Andrzej Chylewski, Głos Wielkopolski

Tango without the end

The newest proposition of the Polish Dance Theatre contains many levels, many plots and many meanings. You may watch the Tango in aesthetic sphere - exterior sphere, which seems very rich not only in visual effects but also in acoustic sound. This is all possible because Ewa Wycichowska, author of the idea of the performance and its choreography ask to work together two great personalities, with creative minds and ideas.

The first is Leszek Możdżer, young great pianist and composer, who, till now, has been working only on a jazz field, seems to moves easily the same in choir melodies as in tango. With the Gdańsk Quartet and few other musicians he has composed fascinating music, gathering everything into one, common piece using original records of Astor Piazzolla - an Argentine tango master.
The second artist is Maria Balcerek - great creator of stage spaces, for what she was three times rewarded with "Golden Mask" Award. She has created fascinating stage design and adequate to the spirit of performance - costumes for all dancers. Also, with Ewa Wycichowska she has created lights for every part (realisation: Bohdan Dvornyk).

One of the best ideas in performance was projected video picture of skeleton of the bird - living and dying. This impress realisation is a merit of Adam Wyrwas - direction and realisation and Piotr Śliskowski - camera.
Creator of all ideas - Ewa Wycichowska, gathered every exposed element together in an amazing final scene, she managed to keep right balance between wonderful music and move imagination.
But it is still possible and even necessary to go into symbol space of all meanings of performance of Ewa Wycichowska.
Her key point is exactly dancing; especially tango, not only as a way of expression but also as a way of communication between human - beings.
Leaded in the first part of performance threads of narration shows us love and envy, goodness and evil - the theatre of all passions existing every day in every human soul. It does not matter if it is Ewe, Medea, Lady Makbeth or the world of all different characters. It will be also and for sure, Lady Muerte keeps always watching and being always ubiquitous.

The meaning of the performance is also a proposition of talk and presentation of position that the end of our age does not mean, and it does not mean for sure, the end of our common or also individual world.
Because tango lasts, tango of life and death, tango without the end...

Andrzej Chylewski, "Głos Wielkopolski", Thuesday 1.02.2000.