Previews Aug 1-2 13:00 (50mins) £8.00
Aug 3-10,12-17,19-25 13:00 (50mins) £10.00 (£8.00)
Zoo Southside

A dreamy ballad of sexual dependency is presented by the DOT 504 Dance Company from Prague, Czech Republic. Immerse yourself into the deepest visions of sexual fantasy, search for the physical and psychic possibilities of the human body.

Holdin' Fast was created by Jozef Frucek (Slovakia) and Linda Kapetanea (Greece) of RootlessRoot Company, ex-members of Wim Vandekeybus' company Ultima Vez, in 2007.

The project was inspired by Czech-French author Milan Kundera’s novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being: "The heaviest of burdens crushes us, we sink beneath it, it presses us to the ground. But in the love poetry of every age, woman longs to be weighted down by the man’s body. The heaviest burden is therefore at the same time the image of the most intensive fulfilment of life. The heavier the burden, the more real and true it becomes…"

The dancers of DOT 504, Helena Arenbergerová, Michaela Ottová, Lenka Vágnerová, Pavel Mašek, Petr Opavský and Daniel Racek, all among the best Czech contemporary dancers, have more than risen to the occasion. Arenbergerová was nominated for the Thálie Award for her interpretation in this project. Petr Opavský is also a Thálie Award nominee. This award is the Czech parallel of the Academy award in theatrical, opera and ballet art.

This project, marked by the critics as the highlight of the year, (October 2007) reached 20 performances in the Czech Republic and abroad (Warsaw, Athens, Bratislava).




Reviews

http://www.ballet.co.uk/dcforum/happening/6941.html
http://www.fringereview.co.uk/fringeReview.php?showName=Holdin'%20Fast
http://www.list.co.uk/article/11046-holdin-fast/