Our company’s most recent immersive production, IMA (Pray) returns to the Müpa Tent this April. Premiering last year in the program of Bartók Spring, where it was a sold-out success, IMA was directed by Bence Vági, Recirquel’s artistic director.

 

IMA is an immersive cirque danse production taking place in an installation space reminiscent of sacred places. We participate in a unique ritual guided by the performer, taking us into the unknown territories of the human mind. “IMA offers a glimpse into the theatre of the future; there is no traditional seating, but the audience becomes part of the show, as if they were floating in the air with the performer,” said Bence Vági.

 

Religions, beliefs are distant matters in the infinity of IMA’s universal space brought to life by sound and light emanating from millions of points, and only the human soul is in the focus of attention.

 

The one-person piece is performed in a rotation by the artists, who accompany the audience in a meditative, spiritual journey. The choreography is the same, but because of their different backgrounds and personalities, the performers present different aspects of the same artistic content.

 

IMA is on show between 28^th April and 3^rd June 2023 with the following schedule:

Gábor Zsíros:

28 April 19:00, 29 April 16:00, 30 April 16:00, 2 May 19:00, 3 May 20:30, 4 May 19:00, 6 May 17:30, 7 May 19:00, 10 May 19:00, 11 May 19:00, 13 May 20:30, 14 May 20:30, 16 May 19:00, 18 May 19:00, 20 May 19:00, 21 May 16:00, 23 May 19:00, 27 May 17:30, 28 May 16:00, 3 June 17:30

Zita Horváth:

28 April 20:30, 29 April 20:30, 30 April 19:00, 4 May 20:30, 6 May 20:30, 7 May 16:00, 9 May 19:00, 10 May 20:30, 12 May 19:00, 13 May 17:30, 14 May 17:30, 16 May 20:30, 19 May 20:30, 20 May 17:30, 21 May 19:00, 24 May 19:00, 25 May 20:30, 26 May 19:00, 27 May 20:30, 28 May 19:00, 1 June 20:30, 2 June 19:00, 3 June 20:30

Charles-Éric Bouchard:

29 April 17:30, 30 April 20:30, 5 May 19:00, 6 May 16:00, 7 May 20:30, 11 May 20:30, 13 May 16:00, 14 May 16:00, 17 May 19:00, 18 May 20:30, 20 May 20. 16:00, 21 May 20:30, 24 May 20:30, 26 May 20:30, 27 May 19:00, 28 May 20:30, 30 May 19:00, 30 May 20:30, 31 May 19:00, 31 May 20:30, 3 June 16:00

Renátó Illés:

29 April 19:00, 30 April 17:30, 2 May 20:30, 3 May 19:00, 5 May 20:30, 6 May 19:00, 7 May 17:30, 9 May 20:30, 12 May 20:30, 13 May 19:00, 14 May. 19:00, 17 May 20:30, 19 May 19 19:00, 20 May 20 20:30, 21 May 17:30, 23 May 20:30, 25 May 19:00, 27 May 16:00, 28 May 17:30, 1 June 19:00, 2 June 20:30, 3 June 19:00

 

Following its premiere in 2022, IMA was acclaimed by the audience and reviewers alike:

 

„Where the soul can find its real self.”

WeLoveBudapest

 

„We can hear the sound of our existence.”

Magyar Nemzet

 

“IMA is very likely to mean a paradigm shift in theatre technology, but it surely does in audience experience.”

24.hu

 

“In a meditative state of mind and ambience, created by the play of light and sound, the artist becomes the spectators’ guide.”

index.hu – leading news portal

 

“IMA reflects on faith as a ubiquitous phenomenon … faith is universal and not confined by any dogma or set of rules.”

papageno.hu

 

“… the performance itself is the space, which, through a play with shadow and light, becomes one with the artist – as though we the spectators were also floating in the air with them.”

24.hu