Impossibility to go out, to the theater, to meet the audience, colleagues or family. In the spring of 2020, social networks were flooded with videos that testify to the desire of artists to dance and stay in touch, stay visible. Choreographer Ceren Oran chose several of them as inspiration for her latest project, which she deliberately placed in a public space. The Urge draws inspiration from the frustrating experience of two years of pandemic and isolation, but transforms it together with the dancers into something highly vital, contagious in the best sense of the word, in the sharing of joy, energy, fascination of the moving body, in the intense sharing of the moment here and now in direct contact with the viewer in a public space. Collective trauma and an individual's individual reaction to a social crisis Oran transforms into choreographic images that combine energetic, synchronous dance passages with individual dancers' improvised solos. Pulsating electronic music determines the dynamics and changing rhythm of the choreography, the energy of which urgently and uncontrollably spreads directly to the audience. The musical component is complemented by live improvisation of the saxophonist, which increases the tension between the dancers – the crowd and the individual – the musician.

TANEČNO is an association of young people dedicated to art, culture and community organisation. The year-round activities are largely based on convening Tanečno – the Orava-region festival of dance and movement, which has had six successful editions. The group aims, inter alia, to advance, create and preserve cultural values and support of learning within culture and art by offering year-round artistic and learning activities, particularly within the region of Orava. The group is also a creative and performative collective (Passing/station, The Urge Grows, YOLT, Antrophos Anthem, Gentle Man, Na hlásku, Be off...).

Concept, choreography: Ceren Oran 
Choreographic cooperation: Maayan Reiter, Rotem Weismann 
Dramaturgical cooperation: Karolína Hejnová
Project initiated by: Ceren Oran & Moving Borders, MOVE Ostrava and Tanečno 
Dance: Miriam Budzáková, Matúš Szeghö, Paulína Šmatláková, Andrej Štepita, Lukáš Záhorák
Music: Hüseyin Evirgen
Live music: Robert Kolář
Photos: Alžběta Hulcová, The Urge Grows, Plzeň (MOVE Ostrava archive)