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Rita Góbi's new performance presents the intermediate state of "already not here" and "not there yet", by guiding us in the world of metamorphosis. For this production, Dávid Szegő composed the music by using Morse code sounds and noise sounds, both acoustic and electronic - these are landmarks for the dance performance designed from minimalist tools which lead to a full theatrical presence. 

Volitant was included on Aerowaves Twenty18 list. The production received the Rudolf Lábán Award for the best contemporary dance performance in the season 2017 in Budapest, the Award for the most successful performance at the 45th Infant Festival in Novi Sad, 2018, the Special Prize at Festival 10 Sentidos organized in Valencia in 2017, and the best solo performance award at the DANCE XIII. International Contemporary Festival in Veszprém, 2021.

The performance has toured extensively in large parts of Europe as well as being shown in Mexico and Korea.

“Cleverly lit, and set against Morse code-inspired electronic compositions by Dávid Szegő, Volitant is an uncanny game of the mechanical and the natural. Góbi is at once human and machine, animal or alien. Her raw energy never loses its tight grip as she slowly turns this scathingly beautiful solo into a true cyborg manifesto." - Evgeny Borisenko, in Springback reviews - 

"This is a solo of great discipline, flawless from start to finish, without an iota of idleness. It is concise and compact.” - Csaba Králl, in Élet és Irodalom - 

“It is hard to talk about Góbi’s performance without talking about her, as Rita Góbi and her performance are one and the same.” - Márta Péter, in Tánckritika - 

“Rita Góbi's explosive solo dance is filled with subtle associations: it is not hard to discover a futuristic interpretation, a kind of science-fiction remake of the Dying Swan: but instead of soft and lyrical tunes, it is performed to Dávid Szegő's harsh, repetitive and robotic noise sounds.” 
- Tamás Halász, in Színház -

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Choreography and dance: Rita Góbi
Music: Dávid Szegő
Lighting design: Pavla Beranová (CZ)
Lighting technicians: Zuzana Bottová / Zuzana Režná / Jan Tranta (CZ)
Costume design: Judit Sinkovics

Supported by: National Cultural Fund, Ministry of Human Resources, Creative Europe Programme (i-Portunus), Workshop Foundation, SÍN Cultural Centre, MOHA - Orkesztika Foundation, Red Print, gaborgobi.com

Photo by: Marcell Piti
You can see more pictures by Zsolt Puskel on szinhaz.hu.