Innenhof: Sugar in the Mouth

The original performance explores women’s experience in the context of Slovak history – between what we remember, what we want to remember and what we were told to remember. Women appear as quiet bearers of memory, storytellers of family myths but also witnesses to great history.

The performance combines storytelling with movement theatre and video art, following the flow of collective and selective memory that is passed from one generation to another like a recipe – or a trauma. What happens when the past repeats itself for so long that we no longer know what has already happened and what is still ahead?

concept, performance: Mária Ševčíková
concept, dramaturgy: Verona Stepanović
directing consultation: Alexandra Horoščák Bolfová
movement collaboration: Eva Priečková
music: Dominik Novák
video art: Franz Milec
audio a video collaboration: Boris Adamčík
light design: Jiří Šmirk
light collaboration: Jakub Ťapucha
scenography, costume: Anna Tichá
production: Simona Nagyová
poster: Lukáš Škorvánek
graphic editing: Kata Knežníková
photo: Jakub Čajko

The performance is based on the original concept V ústach cukor, v rukách bič (Sugar in the Mouth, Whip in the Hands).

The project was supported by public funds from the Slovak Arts Council and the Capital City of the Slovak Republic Bratislava through the Bratislava City Foundation.

We thank Studio ALTA and Venuše ve Švehlovce for their support in the form of residencies. We also thank Markéta Holá for storytelling consultation and Paměť národa (CZ) for providing documentary materials.

accessibility
The performance will take place in Slovak language. The large hall is fully accessible. There are also several accessible toilets and no gender toilets in the building. You can find more information about the accessibility in the Practical information section. The event is not suitable for parents with children or for people with pets.

The performance contains flashing lights.