Hoson Zes / Shine

Cre­ators: Com­mu­nal Cho­ir 

Le­aders: Grze­gorz Wie­rus, Eli­na To­ne­va

Cast: Eli­za­bet Araj, Ma­ciej Bed­na­rek, Adź­ka Bie­lec­ka, Mag­da­le­na Bo­row­ska, Ja­cek Czap­nik, Bar­ba­ra Cie­śle­wicz, Ar­tur Chrza­now­ski, Łu­kasz Fi­li­pow, Ka­ta­rzy­na Ga­lic­ka-Szer, Ka­ta­rzy­na Gron­kie­wicz, Hu­bert Krzysz­kow­ski, Ma­ria Klo­rek, Mar­cin Ko­by­liń­ski, Ma­ria Ma­żew­ska, Mi­chał Ma­jak, Piotr Ma­ty­jaszczk, Ma­ciej Ma­cia­szek, Wik­tor Mo­ra­czew­ski, Magdalena Paszkiewicz, Anna Przy­byt, Wan­da Po­te­raj, Mar­ta Ra­kow­ska, To­masz Ro­do­wicz, Alek­san­dra Sza­łek, Mar­ta Ster­na, Jo­an­na Sta­nec­ka, Ania Sztajn­born, Pau­la Tra­lew­ska, Zo­fia Kę­dra, Alek­san­dra Zio­mek

Premiere: 31.08.2025, CHOREA Theatre, International Theatre Festival Retroperspektywy

Du­ra­tion: 60 mi­nu­tes

Vie­wers' age: no li­mi­ta­tions

“Ho­son Zes / Lśn­ji” is a con­cert of the Com­mu­nal Cho­ir - the re­sult of over a year of mu­si­cal work by the gro­up, which was born from a pas­sion for sin­ging to­ge­ther. In­i­tial­ly a lo­ose and open gro­up of en­thu­sia­sts, over time trans­for­med into a 30-per­son cho­ir, re­ady to face extre­me­ly de­man­ding and ra­re­ly per­for­med mu­si­cal ma­te­rial.

The re­per­to­ire is ba­sed on con­tem­po­ra­ry ar­ran­ge­ments of an­cient Gre­ek mu­sic - pie­ces ori­gi­na­ting from the be­gin­nings of CHO­REA The­atre. The­se com­po­si­tions are raw, pri­ma­ry, and at the same time extre­me­ly ali­ve. The­ir rhy­th­mic in­ten­si­ty and vo­cal expres­sion evo­ke echo­es of the be­gin­nings of Eu­ro­pe­an cul­tu­re - echo­es of so­unds from cen­tu­ries ago that still re­so­na­te in to­day's li­ste­ners.

The con­cert by the Com­mu­nal Cho­ir is not only a pre­sen­ta­tion of the works' ef­fects, but also a ma­ni­fe­sta­tion of com­mu­ni­ty, open­ness and the strength that co­mes from be­ing to­ge­ther in mu­sic.

Com­mu­nal Cho­ir - was es­ta­bli­shed in 2024 as part of the Prze­strze­nie Sztu­ki Łódź - Te­atr pro­gram­me. The gro­up con­si­sts of both expe­rien­ced sin­gers and pe­ople ta­king the­ir first steps in gro­up sin­ging. The cho­ir has not only an ar­ti­stic func­tion, but abo­ve all an edu­ca­tio­nal and so­cial one - it con­nects pe­ople thro­ugh sin­ging to­ge­ther, and cre­ates a safe and cre­ati­ve spa­ce for de­ve­lop­ment and co­ope­ra­tion.

Com­mu­nal Cho­ir re­he­ar­sals ta­ke pla­ce as part of Prze­strze­nie Sztu­ki - Łódź Te­atr pro­ject.

Pro­ject fi­nan­ced from the funds of the Mi­ni­stry of Cul­tu­re and Na­tio­nal He­ri­ta­ge of the Re­pu­blic of Po­land, re­ali­sed by Zbi­gniew Ra­szew­ski The­atre In­sti­tu­te.

Pro­ject fi­nan­ced from the funds of the City of Łódź.

Or­ga­ni­ser: Art Fac­to­ry in Łódź

Co-or­ga­ni­zers: Mi­ni­stry of Cul­tu­re and Na­tio­nal He­ri­ta­ge of the Re­pu­blic of Po­land, Zbi­gniew Ra­szew­ski The­atre In­sti­tu­te, City of Łódź

Part­ner: CHO­REA The­atre