Good Morning Pinky Mouse!

DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT: 

Good morning! Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome the one and only, the prettiest, the wonderful, the nicest and the most extraordinary…Pinky Mouse! Why “pinky”? Because the pink colour is her favourite one. You may call her Pinky Mouse! Pinky Mouse has got many friends, sings songs of Natasza Zylska, enjoys counting the cheese holes and throws everything through the window when it gets angry. 

The concert track list consists of several songs inspired by swing, jazz and Polish popular music of the fifties and folk tradition. “Good Morning Pinky Mouse!” is a good portion of new sounds, the intensity of which is attributable to the extended instrumentation and electronic tones. Good fun is guaranteed in the company of crazy mice, enriched additionally by the flashy costumes and fable-like stage design, as well as unpredictable action turns. 

INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Pinky Mouse Band - is a new musical group playing very cheerful, springy music for the Small and a Little Bigger Adventurers of Unforgettable Experiences. Pinky Mouse Band comprises of the artists who cooperate with CHOREA Theatre. 

Ola Shaya - curator, theater producer, culture animator, international projects creator, director and coordinator. A graduate of Cultural Studies at the University of Wrocław and Postgraduate Studies in Cultural Marketing at the University of Warsaw (in cooperation with National Cultural Centre). Scholarship holder of the Federation of the Scottish Theatre (2014/2015) and of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2015). Creator and Artistic Director of the Picture-Book Festival for Children "Dot + Dash" in Lodz (Poland) and the Festival of Polish Art for Children "Kite and Trumpet" in Edinburgh (Scotland) and Lodz (Poland).

CHOREA Theatre - is a thriving, uncountable and unpredictable group of artists, performers, musicians, dancers, actors, practitioners, theatre and drama theorists. We create interdisciplinary artistic, educational and social projects: concerts, workshops and performances. We employ innovative, original work methods, going beyond the cultural mainstream. We direct our work, projects, actions and activities to: adults, youth and children, those who are regular theatre-goers, those with limited access to art, and those looking for alternative cultural initiatives. We put emphasis on team-building, joint cooperation, partnership, group dynamics, interrelations, the awareness of body, voice and musicality in our work.
CHOREA Theatre was founded in 2004 in Lublin, as a result of collaboration between two groups of performers. First group, 'The Ancient Orchestra', was developing musical and rhythmical work. Second group, 'Dances of the Labyrinth', was experimenting on movement and dance. Since 2004, before they found their residence in Lodz in 2007, they have been working in several locations. The company was first based in Naleczow, Srebrna Gora and Warsaw, they cooperated with Erthfall Dance Theatre in Cardiff (Wales). Since 2007 they established a permanent base in the city of Lodz, co-founding with Lodz Art Centre a cultural institution named Fabryka Sztuki (Art Factory) and they own an amazing industrial theatre spaces (for rehearsals, performances and workshops) situated in the 19th Century factories, named Art_Inkubator in Fabryka Sztuki in Lodz.
During 16 years of activity CHOREA Theatre fully developed its educational and artistic work. CHOREA artists organized many international workshop sessions, transnational artistic projects, several 10 of their own International Theatre Festival Retroperspektywy and nationwide Theatre Festival Perspektywy, and created more than 40 theatre productions, performances, and concerts. In 2015 CHOREA artists recorded a musical album 'Lullabies' and published actors training handbook 'Actors physical training. From individual to group actions'. In 2020 we recorded our second musical album "Gilgamesh" - concert for a choir, jazz trio and string quartet. CHOREA group collaborates with artists from all over the world: USA, Great Britain, Israel, Spain, India, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Syria, Japan, Russia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Georgia, Moldova, etc.
During last years CHOREA Theatre presented their performances, concerts and intensive workshop sessions all over the world. In 2009 CHOREA performed on International Meeting on Ancient Drama Festival in Delphi, (Greece). In 2010 we cooperated with Rosanna Gamson Worldwide Theatre in Los Angeles (USA). In 2011 we presented our work in Escena Contemporanea Festival in Madrid (Spain) and in Mayerhold Theatre Centre in Moscow (Russia). In 2012 we visited Stage Centre in Tel Aviv (Israel). In 2011, 2012 and 2013 we performed on Bharat Rang Mahotsav - the biggest international Theatre Festival in India. In 2014 and 2015 we showed our performances in Art Carnuntum Verein für Kunst Geschichte Theater Kultur Festival in Art Carnuntum (Austria). In 2015 we presented our work in Luxembourg (Luxembourg) and in Chisnau (Moldova). In 2015 and 2016 we performed in Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre (Georgia). In 2017 we performed in Berlin (Germany), Stockholm (Sweden) and in St.Petersburg (Russia). In 2018 we visited Baerum Kulturhus and sandvika Teater in Oslo (Norway), we leaded an intensive workshop session, in terms of "Polish Theatre Days” during II International Theatre Festival TheATRIUM 2018 in Drama Theatre in Klaipeda (Lithuania), performed in Danube Bend Theatre in Vac (Hungary) in terms of V4 Festival and Theatre Meeting 2018, and performed on Festivalul International de Teatru Pentru Publicul Tanar in Iasi (Romania). In 2019 we visited NUKU Theatre in Tallin (Estonia), where we performed on Visual Theatre Festival NuQ Treff, and again performed in Danube Bend Theatre in Vac (Hungary) in terms of V4 Festival and Theatre Meeting 2019. In 2020 we leaded intensive workshop session in Akademija za umjetnost i kulturu, in Osijek (Croatia), and leaded a big international project 'Ukraine - Poland: The borderland of theatre cultures'. 

LINKS:

• Watch the photos from premiere - by Agnieszka Cytacka fotografia
  
  
• Watch the photos form backstage - by Agnieszka Cytacka fotografia