The Sign with a Tongue

performance
2024

direction, screenplay: Daniel Kotowski
dramaturgy, co-direction, screenplay: Ala Kobielarz
set design: Piotr Michalski
video: Józef Jakacki
costumes: Marko Saidov
sound: ROSZ
choreography: Szymon Dobosik
performed by: Szymon Dobosik, Daniel Kotowski, Dominika Kozłowska, Przemysław Walich
lighting design: Tomasz Grygier
assistant director: Marta Gosecka
stage manager: Magdalena Kaźmierska
venue: Contemporary Theatre in Szczecin

Curiosity. Unease. Surprise. Wonder. Staring.
Impropriety. Gazing. Enchantment. Choreography.
Judgement. Entertainment. Otherness. Gesture. Expression.
Humour. Fascination. Aestheticisation. Fetishisation. Expectation.
Excitement. Misunderstanding. Strangeness. Admiration. Looking.
Meaning.

And you? What do you see? What are you looking at? Do you understand what they are signing?
To you, are these signs or gestures? Is that interpreter overdoing it?
Is the interpreter dancing? Is the interpreter stealing the show – or only your gaze?

photo credit: Piotr Nykowski