Disappearing Man

A reflection, through music and dance, on the constant need for stimulation and escape and the simultaneous search for the present moment.

This intimate double bill of dancer Andrej Štěpita and musician Štěpán Janoušek presents an original solo project by two distinctive members of Farm in the Cave, unfolding in a liminal space between movement and sound.

A man – a guide – sets out on a journey, the path of which is formed only by his own steps. He shares so much of himself with everyone that he begins to forget who he is. He cannot wait, yet he needs you to follow him. Can you keep up with his pace?

The musical composition becomes a performative contemplation of what it means to exist today – and to gradually disappear. Presence turns into absence, sound into memory, and the human gesture into a digital trace. A call for stillness that never arrives. A song of endless searching, of the desire to move forward even when there is nowhere left to go.

Andrej Štepita, a graduate of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and the prestigious Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, is a performer, educator, and creator who works primarily in contemporary dance and physical theatre. He has long collaborated with Farm in the Cave (on productions such as Commander, Czech Hero, Refuge, and Oscillation) and with numerous other ensembles, particularly in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Austria. He is the founder of the festival and collective Tanečno.

Štěpán Janoušek is a trombonist, singer, composer, and improviser. He studied trombone at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory and is currently studying composition at HAMU in Prague. He has been collaborating with Farm in the Cave since 2017.