All that I left behind is here
Imagine a photo of a family of four. Early 90s, beginning of Spring. They are standing next to each other on the soon to be green bank of the Oder River, looking into a camera. They all wear similar, brand-new windbreaker jackets, the colors of their textiles blending into the landscape of a dirty urban Spring. Grey for the father, purple for the mother, red-blue and gray-brown for the sons. Everyone seems content, except for the youngest son, his face resting sour expressing disappointment and embarrassment, as if he would rather be somewhere else.
All that I left behind is here, by Romuald Krężel, is a solo performance drawing from his personal and artistic experience. He focuses on different aspects of classism in the context of the performing arts by returning to his very first dance experience – a ballroom dance class, the only one offered for free in his primary school. By relearning and critically evoking movements, steps, poses and different styles of Cha-Cha-Cha, rumba, jive, and so on, Krężel examines his social background and its relations to his current choreographic practice. Ghostly figures and post-punk music echo and guide the audience through the return to Krężel’s past, culminating in a vulnerable conversation with his mother about class, body, work, shame and dance.
All that I left behind is here
PREMIERE & GUEST PERFORMANCES
PREMIERE:
2 June 2023 Uferstudios, Berlin
3 June 2023 Uferstudios, Berlin
4 June 2023 Uferstudios, Berlin
REVIVAL IN BERLIN:
16 January 2025 Uferstudios, Berlin
17 January 2025 Uferstudios, Berlin
18 January 2025 Uferstudios, Berlin
19 January 2025 Uferstudios, Berlin
GUEST PERFORMANCES:
16 September 2023 HELLERAU, Dresden
17 September 2023 HELLERAU, Dresden
29 October 2024 KONDENZ Festival, Belgrade
15 March 2025 Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden
13 March 2026 Pawilon, Poznań
14 March 2026 Pawilon, Poznań
20 March 2026 Dance Pavilion, Warsaw
CREDITS
CONCEPT, CHOREOGRAPHY & PERFORMANCE:
Romuald Krężel
SPECIAL GUEST: Irena Krężel
DRAMATURGY: Agata Siniarska
RESEARCH SUPPORT: Tamara Antonijević
COSTUME: Maldoror
TECHNICAL DIRECTION, LIGHT DESIGN: Patrick Faurot
SOUND DESIGN & MUSIC DIRECTION: Miguel Caldas
SOUND DESIGN ASSISTANT: Zach Hart
ARTISTIC ASSISTANT & DESIGN: Louis F. Baca V.
PRESS WORK: Apricot Productions
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: Emmilou Roessling, Silja Korn
PRODUCTION: Anna Konrad
ARTISTIC SUPPORT: Carolina Mendonça and
René Alejandro Huari Mateus
PHOTO: Marina Hoppmann and Dorothea Tuch
TEASER: Andrea Keiz
FUNDED BY
"All that I left behind is here" is a production by Romuald Krężel in co-production with Uferstudios in Berlin and HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts in Dresden.
Funded as part of the Alliance of International Production Houses by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds. Supported by the Residency Program funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Station - Service for Contemporary Dance in Belgrade/Serbia, Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart. The research process supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media within the program NEUSTART KULTUR. With the friendly support of Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte.
Guest performance in Belgrade was supported by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, the NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ International Guest Performance Fund for Dance, which is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, as well as by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.
The revival was supported by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.
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