ZRUŠENO!!! Bliss/Štěpita: Flotsam and Jetsam

Flotsam and jetsam are originally nautical terms for objects, debris, and wreckage that ships have discarded at sea for various reasons. Flotsam refers to objects that a ship accidentally lost during its voyage, while jetsam refers to items that the crew deliberately threw overboard in order to lighten the vessel in an emergency situation.

We can lose many things, and many things have been lost: a pen, a watch, your first milk

teeth, enthusiasm for work, friends from elementary school, even me, I too can be lost, as

as well as memories of my first visit to McDonald's, song lyrics, or even GPS navigation. Other things, on the other hand, cannot be discarded, even if they weigh us down and drag us to the bottom. What will I find there?

Two men, or two boys; lost, drifting in a sea of balls. Endless possibilities beyond the

horizon. Hightide and lowtide. A trans-continental flight. A new country. Longing for the

ocean. Fear of heights. Fear of depths. A sister who is irrelevant in all of this. And then the

thing.

A physical exploration of friendship. Juggling with words and relationships.

I have lost nothing, thus not finding anything.

At sea, we can get lost, or just drift aimlessly.

Please be aware that the piece may contain or have come into contact with English, Czech, Slovak, and shellfish.

Choreography/performing: Lukas Bliss, Andrej Štěpita

Dramaturgy: Roman Poliak

Sound design: David Herzig

Set design: Karolína Konvička Srpková

Lighting design: Judita Mejstříková

Object supervision: Filip Zahradnický

Production: Cink Cink Cirk, Jana Ada Kubíčková

Special thanks: Lucia Kašiarová, Šárka Maršíková, Aleš Hrdlička, Natálie Rajnišová

Supported by: Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Czech State Culture Fund, CIRQUEON - A Centre For Contemporary Circus, Studio ALTA, REZI.dance Komařice, Divadlo Štúdia Tanca, Tanečno, DanceConnected

Lukas Bliss studied at HAMU in Prague and has since been consistently active on the domestic dance, theater, and circus scene. His interdisciplinarity helps him combine various creative approaches and principles, especially word-play, improvisation, humor, objects, and movement. He collaborates with Spitfire Company, Tantehorse, PocketArt, and My Kluci co spolu chodíme (a group he co-founded and actively participates in its dramaturgy and direction).

In his own work, he focuses on the fusion of object theater with a certain absurd poeticism, examples of which include the solo performances Lavabo, STILL WAITING_BECKETT 2050, and DÓ. He is dedicated to the organic nature of juggling and a certain effort to "de-circusify" this technique and perceive it as the key to playfulness and a way of working with objects.

Andrej Štěpita studied at the renowned SEAD and learned from and was inspired by a number of contemporary dancers and creators (V. Osojnik, M. Ronda, E. Torroja, I. Spencer, J. Hamilton, E. Ernesto, D. Freeman, J. Michellod, M. Blanaru). He collaborates with a physical theatre company in Prague - Farm in the Cave (Efeméry, Commander, Refuge, Online Hero...). He also collaborates with the Viennese association Artemporis (Strings) and is the author of the site-specific project passing/station. He is the founder of the Orava dance and movement festival Tanečno, which he has been organizing for almost ten years in his native Námestovo, SK. HE met Lukas during a short project called Efeméry as part of Farm in the Cave, the original performance has been turned into a short dance film.