After more than two years, Ember returns to the stage in a new form, with fresh energy and an updated perspective on the fundamental question: what does it mean to be human?

Created by Judith State, actress, dancer, and choreographer, the performance features Judith State, István Téglás, and Radu Dumitriu, with a text by Elena Vlădăreanu. Ember explores the complexity of human memory, alternating between childhood and adulthood, reality and introspection. The project was initiated in 2020 as a personal journey into Judith State’s Hungarian childhood memories spent with her grandparents. In 2021, after becoming a mother, Judith reassessed her artistic direction, and the performance transformed into a meditation on self-exposure in art.

In 2022, the project gained a new dimension through a solo residency at Veem House in Amsterdam, followed by a collaborative phase at Uferstudios in Berlin in the course of the Creative Crossroads programme by Life Long Burning, where István Téglás and Radu Dumitriu joined in the exploration, contributing with their own experiences. The premiere of the performance took place in the same year at WASP - Working Art Space and Production in Bucharest.

Ember is not just a performance; it is a reflection on the human condition—a dance between memory and reality, childhood and adulthood, and the ongoing search for artistic authenticity. As the project evolves, it invites the audience to partake in a unique and intimate exploration of what it means to be human.