Oops

Mechanism of the mistake

Ops deals with the mechanism of a mistake, which works like a loop that chains together one and the same mistake – to correct the mistake. The “enlightened mind” is stuck in the court of Louis XIV and cynically condemns any attempt at a solution to failure in advance. The oops take place in a “dialogue” between the performer and the stage, communicating through projected text: “I have a problem with the lights. I know I have to turn them on. Sooner or later. But I’m afraid it will be a mistake”. Although the stage speaks from the position of the historical consciousness of the “critical mind” – aware of the historical cycle of mistakes in which it is caught, along with artists, producers, the public, the state, science, religion – it is completely powerless. It is condemned to the bodily presence of the performer. The dancer, trapped in the regime of representation, can only assert her meaning through corporeality. Both are limited by the other and both admit that they are always playing each other off against each other. Mistake is the only reason and the only meaning of their existence.

Photo: Marcandrea

Photo: Marcandrea

Photo: Marcandrea

Photo: Marcandrea

Photo: Marcandrea

Photo: Marcandrea

Photo: Marcandrea

Oops

2012 • Irresolvable
Dance solo • 60 min

Concept — Anita Wach, Bojan Jablanovec
Text and direction — Bojan Jablanovec
Choreography and performance — Anita Wach
Light design and technical manager — Janko Oven
Art Stations Foundation producer— Joanna Leśnierowska
VN producer — Špela Trošt
Production — Art Stations Foundation, Poznań (In the frame of EU programme Modul-dance) and Via Negativa
Co-production — Tanzhaus nrw, Düsseldorf 
Residency — Dance Ireland, Dublin

Mention
Jacek Kopciński, literary historian, dramaturg, theater critic and editor of the Polish monthly magazine Teatr, proclaimed Oops for the best dance performance in the season 2011-2012.