A dance–music reflection on the constant need for stimulation, escape, and the simultaneous search for the present moment.

This intimate double bill of dancer Andrej Štěpita and musician Štěpán Janoušek presents original solo projects by two distinctive members of Farm in the Cave, unfolding in a liminal space between movement and sound.

A man—guide sets out on a journey, which is formed only beneath his own steps. He shares so much of himself with everyone that he begins to forget who he is. He cannot wait, yet he needs you to follow him. Can you keep up with his pace?

The musical composition becomes a performative contemplation of what it means today to be—and to gradually disappear. 

Presence turns into absence, sound into memory, and the human gesture into a digital trace.

A call for stillness that never arrives. A song of endless searching, of the desire to move forward even when there is nowhere left to go.

Andrej Štepita, a graduate of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU) and the prestigious SEAD academy, is a performer, educator, and creator working primarily in contemporary dance and physical theatre. He has long collaborated with Farm in the Cave (Commander, Czech Hero, Refuge, Oscillation) and with numerous ensembles, particularly in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Austria. He is the founder of the Tanečno Festival and collective.

Štěpán Janoušek is a trombonist, singer, composer, and improviser. He studied trombone at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory and is currently studying composition at HAMU in Prague. He has been collaborating with Farm in the Cave since 2017.

Performed by: Štěpán Janoušek

Duration: 50 minutes

This project is created as part of the support for original work by members of the ensemble.