f***ball

F***ball is a phantom pas de deux with my former downstairs neighbor, inspired by the manifesto of Didier Drogba. A mix of dance, choreopolitics, and Galactik Football. It explores ways to rewrite the rules of the game and imagine a different kind of community - one founded not on national identity, but on temporary alliances and chance encounters.accidental meetings.

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In 2005, the men’s national team of Ivory Coast qualified for the World Cup for the first time in history. During a live broadcast, right after the match, Didier Drogba knelt in the locker room and, on behalf of the players, asked for national reconciliation - for a ceasefire between the north and the south, between the government and the rebels. Drogba’s call for elections helped end the military conflict and led to the signing of a formal peace agreement in 2007.

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Let us aim into memory and move back to Poland in 2012. Simulating fouls and dances, I will attempt to apologize to my neighbor’s spirit for all the noise I made during childhood. The score infects socio-political tensions in Poland and beyond. On the left side of the chest, instead of an eagle, there is a nipple, and under it a hidden heart. We want to open our chests - out of love - and never again allow them to be opened by strangers in the name of an eagle that flew away a long time ago.