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improsok[k]! – an improvisational event of L1 Association
In 2024, the legendary event was brought to life again!
This evening is not just a performance – it’s a unique artistic adventure, where the members of the L1 Association provide the concept for each occasion, with the performance always presented through the lens of an individual artist's vision. Since both the director and the artistic direction are always fresh and varied, every event offers a completely different experience for the audience.
Based on continuous experimentation at the boundaries of art, these evenings feature colorful, multifaceted performances that give artists the opportunity to showcase their creativity in new forms and perspectives.
A special thanks to the founding members of the L1 Association, especially Michaela Pein-Hargitay and Ákos Hargitay (cie 2in1), who launched this exciting initiative in the early 2000s and contributed to the spirit of this event.
Therefore, this program is not only a tradition but also a constantly evolving artistic showcase that always brings fresh impulses to the audience. If you love artistic innovations and surprises, don’t miss it!
Attention! A Special Opportunity After the Performance!
The "Inhabit the Space" action is a unique opportunity where the audience can step into the space to further immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the performance. Participation is not mandatory – the choice is yours. If you wish, you can join the creation and enrich the evening with your own movements and emotions, while the atmosphere created by the performance continues to evolve.
If you decide to step into the space, we recommend arriving in clothes suitable for movement or bringing them with you, so you can fully enjoy the freedom of movement and creative expression at every moment.
You can connect with the space through the spirit, mood, and impulses of the evening. Whether you choose to actively participate or remain a spectator, the experience continues in the same way – the environment created by the performance remains alive, and each participant can join in on their own terms.
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If you are satisfied with our work and have the opportunity to express your support, we welcome 1% of SZJA.
Beneficiary: L1 Független Művészek Közhasznú Egyesület
Tax number: 18247002-1-41
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improsok[k]! – an improvisational event of L1 Association
November 29. Saturday 7.00 PM CET at STEREO Művház
Remember!
Concept: Alexandra Rab-Kuti (L1-member)
Performed by Réka Horváth, Márta Ladjánszki, Judit Szamosi (L1-members)
Further participants: Anna Halász, Ádám Ellenbacher, László Gálos (L1-members)
Zene: Zsolt Varga (L1-member)
Projekt manager: Tímea Györke and Alexandra Rab-Kuti (L1-members)
Social Media: Ádám Ellenbacher and Márta Ladjánszki (L1-members)
Photo documentation by István Kovács (L1-member)
Supported by L1 Independent Artists Association of Public Utility, Ministry of Culture and Innovation, National Cultural Fund Performing Arts Department, STEREO AKT
Hosting venue: STEREO Művház
For this occasion, Szasza Rab’s concept comes to life.
At the center of the evening stand the traces of the past: memories, especially the more difficult, negative experiences, which the participating artists evoke in their own language. One in movement, another in sound, in image, or in material shapes their inner world.
The works simultaneously present in the space do not seek direct connection with each other, yet they come into harmony. Invisible threads tie them together, which are born not from touch, but from shared existence.
Thus a special common experience comes into being: where personal memories and searches for a path meet, and before the viewers a sensitive world full of vibrations unfolds.
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»»» October 25. Saturday 7.00 PM CET at STEREO Művház, Budapest (H)
improsok[k]! – an improvisational event of L1 Association
celebration. ritual. ECSTASY 2.0
Concept: Márta Ladjánszki (L1-member)
Masks: Ádám Ellenbacher (L1-member)
Performed by Tímea Györke, Réka Horváth, Zsolt Varga, Flóra Veres (L1-members) and Zsófia Szász (L1-resident 2021)
Music by Zsolt Varga (L1-member)
Projekt manager: Márta Ladjánszki (L1-member)
Social Media: Ádám Ellenbacher, Nikol Fuska and Márta Ladjánszki (L1-members)
Help: Anna Halász (L1-member)
Photo documentation by Nikol Fuska and István Kovács (L1-members)
Image-picture by Zsuzsanna Csillag (Kollektív Jelen)
Supported by L1 Independent Artists Association of Public Utility, Kulturális és Innovációs Minisztérium, STEREO AKT
Hosting venue: STEREO Művház
For this occasion, Márta Ladjánszki’s concept comes to life inspired by the craftwork of Ádám Ellenbacher.
ECSTASY is an improvisational experiment that explores the ecstatic state of ritual fire dances through the movement of contemporary dancers. The dancers improvise with a unique device: a series of masks made from raw rope. These masks depict faces distorted by ecstasy, causing a continuous transformation in the relationship between body and material. The experiment investigates the tension between ritual gestures and structures that shape the body, raising the question of whether the device can evoke the experience of transfiguration.
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»»» September 14. 2025 6.30 PM CET Sunday Hengermalom, Siló, Budapest (H)
improsok[k]! – an improvisational event of L1 Association
Projection
Concept/Curator: László Gálos (L1-member)
Performers of the event: Tímea Györke, Réka Horváth, Márta Ladjánszki, Alexandra Rab-Kuti, Judit Szamosi (L1-members)
Music: Zsolt Varga (L1-member)
Project management: László Gálos (L1-member)
Social media: Nikol Fuska (L1-member)
Special thanks to Ádám Ellenbacher and Anna Halász (L1-members)
Supported by L1 Association, Ministry of Culture and Innovation
Hosting venue: Hengermalom projekt, Valyo – Város és a folyó Egyesület
For this occasion, László Gálos’ concept comes to life, in the unique spaces of the Hengermalom Siló, within the framework of the event series organized by the Valyo Association.
What we are and how we exist is projected onto our environment. We project our own world onto each other. It is no different in photography: every image is at least as much an imprint of the photographer as it is of the world photographed. Especially when it comes to the use of photography in fine art.
As an examination of these relationships and connections, this evening, artists will enter the space defined by the projected photomontages and abstract photographs of László Gálos, who, as sovereign creators, also express their own relationship to the situation that appears here in an exaggerated way: that it is predetermined who we see for what – but this can perhaps be changed if there is the intention and idea for it. The participants, and in a completely open way even the audience, react to the video stream, argue with it or even blend into it with their own dance, movement – or whatever they want.
»»» August 16. 2025 at 2.00 PM CET Saturday Csévharaszt, Róth Ház
improsok[k]! – an improvisational event of L1 Association
celebration. ritual. ECSTASY
Concept/Curator: Ádám Ellenbacher and István Kovács (L1-members)
Performers of the event: Ádám Bot, Tímea Györke, Anna Halász (Ana Fischer), Emese Kovács, Márta Ladjánszki, Judit Szamosi, Flóra Veres (L1-members)
Consultant: László Gálos (L1-member)
Project manager: Ádám Ellenbacher
Social media: Nikol Fuska (L1-member)
Supported by L1 Association
Hosting venue: Egy Falu Egy Város Egyesület, Csévharaszt Róth Ház
Media partner: Színház Online
For this occasion, Ádám Ellenbacher’s concept comes to life in the framework of an event organized by István Kovács.
ECSTASY is an improvisational experiment that explores the ecstatic state of ritual fire dances through the movement of contemporary dancers. The dancers improvise with a unique device: a series of thirty interconnected masks made from raw rope. These masks depict faces distorted by ecstasy, causing a continuous transformation in the relationship between body and material. The experiment investigates the tension between ritual gestures and structures that shape the body, raising the question of whether the device can evoke the experience of transfiguration.
We can spend a whole day together as part of the Cooking Performance Day, an event celebrating its 10th anniversary.
You can get involved at any time, or even cook together with the Monori artists.
The event is free, but you have to buy and bring the ingredients for cooking. Think about what else you can offer!
»»» July 13. 2025 Saturday Budapest, Hengermalom, Siló
improsok[k]! – an improvisational event of L1 Association
UMARMUNG Sculpture Park 5.0
Concept/Curator: Márta Ladjánszki (L1-member)
Performers of the event: Emese Kovács, Márta Ladjánszki, Alex Miklósy, Eszter Mórocz, Zsófia Szász, Zsolt Varga
Project manager: Márta Ladjánszki (L1-member)
Supported by L1 Association
Hosting venue: Hengermalom projekt, Valyo – Város és a folyó Egyesület
Media partner: Színház Online
For this occasion, Márta Ladjánszki’s concept comes to life, adapting the motifs of an existing dance performance, UMARMUNG, to the unique spaces of the Hengermalom Siló, within the framework of the event series organized by the Valyo Association.
UMARMUNG – Embrace in Space and Time
Movements that have escaped the theatrical space come to life anew: UMARMUNG is no longer just a performance, but an experience – a presence tailored to the location, event, and moment.
We’ve discovered how movement, sound, and attention can transform into an embrace – even without physical touch.
We resonate together with the space, with each other, with you.
Step into this delicate connection with us.
It’s not just something to watch; you’ll feel it.
[Venue] Budai Hengermalom // Siló, 1117 Budapest, Hengermalom út 51.
[Date] July 13, 2025, 19:00 – 20:30
[Ticket information] ADMISSION BY DONATION, minimum recommended donation: 3,000 HUF (which can be given in cash to our volunteer on site)
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»»» November 6. 2024 Wednesday 7.30 pm CET RS9+ Vallai Kert
improsok[k]! – an improvisational event of L1 Association
'30/50' is something to celebrate (second edition)
Concept/Curator: Márta Ladjánszki (L1-member)
Performers: Tímea Györke (L1-member), Ádám Jávorka, Zsófia Szász, Zsolt Varga (L1-member), Flóra Veres (L1-member) and further cooperators
Costume: Butterfly
Supported by L1 Association
Partner venue: RS9 Színház
Media partner: Színház Online
Thank you for purchasing a supporter's ticket, which will help cover the costs of the event.
On this occasion, Márta Ladjánszki's '30/50' jubilee events will be held for the umpteenth time this year, where she will select pieces of clothing from her 30 years of work and from her collection of performance costumes, which she will offer to the performing artists as inspiration for further consideration. If you have seen, or even if you haven't, the given performances, it gives you the opportunity to take an interesting journey, where the materials, forms, and costumes come to life again.
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»»» August 17. 2024 Saturday 3.00 pm CET Csévharaszt, Róth Ház
improsok[k]! – an improvisational event of L1 Association
You are what you eat
Concept/Curator: László Gálos and István Kovács (L1-members)
Performers of the event: there is no featured actor in this performance, but anyone who is present can be a model and have their picture take
The model session can last from 2 minutes to several hours, depending on the sun.
Supported by L1 Association
Hosting venue: Egy Falu Egy Város Egyesület, Csévharaszt Róth Ház
Media partner: Színház Online
On this occasion, the concept of László Gálos will be realized in the framework of an event organized by István Kovács.
Social media has taken food photography to a new level - at least quantitatively. But how and why does still life become foodporn? Does the aesthetic experience and the community increase the value of the meal?
During the performance, we make edible (and perishable) light prints of the participants, or of whatever you want, using photographic processes that have been forgotten and revived.
We can spend a whole day together as part of the Cooking Performance Day, an event celebrating its 10th anniversary.
You can get involved at any time, or even cook together with the Monori artists.
The event is free, but you have to buy and bring the ingredients for cooking. Think about what else you can offer!
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»»» July 06. 2024 7.00 pm CET Népsziget, AtnoForge
improsok[k]! – an improvisational event of L1 Association
JamBori
Concept/Curator: Tímea Györke and Anna Rebeka Halász (L1-members)
Performers: Tímea Györke and András Déri (L1-members) and further contributors: Alejandra Rosas Hernández, Dorka Farkas, Vera Kovács, Dóra Varga
Music: Bálint Fábián (guitar)
Documentation: István Kovács (L1-member, photo), Márta Ladjánszki (L1-member, video)
Supported by L1 Association
Hosting venue: Népsziget ATNO Forge
Media partner: Színház Online
Thank you, if you want to support the costs of our event, you can place your donation in the box at the entrance.
On this occasion, Tímea Györke's concept is realized.
Summer - laid table - buzzing flies come, go, group together, feast, rest... HUMBLING... This is our starting point, then we play with space, movement, touch, connection accompanied by live music... You just sit back and relax.... then get inspired and throw yourself into the "space"... just like that... impromptu[ly]! ☺
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»»» May 09. 2024 Thursday 7.30 pm CET RS9+ Vallai Kert
improsok[k]! – an improvisational event of L1 Association
'30/50' is something to celebrate
Concept/Curator: Márta Ladjánszki (L1-member)
Performers: Tímea Györke (L1-member), Alejandra Rosas (ZéróPlusz DanceWorks-member), Dóra Varga (ZéróPlusz DanceWorks-member), Zsolt Varga (L1-member), Flóra Veres (L1-member) and further cooperators
Costume: Butterfly
Supported by L1 Association, ZéróPlusz DanceWorks
Partner venue: RS9 Színház
Media partner: Színház Online
Thank you for purchasing a supporter's ticket, which will help cover the costs of the event.
On this occasion, one of the first stops of Márta Ladjánszki's '30/50' jubilee events will appear, where she will select pieces of clothing from her 30 years of work and from her collection of performance costumes, which she will offer to the performing artists as inspiration for further consideration. If you have seen, or even if you haven't, the given performances, it gives you the opportunity to take an interesting journey, where the materials, forms, and costumes come to life again.