Again and again! With pleasure also next time

I experienced the SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER festival, organized by the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno, two years ago in person. And it was “labúžo” – The Slovak term for awesome. Honestly, I am a pure theorist, far from the practitioner. However, it didn’t matter and I can be part of a movement workshop led by Attila Antal. To this day, I remember the great atmosphere of the city, concerts, food, people and my awesome co-workshopers as well as our final performance which we present on the last day of the festival. At the Goose on a String Theater, I “performed” my fictional character – the Swedish stripper Olaf, in front of the full house of teachers, students and visitors. I was very ashamed at the rehearsals, but at that very moment, I really enjoyed it. Maybe it wasn’t attractive to the audience, but it definitely was attractive to me. 🙂

With these few lines, I wanted to look back at the nice and funny moments that I experienced in Brno. But mainly I am glad that I can be a part of the SETKÁNÍ / ENCOUNTER festival again, although so far from cloudy Bratislava. I think it is very important to support festivals and support each other, especially in these difficult, pandemic times. Back to Stage!

Dominika Horváthová,VŠMU