Charlie – Adrienn Hód / HODWORKS
Hungary
The performance will be followed by an open discussion with the audience.
Charlie is a solo performance emerging from collective experimentation and in-depth research, following the trajectory of Adrienn Hód’s previous works, Idol and Harmonia. At its center is wheelchair-using dancer Károly Tóth, whose unique presence shapes the work.
Hód’s intention is simple yet profound: to highlight Károly’s personality on stage. His non-normative body offers a groundbreaking perspective on patience, openness, and lived experience. The performance is intimate, free of taboos, and invites audiences into his everyday world.
Charlie challenges the conventions of contemporary dance, foregrounding inclusion while questioning normative expectations, social norms, and the role of art. It aims to raise awareness of inclusive performing arts and foster a more open, diverse cultural environment. Physically, the piece navigates the boundary between function and expression, exploring how limitations can be transformed into movement. It balances reality and artificiality, action and sensation, creating a rich, unpredictable physicality. Movement is driven by purpose, attention, and imagination, cultivating a sustained presence on stage.
Through its innovative approach, Charlie invites audiences to reflect on the body, perception, and presence, redefining what dance can be while celebrating diversity, inclusion, and human expression.
Credits
Performer: Károly Tóth
Choreographer: Adrienn Hód
Sociologist, consultant: Judit Surányi
Music: Rozália Mákó
Light: Kata Dézsi
Supported by: OFF Alapítvány, Eötvös10, NKA
Co-producer: DansiT Choreographic Center
Special thanks to: Ádám Czirák, Ágnes Gyulavári, Ármin Szabó-Székely, Csaba Molnár, Eszter Gál, Imola Kacsó, Imre Vass, Katalin Erdődi, Marcio Kerber Canabarro, Márton Gláser, Natália Nagy, Szilvia Artner, Veronika Szabó, Viktor Szeri
Photos: Dániel Dömölky, Kincső Bede, Máté Kalicz
Video: Gergely Ofner, Tamás Szabó Sipos
Duration: 70 min.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1057464646
The piece has been presented:
February 2025, Eötvös10, Budapest
May 2025, Eötvös10, Budapest
August 2025, Tanečno Festival, Námestovo
January 2026, EN-KNAP, Ljubljana
April 2026, Multiplié Dance Festival / DansiT, Trondheim
Adrienn Hód
Adrienn Hód is an internationally recognized choreographer whose work spans contemporary dance, experimental movement, and applied choreography for theatre, film, and commercial projects. Since founding HODWORKS in 2007, she has served as the company’s artistic and production director, while also collaborating widely with Hungarian and international artists. She regularly teaches workshops, focusing on improvisational tools often connected to HODWORKS’ creative processes.
Hód’s artistic approach centers on the human body in motion, stripped of cultural expectations, taboos, and fixed meanings. In the studio, she fosters sensitive, trust-based environments where dancers, musicians, and collaborators contribute their personal experiences and creative responses. Her pieces sit at the crossroads of dance, theatre, and performance: although rooted in extensive improvisation, they are ultimately presented in rigorously structured forms.
Her work challenges clichés, expands stage-audience relations, and foregrounds raw physicality — often through minimal or naked bodies — supported by precise sound and light design. Hód continually pushes the boundaries of contemporary dance, exploring radical personal expression and multilayered identities.
https://hodworks.hu/hod-adrienn/