Anna Krzystek (Figure This)

(UK)

Figure This (2009), Still (2007), Test (2005)

Following the première of Figure This there will also be the première of all three works presented side by side, as a trilogy of work in its entirety.

Figure This is the third in a series of solo pieces, following Test and Still.

Once again we encounter the lone figure waiting in a room. In Test we see the figure engaged in an ongoing prelude to something that may or may not happen, in Still she proceeds to eliminate herself from view by falling in and out of focus. In Figure This we are invited to observe the figure more closely, unveiling newly found aspects of her presence.

The figure moves through a series of choreographic acts that sees her pushed to extremes. These acts are compulsive and enduring, they commence without warning and stop just as instantaneously, leaving the figure suspended in periods of “not doing”. It is precisely in these gaps of “not doing’ that the figure is revealed and a sense of closeness can be felt. The objects that surround the figure remain from Test and Still and quietly hold their own presence.

Test, Still and Figure This form a series of work based on the premise of waiting. Waiting, in all degrees of ambiguity, is experienced by everyone everyday. In these pieces the performer is referred to as the figure. Her presence is at once both immediate and distant as she is placed in relation to time, space, sound, object & filmed image. The juxtaposing elements that form these pieces follow their own structures. They are allowed to exist separately, linked through a detailed sharing of attention. Given space, they are poetically drawn together to form an intense yet sublime whole.

Anna Krzystek is a Glasgow based choreographer and performer.
Anna is also a core member of Helsinki based Oblivia Performance Company.

‘Glasgow based Krzystek is one of the most interesting choreographers Scotland has to offer, operating at the cutting edge of contemporary dance.’ The Scotsman

Tom Murray, composer (Figure This, Still, Test)
Tim Nunn, video/stills artist and Daniela de Paulis, video artist (Figure This)
Lucy Cash, filmmaker (Still)

The trilogy is a New Moves International commission for New Territories 09 and is the world première. Additional support for the individual works has come from the Scottish Arts Council, Dance House, Dance Base, CCA, Tramway, Oblivia and Balance.

A co-production with Trouble, Brussels as part of A Space For Live Art.