can look into its flickering flames; connect through them with the archetypes of humanity or with personal memories. In the same way, however, in TETSU we can feel the influx of unbridled wind, which blows us over out of the blue, or the mysterious humidity of the forests or the warm ground creaking beneath our feet. Maybe after a while, we notice how we gently move in a common rhythm when looking at the fire... In a rhythm reminiscent of a heartbeat. What all can vibrate and go through the bodies involved in such a group experience? An experience conditioned by the energy of dancers in harmony with the unceasing stream of music and movement? TETSU is a celebration of movement and life energy. It is the energy that shapes us.

TETSU is an iron that forges five dancing bodies in an atmosphere of changing dynamic, tonic and rhythmic phases of music.

The performance uses loud music.

Peter Šavel is a Slovak dancer, choreographer and teacher living in Brussels. He studied dance pedagogy at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and continued his studies at the famous Brussels school P.A.R.T.S., which he graduated from in 2010. In 2014 – 2017 he was the artist-in-residence of Charleroi Danses in Brussels and cooperates with the organization Kunst/Werk as a dancer and artist satellite. He also collaborates in the Czech Republic with Studio Alta. His works were selected several times within the Aerowaves platform to the Top 20: Boys who Like to Play with Dolls with Terezá Ondrová, Much More Than Nothing with ME - SA, BAKKHEIA with Bod.Y. His most recent works are collaborations with the group mimoOS on the production TETSU – The Energy That Shapes Us and with Jiří Šimek & UFFTENŽIVOT on Whoman.

www.mimoos.sk

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