HAIRY TALE

Hair is one of the most iconic elements of the female body. They have served symbolic and cultural functions for centuries. They were an expression of freedom, strength, temptation, mourning, spirituality or shame. In different cultures, they were subject to control: cut off, covered up, subdued, became the carrier of social and religious norms.

It turns out that there is a fine line between aesthetics and politics. Somewhere along the way, conventions, glances and expectations appear.

In Hairy Tale, four female performers feel the viewer's gaze on each other. They know that they are being watched and brazenly respond to his gaze. They play with the image of a woman and what falls out. This is how they write their own fairy tale.

Director/choreography: Jakub Mędrzycki

Creation/dance: Ilona Gumowska, Aleksandra Kuś, Anita Sawicka-Abramowicz, Magdalena Agata Wójcik

Music: Georgy Puchalski

Costumes: Grzegorz Łabuda

Poster designed by Joanna Gieranin

Partners: Centre for Culture and Art in Siedlce, CoDA Movement

Jakub Mędrzycki — laureate of the Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage “Young Poland”.

Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.