selfy

SELFY is an artistic space created for self-reflection. In this open-source performance, where spectator and performer share the same “stage” in close proximity, the experience wins over “narrative”. Gyula is dancing on the thin line between trance and representation.

SELFY is a constant journey between in and out, between the internal universe and the external world – the reality. While jumping continuously, Gyula aims to become so thin, so transparent that his identity could evaporate, allowing the spectator to see his own reflection. The performer becomes an abstract mirror and having a look into it, one might ask himself: who am I really? Is my identity what I used to think it is?

SELFY is an interactive, participatory, contemporary dance performance. By bringing the audience on stage and improvising, jumping in between them, Gyula questions the convention of watching dance and dance performances. In this proximity, where the spectator could be touched by the performance, both metaphorically and literally, the question of freedom and our relation to it is being challenged. How do we react in such a situation? How do we handle the responsibility, which comes with “total” freedom? Some choose to stay in the safe, well-known position of being a passive observer – while others let themselves be taken on a journey into the unknown: to reveal the hidden potential that each one of us carries, of liberating our own body and soul.