Tereza Lenerová: Glove Concern

The skin is the embodiment of a thin line that separates the inner from the outer world. A sensory organ with which we perceive the surrounding world, a rare material. The surface of the body can also reflect what's inside. Our skin is hypersensitive, as is society as a whole – exposed and scared. What does it say about us, and what is its value? It can no longer protect us in the world we have created, so we prefer to go through it with "gloves on".

Since time immemorial, we have been killing animals to wear their skins on our own. To warm us, protect us, beautify us. We take upon ourselves the responsibility for prioritizing the utility of the surface over the preservation of life within. Over time, the leathermaking craft is dying out. Not because we don't want to keep wearing flexible, tough leather, but because people have been replaced by machines. We don't want to have anything to do with death anymore.

The performance transforms the theatre into a catwalk where human and animal are in an embrace. Which of them is an endangered species, and what is actually dying out here? Put yourself in the skin of someone or something else for a moment.

The performance uses spoken word in English and Czech.

Concept: Tereza Lenerová

Choreography: Tereza Lenerová

Created and performed by: Andrea Miltnerová, Jitka Sara Páníková

Dramaturgy: Maja Hriešik

Collaboration on concept: Jiří Havlíček

Music: Floex

Sound design: Floex

Light design: Jan Hugo Hejzlar

Costumes: Radka Vyplašilová

Producer: tactic

Production: tactic, Romana Packová

Co-production: Tanec Praha z.ú. / PONEC - dance venue

Premiere: 27. 11. 2023, PONEC - dance venue

Duration: 50 min

The production was created with financial support: Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, City of Prague, Czech State Culture Fund, PONEC - dance venue, Micro and Macro Dramaturgies in Dance - supported by EU Creative Europe programme

Partners: Studio Truhlárna, Plum Yard

The project was implemented with financial support from the European Union - NextGenerationEU through the National Recovery Plan and with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.

The performance at the Galaxie cultural station is presented by DanceConnected in collaboration with tactic and the 4 + 4 Days in Motion festival.