A dance duet of maturity on the brink of decay. At the intersection of contemporary dance and physical theatre, matter portrays the genesis of one master and disciple – from admiration and fascination to asymmetry of power and disgust. At the beginning, there was attraction, instinct, that was replaced over time by the predominance of strength and power of the body. Hierarchy.

He /DAMA DAMA/
Origin: Woods of Púchov
Age: 49
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 75 kg

She /LYNX LYNX/
Origin: Hamlets of Slatina
Age: 60
Height: 163 cm
Weight: 55 kg

MARTIN HODOŇ is a graduate of theatre studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He then continued at Janáček Academy of Music and Performing (JAMU) in Brno at the Department of Directing and Dramaturgy under the tutelage of Josef Kovalčuk. In his work, Martin focused largely on author's and physical theatre with an overlap into contemporary dance. He received his doctorate at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava; his research focused on the relationship between performance art and performing arts. During his studies at JAMU, he performed the author's variation The B. M. Koltés Play – In Solitude . His master's project was an author's production ISBN (International Serial Body Number) and the dramaturgy of the production Phaedra’s Love (directed by Alexandra Bolfová). In addition to his studies, he held an artistic internship at the Goose on a String theater (V. Morávek – Outlandish Interpretation [Směšná interpretace] and participated, as a dramaturge, in the SILHOUETTE [OBRYS] project for the National Theatre in Brno (directed by Jiří Bartovanec). As a director, Martin participated in the dance solo of Tomáš Janypka New Orchards [Nové sady]. He collaborated with the amateur group DS Daxner in Tisovec – Desires, Dreams and Reproaches [Túžby, sny a výčitky] and Report on the State of Point G [Správa o stave bodu G]. In Bratislava, in 2015 he founded, together with Dáša Čiripová and Zuzana Neméthová, the independent performative platform GAFFAthat gave rise to the EVA, Slowly Passing Days [Pomaly plynúce dni], negativ_eGOtrip, by the way [mimochodom], Invisible Guest [Neviditeľný hosť], s p e e c h, A P E N D I X, matter, Village [Dedina].

Director: Martin Hodoň
Dramaturgy: Dáša Čiripová
Choreography: RASEMA
Sound design: Dominik Suchý
Lighting / Set / Costumes design: matoha
Dance/performance: Anna Sedlačková, Dáša Čiripová, Daniel Raček
Production: GAFFA in co-production with Neskorý zber
Photos: Šimon Lupták
With gratitude to: KC P*AKT and CO.Labs Brno 
Supported from public funds by the Slovak Arts Council.