SALEM
The Salem witch trials of the 17th century appear in this performance not as historical reconstruction, but as a form of resonance. The starting point is the fate of three real women, condemned and destroyed by a social order that could not tolerate deviance: a different body, a different behaviour, a different rhythm. The play explores how these forces are still at work today—how a community reacts to someone who does not fit the expected patterns.
SALEM
Three female dancers create a shared, collective body using a contemporary, pure dance language. Their presence does not represent characters but rather states: resistance, disintegration, madness, liberation, and reconnection. Here, the “witch” is not a role, but a form of existence—a presence that falls outside the norm and does not wish to return to it.
The performance treats the concept of “madness” not as a psychological issue, but as a social judgment: the consequence of classifying someone first as disturbing, then dangerous, and finally someone to be eliminated. Bodies do not appear on stage as aesthetic objects but rather as living questions that push the boundaries of normality.
The minimalist stage design, the striking use of light, and the subtle and then increasingly intense layers of musical textures together draw a curve in which the interior spaces are slowly released from the suffocating structures. Instead of offering answers, the performance opens up space: to examine how one becomes “too much” and why we repeat the gesture of exclusion over and over again.
We Remain
We remain...
for each other
as friends
as lovers
as partners
as parents
as children
as people
and as free artists.
We Remain... is an artistic self-confession that explores the common creative point of artists who have travelled different paths in their lives and have different experiences. Four experienced dancers who have a deep personal bond in life are brought together to bring the most intimate human situations on stage to life.
The performance draws on the raw power of life, its real experiences, and the search for answers. It combines different aspects of life: comedy and drama, laughter and tears, everyday joys, and deep human dilemmas. This allows the audience to recognise themselves at several points, to laugh or cry with the creators—and just like a really good piece of literature, the production prompts self-reflection.
SALEM
Choreographer, Performer: Erika Vasas
Performed by Emma Lőrincz, Krisztina Baumgartner
Lighting and visual design, Set Designer: Péter József Molnár
Composer: László Mádi
Dramaturg: Bence Mezei
Promotional photography: Bálint Hirling
Video and trailer production: István Ács
Costume design and Make-up: Áron Tamás Pintér
We Remain
Performed by Adrienn Hoffmann-Fejes, Róza Hoffmann-Fejes
Creator–Performer: Ádám Fejes, Csilla Halász, Adrienm Hoffmann, Jens Bjerregaard
Dramaturg: Barbara Bali
Video: Péter Kárdár
Assistant Choreographer: Ágota Pintér
Costumes, Set and Props: Kriszta Tari
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