József Trefeli was born in Australia with Hungarian origin. After
graduating as a dancer, he began to co-operate with European
choreographers, then settled down in Switzerland a few years ago. In
2005 he decided to found his own company. He created Real Life
Wrong in 2006, a piece that received the prize for Best Choreography at
Atelier Festival in Romania.
The piece tells the turning points of the story of a couple. The
initial meeting, seduction, is a classic form from the time of
chivalrous conquests, finishing with the ambiguous disappearance of the
happy couple. We do not accept responsibility for the stages of love
and of the lovers discourse: rituals of seduction, love rape, solitude,
fête, union, fusion and fission by love, discovery of the other, sex,
fantasy, intimate secrets. To be confronted by someone else’s secrets
is a dangerous undertaking. The couple suffers the consequences when
they reveal the worst of the other to the spectator. At the end of the
performance, the two dancers, together yet detached, are united in
their bitter sweet acceptance to cover up/point out the masks of the
perfect couple.
The performance is full of creative ideas, it is witty, sensitive and
visually touching. The scenes projected on the background are organic
parts of the show. The icon-like effects are specific and metaphorical,
refined and poetic at the same time. The virtuosity of styles and
ironic-self-critical moments blend in a harmonic way, the company
boldly use the emotions not only on the level of physicality but also
lifted-pushed them on a notional level.
concept, choreography, dance: József Trefeli
choreographic collaboration: Madeleine Piguet
space, lights, video: Sven Kreter
lights: Pascal Burgat
video images: Vania Aillon, Zoya Anastassova
sound: Frédérique Jarabo Oberson
jotref@ecophone.ch |