The Urge / The Urge Grows / Ceren Oran (DE)

What movement fits between the bed and the wardrobe? Can you dance a classic variation at the kitchen counter? Or remember the release technique on the balcony? Lock-down. Impossibility to go out, to the ballroom, the theater, meet the audience or other dancers, family or friends.

In the spring of 2020, social networks were flooded with home videos, which are a testimony to the desire of dancers and choreographers to dance and stay in touch, stay visible. Choreographer Ceren Oran chose several of them as inspiration for her latest project "The Urge" , which she deliberately placed in public space .

Premiére: 25.5.2022 / Pilsen

The culmination of this co-production collaboration is an extended version of the projectThe Urge Grows, which connects 3 productions from 3 different countries - the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the original Germany. The creation of the Slovak part is ensured by the Bratislava Orava Dance FestivalDancing and on the Czech side, exceptMOVE Ostrava participates in the organizationTheatre to Cucky and pilsnerMoving Station. Joint rehearsals of the German, Czech and Slovak creative team took place here during June 2022 directly under the direction of a German choreographer.

The Urge creative team

Concept, Art Direction and Choreography: Ceren Oran

​Choreographic collaboration: Maayan Reiter, Rotem Weismann

​Directed by Jin Lee

​Dancing: Klára Ešnerová, Michal Heriban, Michaela Kadlčíková, Tomáš Pražák, Jana Ryšlavá, Helena Arenbergerová

​Music: Hüseyin Evirgen, Marcela Kučová

​Dramaturgical collaboration: Karolína Hejnová

​Premiere: 8. 5. 2021, Munich, Berlin, Cologne (only as a live stream) // Part of the DANCE 2021 festival

Premiere with an audience: 13. 7. 2021, Munich

​Czech premiere: The Urge Grows 25. 5. 2022 Pilsen