A Clockwork Orange
Dance performance„What's it going to be then, eh?” asks Alex, the main character, who is an immensely aggressive, manipulative young man, although at the same time he is also a fan of classical music and is pretty sharp-minded. He spends his days in the company of his subordinate droogs (friends). They rob, fight, rape women together…just for the sheer joy of it, without any real purpose. Alex is jailed for his deeds, but after a while, he gets the chance to become „normal” so he can live freely again. Alex takes the opportunity, but the result is something quite different from what he expects...
„Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?” asks Alex in a world, where the State does not shy away from brainwashing to suppress violence – although this violence is, paradoxically, the only means of preserving dignity and free will.
The unique world of Anthony Burgess's novel and the film made of it by Stanley Kubrick is now being staged as a dance performance at Miskolc National Theater.
First performance: 30th October 2020
