ARTISTIC VISION

- BETTINA SZABO - 

Artist Statement

Being an activist at heart, my work gravitates towards subjects like the environment and women's issues. My creations are triggered by a need to denounce injustices and to generate collective reflection. I transpose this quest into fictional worlds where I invite the audience to a gentle revolt, through empathy and compassion.

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Curious and invested in the crusade for the "feminine gaze", I favor female collaborations. I seek to communicate through emotion, questioning our contemporary values ​​and their roots. As a result, the notions of beauty and ugliness have no place in my work, they are simply replaced by curiosity.

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Over the years, I have developed a somatic approach to movement research called "moving subconscious". This method allows to associate academic research and intuition, subconscious and body. It generates unique, raw and sensitive movement that deeply inhabits the performer. 

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This fluid, unbridled movement reveals the choreographic structure of the work. Then, I organize it in space and time, playing with perspective and rhythm, unveiling new potential interpretations. The resulting choreographic composition requires a mastery of the body that is both imperceptible yet extremely demanding.

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The music, composed specifically for each project, is considered early in the process. It interacts with dance forming an entity whose sound emerges as much from the movement as from the soundtrack.

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The dramaturgical line is jointly built with collaborators from different mediums, thus creating a multi-faceted work that has a unique poetic universe specific to each piece.

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Inspired by artists like Kent Monkman, Tim Burton and Remedios Varo, I create work with striking imagery, with multiple interpretations that intrigue or disturb while revealing a singular aesthetic. They carry within themselves a meaning, a message that once witnessed belongs to the viewer.