Rehearsal for Truth 2019: Watch Now (Slovakia)

DANCE PERFORMANCE, TALKBACK, AFTERPARTY. This captivating dance performance delves into the present-day issues of identity and loss of privacy. Accompanied by live music, WATCH NOW follows a couple undergoing a difficult time in their relationship. Their fluid interplay sees mutual motions of pushing and pulling as they manipulate and gently caress each other along with refusing contact and inflictingdistress. The man and the woman interpret their shared touches, glances and gestures differently as they move through the sequences.

WATCH NOW (2016), Slovakia. Conceived and directed by: Lucia Holinova. Choreographers: Daniel Racek, Lucia Holinova. Performers: Barbora Janakova, Daniel Racek. Music: Vlado Holina. Vocals: Sandra Tordova. Presented by: RESERVA. Duration: 50 minutes.

Free and open to the public. Seats are limited, on first-come, first-served basis. Registration online through Eventbrite is required. Arrive earlier to secure the best seating option.

For the first time, two plays from the Rehearsal for Truth program will debut at the Jersey City Theater Center. The Slovak dance performance WATCH NOW will be featured on September 26, followed by the Polish play TRUTH on September 27.

WATCH NOW is presented at the 2019 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival with the support of RESERVA, Slovak Arts Council and the Slovenský generálny konzulát v New Yorku / Slovak Consulate General in NY Talkback after the show with the performers will be conducted by Zuzana Uličianska, President of the Slovak Section – International Association of Theatre Critics, which supported her travel to the festival. Afterparty reception will take place at Bohemian National Hall’s Ballroom Bar.

For more information (on choreographer, the performers), visit:
https://www.vhlf.org/theater/rehearsal-for-truth-2019-watch-now-slovakia/.

ABOUT THE 2019 REHEARSAL FOR TRUTH THEATER FESTIVAL
The 2019 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival is organized by the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation (VHLF) and Bohemian Benevolent & Literary Association (BBLA), in partnership with Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak and Romanian performing arts organizations and cultural institutes. The series of events highlight Vaclav Havel’s legacy as a playwright through live performances, panel discussions, exhibitions and a ceremony for the Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk. A key objective is to establish exchanges between U.S. and Central European theater professionals. The festival reflects Havel’s contribution to 20th-century theater as well as his belief in the potential of Central European cultural traditions to enrich human existence in the modern age. The program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

From Bohemian National Hall.