QUARTET

Quartet is a performance for one female dancer, one male dancer, and two cameras. It is dedicated to the inner and outer architectures of our relationships. The cameras follow the action live, acting as both mirror and voyeur; they emphasize and alter what is visible and reveal what is hidden.

The primary choreographic principles are reduction, duplication, and montage — reducing movement to the most fundamental elements of relationship, motion, and physical closeness: walking, touch, gaze — composed into the score of a quartet. The gaze of the pair, the gaze of the cameras, the gaze of the audience. The story, told from different perspectives, explores a play of oppositions between pleasure, violence, and coexistence.

Choreography and video direction: Magdalena Reiter
Dance and co-creation: Jerca Rožnik Novak, Beno Novak
Video design: Sandi Skok
Music: August Adrian Braatz
Set design: Urša Vidic, Maruša Mali
Costume design: Pia Gorišek
Lighting design: Mojca Sarjaš
Production: Mirabelka Institute
Co-production: Cankarjev dom
Partners: KUD Qulenium, Adrian Film
Photography: Darja Štravs Tisu
The performance features J.S. Bach’s Sonata for Solo Violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: I. Adagio.

The performance lasts 53 minutes and is part of the cultural and arts education program.
A discussion with the creators (45 minutes) follows the performance.