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Company name: M Studio

Company country: Romania

Director: Fren_Ák

Distribution: Balázs Judith, Deák Zoltán, Veres Nagy Attila

The creative team:

Concept, choreography: Fren_Ák

Creative Assistant: Eoin Mac Donncha

Music: Halász Gábor

Scenography: Victoria Frenák

Decor: Zoltai György

Puppet and Masks: Majoros Gyula

Performers: Balázs Judith, Deák Zoltán, Veres Nagy Attila

Technical team: Bartók Enikő, Both Melinda, Chirițescu György, Szabó Huba 

Show synopsis:

The show is an original take on the classic Shakespearean tragedy. Fren_Ák's concept aims to delve into the deep layers of the story, emphasizing the characters' internal struggles rather than social conflicts. The choreographer is concerned with the tragedy that unfolds on an inner, emotional plane, as the two young people fall into the clutches of their own illusions. Fren_Ák accentuates human tensions, showing the clash between two characters caught in their desires and illusions, distorted by consumer culture. Man becomes a puppet estranged from his environment, his community, his partner, and ultimately himself.

Company description:

M Studio is a dance theater troupe, established in 2005 in Sfântu Gheorghe. The artistic universe of the troupe is formed through a specific and original choreographic language, unique, born from an organic fusion of physical theater, contemporary dance and strong visuality. Through its artistic program, M Studio promotes the values of contemporary dance and experimental theatre, creating innovative performances directed by recognized creators and choreographers.

Director biography:

Fren_Ák (Pál Frenák) was born in Budapest in 1957. His childhood was marked by the fact that his parents were deaf, thus Fren_Ák learned to express himself in sign language from an early age, which developed a special receptivity to non-verbal expressions and gestures, the expressiveness of the human body. In 1999 Compagnie Pal Frenak, which already had a ten-year history in France, was supplemented by young Hungarian dancers, thus becoming a Hungarian-French troupe based in Paris and Budapest, with a unique dance language characterized by the integrated use of mimicry, sign language and body movement.

Director nominations and/or awards:

Choreographer's Award at the Villa Kujoyama Artist's Retreat, Kyoto, 1998; Veszprém Dance Festival Grand Prize, 2000; The Grand Prize of the Studio Soros Theater Days, 2000; Gyula Harangozó Award for Excellence in Dance from the Hungarian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, 2002; Phillip Morris Hungarian Ballet Award; Rudolf Lábán Award for Choreography for his choreography entitled Fiúk/The Hidden Man, 2005; Order of Merit, Knight's Cross awarded by the Hungarian Ministry of Culture, 2006; Choreography Award of the Zoltán Imre Foundation, 2007; Rudolf Lábán Award for Choreography for his choreography entitled Instinct, 2008; "For Budapest" Award for excellence in dance and for being the cultural ambassador of Budapest to the whole world, 2014; Moholy-Nagy Award, 2015; Sandor Hevesi Award, 2016; "Érdemes Művész" State Award for Excellence in Art, 2018; Jeszenszky Endre Award for Pedagogy, 2018; Kossuth Prize, 2021, Member of the 'Immortals' Society (Halhatlanok Társulata), 2023.

Show duration: 50 minutes (without break)

Special mentions show: For audiences over 18