Haas - Glory Days

Martin Dvořák's production for actors and dancers is based on available sources about the actor Hugo Haas and his brother Pavlo, who perished in 1944 in the Auschwitz concentration camp. The concept is based on their imaginary conversation before Hugo's death, when he recapitulates and reflects on his life. The project envisages being presented in a small space with a strong emphasis on a combination of realistic acting and stylized movement "choreography". The actor represents Hugo Haas, his brother Pavel's dancer. The musical side of the production is based on the chamber work of the composer Pavel Haas and the film work of Hugo Haas. The author is Jan Hanák Sonority. The talking dancer represents the plane of the dead brother Pavel full of fantasy, symbolism and metaphysics or non-literalism, while the actor represents the world of the still living Hugo Haas with his pain, uncertainty, past and reality. Both performers are on stage the whole time.