Lion’s Den UNLIMITED

Lion’s Den UNLIMITED is a participative project, inspired by an original piece Lion’s Den, which connects professional and amateur dancers through creative work consisting of a video tutorial, a dance workshop, and a subsequent original performance (see practical info). The aim of the project is to transfer the performance into a public space and cast local communities of contemporary dance enthusiasts into the performing roles. In the spirit of the original play Lion’s Den, the project explores the themes of media manipulation and political populism. Via the choreographic principles, applied by the two authors in their original performance, they intend to create space, where the creators and participants can inspire and seek new ways of physical expression through the assigned themes together. The energy of the duo is shifted to attentive group work, allowing the themes to take new shapes and suggest new meanings. By transferring Lion’s Den into the public space, the creators want to highlight the power of dance as a participative artform, voicing the poignant social issues, by way of entertainment. “We want to create space, where it is ultimately possible to erase the boundaries between a “professional” and an “amateur”. A place, where dance and movement becomes a common time of community, sharing and discussion.” Annotaion for the performance Lion's Den UNLIMITED is a project derived from an original duet by Sabina Bočková and Johana Pocková. This piece allows professional dancers to merge with the unprofessional ones, and together they create a one-and-only performance based on the original play Lion's Den. The performance charged with a tense emotional spark of high intensity, backed by music from Lukáš Palán is inspired by media, populism and their manipulative powers. By transferring the play into and including the public, it demonstrates the social potency of dance as a participative art form, which addresses contemporary social issues, by way of entertainment.