RÉKA SZŰCS
Don't Teach Me





Common Decency No 5. Don't Teach Me
contemporary dance performance, S8 mapping
while I get home from work
while I put the kettle on to boil
while I feed the cats
(for the past week I had to give medicine to one as he suffers from hyperacidity, and finds it hard to swallow)
while I water the roof-garden
that you built me as a token of our love
but it is my white pants that get muddy from the hose
as I watch the lotuses (that, I know, are lilies), as I decided they are the symbols of our renewing relationship
(while they grow slowly)
while I search for an arthouse film shown late at night on TV
while it gets dark
while I resist to turn the lights on
while I move around ever more courageously in the fading space of our shared life
while I eat cheese and home grown tomatoes for dinner
I cannot forget the thought
that driven by the same passion
and with the same desire
you penetrate her
in the same position
as you penetrated me.
„don’t teach me to live without you,” asked my ex-lover once when I broke up with him
and it has already been five months that I have been living without you.
/translated by: András Gerevich/
concept: Réka Szűcs
choreography, performing: Dóra Ida Szűcs
photography: Gábor Szabó H.S.C.
sound: Rudolf Várhegyi
music: Tamás Bernáth Atom
mapping: Marcell Andristyák, Réka Harsányi
producer: Kristóf Helyei, Réka Szűcs
supporter: Apodosz Foundation, NKA
thanks to: Gábor Áfrány, Réka Harsányi, Juli Laczkó, Dániel Sallay, Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák, Andrea Sztojánovits, Ágnes Tóth
produced by: ©Értékmegőrző|SAFE Art Studio
exhibitions, festivals, awards:
•'A dolgok állása' | 'State of Things' - group exhibition, Várgalléria Veszprém 2014
•Dance Film in the Gallery, MAMŰ Gallery, Budapest 2015
•5th EIVV, International Meeting on Videodance and Videoperformance>> in Valencia, Spain