TAPESTRY

An International Collaboration with Karlovsky & Company Dance and Divadlo Štúdio Tanca (Slovakia)

 

March 21-22, 2025 - 7:30pm

The Grandel
3610 Grandel Square
St. Louis, MO 63103

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TICKETS will be available soon!​

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TAPESTRY is an international concert collaboration with Karlovsky & Company Dance and Divadlo Štúdio Tanca from Slovakia. Don't miss this unique opportunity to see powerful work of physical-dance theater by our guest artists, along with a new work, This Home, by artistic director, Dawn Karlovsky.  

• Live and recorded sound scores by Kalo Hoyle and Tory Starbuck

• Video collaboration with filmmaker, Zlatko Ćosić 

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This year, the company is excited to announce the St. Louis international premiere of TAPESTRY, a collaborative dance theater program that brings  Divadlo Štúdio Tanca, the foremost professional contemporary dance theater company in Slovakia.  The company will come to the USA for the first time for this event and Karlovsky & Company dance will go to Slovakia this summer as part of the collaboration.

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Divadlo Štúdio Tanca will present Medusa and Somewhere, we begin again at the premiere of TAPESTRY.  Medusa is centered on the myth of Medusa, the performance intertwines themes of body dysmorphia and the societal pressures of physical appearance, while examining the human struggle with self-acceptance and the search for inner power. Through captivating movement and visual poetry, Medusa challenges the audience to question beauty standards and embrace the power of self-love and resilience.

Somewhere, we begin again is a contemporary dance performance that explores the longing for human connection in a world where people often feel disconnected. The piece examines how empathy and touch can help heal emotional distances. Through powerful, raw movement, the dancers confront modern isolation, showing how simple acts of closeness—like a hug or a touch—can bring comfort and understanding. The performance transforms into a celebration of human connection, even in a world that feels increasingly distant.

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Karlovsky will present the premiere of This Home. This featured work was inspired by the migration story of her family heritage in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Following her visit to these regions, she imagined a time and place she had never known, yet still felt this connection, deepening her understanding of the risks families take when emigrating in search of a better life. This Home explores themes of migration, displacement, and transformation, reflecting the universal human desire for a sense of place and belonging.

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Financial assistance for this project has been provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency,  the Regional Arts Commission, The Kranzberg Arts Foundation, and by private donors.

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