THIS IS REAL THING (VR)
In This Is The REAL Thing (VR) Anna Nowicka continues her exploration of the spectatorial gaze and the audience's imaging, focusing on the cinematographic aspects of her practice.
This Is The REAL Thing (VR) originates in the choreographic work premiered in 2018 at Nowy Theatre in Warsaw, Poland. It attentively gazes at the movement material of This Is The Real Thing transforming it into a VR installation and a new stage performance. This new two-folded work continues the investigation of the audience’s gaze and imagination in focusing on the cinematic aspects of Anna Nowicka’s practice. In collaboration with filmmaker Stella Horta, Anna is moving away from capturing or shooting an image towards the possible tenderness of imaging and being present as a performer and observer. In the synchronicity of seeing and being seen, of what is tangible and imagined, a third, shared space unravels, where these dichotomies fall open.
Artistic direction / choreography / dance: Anna Nowicka
Video art: Stella Horta
Light and set design: Aleksandr Prowaliński
Music: Jasmine Guffond
Costume assistance: Michael Sieweke
Third Eye: Jette Büchsenschütz
Graphic design: Filip Bojovic
Press and public relations: Yven Augustin
Production Management: M.i.C.A. - Movement in Contemporary Art
Dramaturgy This Is The Real Thing (2018): Mateusz Szymanówka
Costume design This Is The Real Thing (2018): Kiss The Future / Tanja Padan
Premiere: 08.01.2023 DOCK11 Berlin, Further shows: 09 - 11.01.2023, DOCK11 Berlin
Trailer: https://www.tanzforumberlin.de/produktion/this-is-the-real-thing-vr/
Video Link: https://vimeo.com/795748155 Password: realvr2023
The original movement material from the solo was created and presented in 2018 as part of the
program "widening the field", a co-production of Nowy Teatr in Warsaw and the Art Stations
Foundation in Poznan.
A co-production of Anna Nowicka and DOCK ART supported by the Senate Department for
Culture and Europe. Supported by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK - STEPPING
OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the
NEUSTART KULTUR. Aid Programme Dance.