Chorus Line
by Adrienn Hód
Chorus Line focuses on the paradoxical relationship between movement, stillness, monotony, and attitude. The deconstruction that can be observed throughout the piece brings together the tough athleticness of marching bands and the sensitivity of the Chopin nocturnes. The contradictory nature of the deconstructed performances forces the audience to look beyond the object of their attention and observe a deeper sense. In this way, the dancers raise questions about individuality and collectivity while building a piece that brings out the strong provocative characteristics of Adrienn Hód's work, whose vibrant art is known to evolve on a tendency to deconstruct, destabilise, and re-build the existing dance structures. Pushing the boundaries, opening new spaces that are hidden behind taboos and spectatorial conventions, radically rethinking the possibilities inherent in contemporary dance, this is what Adrienn Hód both calls for and executes.
Biography
Adrienn Hód was born in 1975. She graduated at Budapest Contemporary Dance School, the only contemporary dance school in Hungary, founded by Iván Angelus. Then in 2014 she graduated as a pedagogue at the Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy. Her early works were presented at Inspiration- Young Choreographers’ Evenings, organized by Workshop Foundation. She founded OFF Company in 1995, then Hodworks in 2007. Same year she was resident of the Research into the Unknown, a research program run by Workshop Foundation. This is where she creates Kapcsolódjunk és bömböltessük. In 2008 she creates her female duett, Mit kezdjünk a testünkkel? (What should we do with our bodies?). In 2008 she was participant of Meeting Points, a Hungarian-American artistic program. In 2009 she presents her new piece, Supra hits. In 2010 he was awarded Trust for Mutual Understanding grant, in 2011 she was resident at Tanzfabrik, in Berlin.
Her main profile is experimental movement and contemporary dance. She choreographs theatre pieces, films, TV advertisements, live performances and events. She regularly teaches improvisation and gives workshops related to Hodworks pieces.
During studio work she creates intimate situations in which dancers are offered space and trust to open up their physicality, sensations, emotions and verbalism. Hód’s method is based on improvisation that appears in a structured frame on stage. She is not afraid working on the unknown.
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