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Debora St. & Tinka Avramova (CZ/BG/US): Anima Mundi
WORK IN PROGRESS

  • date: 19 March, 2026
  • time: 20:00
  • place: Venuše ve Švehlovce
  • event type: Immersive movement theatre (work-in-progress)
  • organised by: Bazaar Festival
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Between womanhood, humanity and the fleetingness of the world, a temporary community of shared searching emerges. This immersive performance combines the bodies of the two performers, the rhythm of the seasons and the audience in a landscape of ceaseless transformation, where identities are relational, not fixed. Collective existence in motion becomes a way of rehearsing a different world. A world in which change equals possibility, not failure.

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A work‑in‑progress immersive performance, Anima Mundi initiates an intimate journey toward discovering one’s relationship to humanity and womanhood: a way of being that can be inhabited freely, lightly and courageously with a sense of groundedness, pride and togetherness. Still, we search for an ideal that would allow us to live well; still, we fail to reach it. The seasonal rhythm frames an endless process of transformation and new experiences. We would like to create a perfect world for everyone, but we’re not satisfied with what we find. 

Drawing on their friendship, the performers create a living landscape of transformation and long-sought answers to questions that render the personal universal. Amidst constantly shifting identities, that which remains is revealed: strength, playfulness, the ability to rest and then concentrate once again. The audience is not just a witness. Viewers are invited to take part in a shared search for an ideal world where change is not a threat, but a space for collective shifts, attention and a return to the universal in each of us. 

“Being in motion is more secure than standing firm.” – Sodja Lotker

Performed in English, Czech and Japanese

  • Credits

    ARTISTIC DIRECTORS: Debora Štysová, Tinka Avramova

    PERFORMER AND ARTISTIC COLLABORATOR: Sai Ogawa

    DRAMATURGY: Roman Zotov-Mikshin a Katarína Bakošov

    PRODUCTION: Barbora Loumová Miko

    SCENOGRAPHY: Riin Maide

    SOUND DESIGN: Valtteri Alanen

    LIGHT DESIGN: Jiří Šmirk 

    GRAPHIC DESIGN: Darja Lukjanenko

    PHOTOS: Vojtěch Brtnický / Sobotní Bazaar 2025

  • Bio

    Debora (CZ) and Tinka (BG/US) first met at DAMU. Their creative synergy led to the creation of 30 DNÍ/30 DAYS, an immersive performance simulating the visa application process in the Czech Republic, which plunges the audience into an absurd, bureaucratic labyrinth. They also collaborated on the full-length dance performance Soul Seekers (Zuzana Dobešová, PopBalet), about the internal landscape of the human soul, the search for identity and its transformation. Their collaborative practice is marked by the intersection of personal stories, collective experience and research into social narratives and human potential. They combine immersive experiences with unconventional uses of space  and new modes of storytelling.

  • Support

    Bazaar Festival, Venuše ve Švehlovce