Figuring Age
Figuring Age (2024) was a production by Boglárka Börcsök & Andreas Bolm.
The production was performed at Black Box teater as part of the Oslo International Theatre Festival 2024.
Information
(Objekt ID 156782)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | March 15, 2024 |
| Audience | Adults |
| Keywords | Performance, Dance |
| Running period | March 15, 2024 — March 16, 2024 |
| Last changed | 29.10.2025 |
| Create date | 25.05.2025 |
Requirements to venue
| Last changed | 29.10.2025 |
| Create date | 25.05.2025 |
From the festival programme:
"FIGURING AGE is a transgenerational, immersive and haunting performance and installation set at the liminal space between film, dance and theater. In a fictional ghost séance hosted by Börcsök and Bolm, visitors encounter three elderly dancers: Éva, Irén and Ágnes all aged between 90 and 101 and that were all once part of the development of modern dance in Hungary in the 1930s. Based on recordings of the dancers filmed in their private homes, the artist duo has sculpted a choreography of embodiment that lets their protagonists return on stage through Börcsök’s body and voice.
Retracing how each of the women transformed their life and dance practice to survive the socio-political changes of the 20th century, the artists explore how resilience, silence and trauma are inscribed in the body and in the movement."
Supported by Die Irritierte Stadt Festival of Arts, Montag Modus Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, PACT Zollverein Atelier No.63 – Experimental Platform for the Arts, Hellerau – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste - Residency Program, Neustart Kultur – an initiative for the Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media as part of the support program DIS- TANZEN, an Umbrella Association for dance in Germany. Part of the work was developed in the frame of the performance exhibition “20 Dancers for the XX Century” by Boris Charmatz/Terrain.
Video credits: Andreas Bolm & Boglárka Börcsök (editing), Lisa Rave (camera), Elisa Calosi (production manager). Video commissioned by: Montag Modus/ MMpraxis. Video funded by: Tanzfonds Erbe – an initiative by German Federal Cultural Foundation, La Musée de la Danse, Rennes, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, Berlin.
SOURCE:
Black Box teater’s archive, 2025.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Andreas Bolm | – Concept/Idea |
| Boglárka Börcsök | – Concept/Idea |
| Andreas Bolm | – Choreography |
| Boglárka Börcsök | – Choreography |
| Andreas Bolm | – Stage design |
| Boglárka Börcsök | – Stage design |
| Andreas Bolm | – Costume |
| Boglárka Börcsök | – Costume |
| Andreas Bolm | – Sound |
| Andreas Bolm | – Light |
| Irén Preisich | – Dancer |
| Ágnes Roboz | – Dancer |
| Éva E. Kovács | – Dancer |
| Boglárka Börcsök | – Performer |
| Andreas Bolm | – Main producer |
| Boglárka Börcsök | – Main producer |
English translation: David Robert Evans. Performance produced by: Boglárka Börcsök & Andreas Bolm.
| March 16, 2024 16:00 – Store scene (Main stage), Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) (Oslo International Theatre Festival) | Show |
| March 16, 2024 18:00 – Store scene (Main stage), Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) (Oslo International Theatre Festival) | Show |
| March 15, 2024 19:30 – Store scene (Main stage), Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) (Oslo International Theatre Festival) | Opening night |
| March 15, 2024 21:30 – Store scene (Main stage), Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) (Oslo International Theatre Festival) | Show |
| Oslo International Theatre Festival | March 15, 2024 |