Bistoury Physical Theatre

“Assassins for one Night” is a multimedia dance-performance piece combined with video installation. Throughout its 15 minutes of duration, with two dancers and a musician live on stage, the piece will incarnate and recreate the life of three siblings obsessed with the task of making order out of chaos.

“Assassins for one Night” bases its inspiration on the play “Night of the Assassins” by Cuban playwright José Triana. It narrates a struggle against the constant restrictions imposed upon us by a system without any real power, a rebellion against repression, including that which we bring upon ourselves. At times, this struggle walks the path of reality, while other times it delves into rite and fantasy.

Through dance, theatre, music and projections, three characters deconstruct the obstacles that limit their individuality through the use of imagination and fantasy. Alexey Taran (Director of ERE. Bistoury Physical Theater) and Carla Forte (Screenwriter and Filmmaker) are the intellectual authors of this night, during which the act of becoming an assassin will become a liberating escapade for both the participants on stage and for the audience.

It is a cyclical play where the characters will indefinitely repeat the act of symbolically murdering their parents in order to attain individual liberty. The piece will return us to the place where we began; they are empty rites based on words rather than actions, where the characters do not have possibilities nor alternatives. The game does not allow any solution, and for them the only exit is the absence of an exit. One of the siblings says: “oh, my sisters, if love could...only love...because in spite of it all, I love you.” “Assassins for One Night” is a continuous and interminable game that serves as a ritual to exorcize the demons of the crime.

ALEXEY TARAN

Alexey Taran has worked as director of ERE.Bistoury since 2005, has achieved constant recognition and important awards. The multidisciplinary performance “Bolo” was realized thanks to a “Guggenheim Fellowship”. His recent work “Assassins for one night” was presented at “La Biennale di Venezia 2012” Marathon of the Unexpected, Italy. In 1996 and 1998, his plays were recognized with awards by the Recontres Choregraphiques in France. Also, his recent cinematographic role as Editor and Art Director in collaboration with filmmaker and director Carla Forte short film “RESET” was selected for “Cannes Court Metrage - Short Film Corner, FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2012.”

CARLA FORTE

Carla Forte was a performer, writer and co- director of video arts like: Assasins for One Night, Obbe, Symbol, Schizobolo and Five Movements presented in important Theaters and Festivals like: La Biennale di Venezia Marathon of the Unexpected, Italy. Non-Verbal Theatre, Croatia. Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami. Movement Research at the Judson Church, NY. Armando Reverón, Venezuela. A Desert for Dancing, Mexico. Her Films work includes: "RESET" Short Film selected for Cannes Court Metrage - Short Film Corner, FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2012. "URBAN STORIES" Feature Film Winner: Best Script, Best Feature and Best Cinematographer Bootleg Film Festival, Toronto. Winner Honorable Mention Los Angeles Movies Awards ."BLOODBATH TEST" Feature Film Winner of the PLOMO Competition for the BestMovie Script.

JURAJ KOJS

Juraj Kojs is a composer, performer, multimedia artist and producer from Slovakia currently residing in the US. Juraj's creative and research work reaches to the areas of music at the threshold of hearing, action-based acoustic and electroacoustic music, cyberinstruments created with physical modeling synthesis, tactile music, native instruments from central Europe, interactive audio-visual performance, muscle-powered multimedia, music with everyday objects and toys, graphic notation and genre bending.

Juraj is a cofounder of Foundation for Emerging Technologies and Arts (FETA) and the ensemble SofIA: Sonorities of Interactive Acoustics. He organizes 12 Nights, a monthly series of Computer Music and Art at the Harold Golen Gallery in Miami, Florida. Juraj holds a PhD. in Composition and Computer Technologies from the University of Virginia. He had teaching appointments at Aalborg University in Copenhagen, Denmark, Yale University and University of Virginia. Kojs currently teaches courses in the Audio Department at Miami International University of Art and Design in Miami, FL.

CARLOS ORTIZ

Carlos Ortiz was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1984, into a family with a strong artistic vein and heritage. During the summer of 2010, Carlos participated in the independent film Urban Stories, directed by the Venezuelan Forte Siblings, which was shot in Miami, FL. He played one of the many characters in the series of short stories that intertwine in this interesting socially-themed picture. He was also involved in the production process, performing different PA and other tasks for the directors.

Currently, Carlos is coursing studies for a dual major in Psychology/Political Science at Florida International University. However, always inclined to follow his natural drive for the arts, and anxious to return to the path he could not follow several years ago, he is seeking to be more involved in different movie and theatre projects in South Florida, and will be transferring to Columbia University in New York City in 2012, in order to immerse himself in the dynamic artistic New York scene and follow his dream onto the stage.

Directed by: ALEXEY TARAN

Conceived by: CARLA FORTE & ALEXEY TARAN

Composer: JURAJ KOJS

Performers: CARLA FORTE, JURAJ KOJS, CARLOS ORTIZ & ALEXEY TARAN

Lighting Designer: A. PUIG

Photography: GLASSWORKS MULTIMEDIA & VICENTE FORTE

FILM CREDITS

Production Company: BISTOURY PHYSICAL THEATER, TRIMEDIA & GLASSWORKS MULTIMEDIA

Directed by: CARLA FORTE & ALEXEY TARAN

Director of Photography: RANDY VALDES & ELVIS SUAREZ

Editor: RANDY VALDES

Assistant Director: CORINA FREYRE

Production Assistant: VICENTE FORTE, OMAR ROQUE & ANDRES PUIG

Sound: VICENTE FORTE

Lighting & Grip: RANDY VALDES, ELVIS SUAREZ & A. PUIG

Costume Design: SUSY RAFFO

Makeup: SUSANA RAFFO & CORINA FREYRE

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