IHOPEIWILL

threeiscompany & Jaro Viňarský

A performer lies arched across the floor of a dark theatre space, their torso wrapped in multiple cords that stretch outward in different directions. The cords pull taut around their waist and body, creating a web of intersecting lines overhead and across the stage. Audience members sit around the perimeter watching the performance.
Photo by Vojtěch Brtnický

About IHOPEIWILL

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What do we hope for—not only for ourselves, but for the generations to come?

Amid a global atmosphere marked by fear and uncertainty, IHOPEIWILL offers a space for reflection, expectation and hope. Inspired by conversations about family, intergenerational relationships and the personal perspectives that shape how we imagine the future, the piece asks what kind of world we wish to leave behind and what responsibility we have in shaping it.

Combining physical performance, sound design and visual installation, IHOPEIWILL is an artistic reflection on the direction of contemporary society and our collective responsibility to future generations, from interdisciplinary female collective threeiscompany.

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Brings together everything that feels divided within us

Marek Godovič, Denník SME

About threeiscompany

threeiscompany is an interdisciplinary female collective with a strong interest in blurring the boundaries between different artistic fields. In 2017, dancer and choreographer Soňa Ferienčíková, digital visual artist Mária Júdová and sound artist and architect Alexandra Timpau joined forces and explored together ways in which interdisciplinary and audience involvement can further expand the horizons of contemporary dance. Using non-hierarchical principles of cooperation and dialogue, the collective utilizes their insights from various fields of knowledge while harmonizing distinct artistic voices.

https://www.threeiscompany.org

About Soňa Ferienčíková

Soňa Ferienčíková is a dancer, choreographer and founder of production company BOD.Y. She collaborated with many national and international artists and performed all over Europe, in Israel, Mexico and China. She was nominated for the main Slovak theatre award DOSKY in 2018 and won the award in 2024 in the category of Extraordinary Achievement in Dance Theatre. Her productions were included in the prestigious Aerowaves selection ( 2015, 2016, 2025).

www.bodyngo.com

About Maria Júdová Tichá

Maria Júdová Tichá is a visual artist who focuses on the intersection of performative and digital art. She has collaborated with Choreographic Coding Lab (DE), Rambert Contemporary Dance Company (UK) and YCAM (JP). Her works have been presented around the world and won awards from the Japan Media Arts Festival (JP), B3 Biennale (DE), Nexon Computer Museum (Korea) and Zealous (UK).

https://www.mariajudova.net/

About Alexandra Timpau

Alexandra Timpau is a Romanian musician, architect and photographer. She studied architecture and urban planning in Romania, but after graduating and moving to Prague, she was mesmerized by music and the practice of live sound coding.

https://soundcloud.com/alotofkittens

About Jaro Viňarský

Jaro Viňarský is a dancer, choreographer and performer. He studied ballet and dance choreography at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU) and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU). He is the recipient of many awards, including the SAZKA AWARD for “Discovery in Dance", the Audience Award at the Czech Dance Platform and the prestigious THE BESSIES NEW YORK DANCE AND PERFORMING ARTS AWARD in the “Outstanding Performer" category. In 2011, he founded the non-governmental organization SKOK! in Slovakia.

Cast & Creatives

Created by: threeiscompany in collaboration with Jaro Viňarský

Set Design: threeiscompany

Performance: Soňa Ferienčíková

Sound: Never Sol, Alexandra Timpau, Lukáš Kubičina

Visual Content Creator: Maria Júdová Tichá

Light Design and Technical Support: Ints Plavnieks, David Cartwright

Videography for installation: Richard Chomo

Produced by: BOD.Y (Soňa Ferienčíková, Zuzana Frištiková, Romana Packová)

Executive Production, PR: Romana Packová

Creative Producer: Dirk Förster

Credits

Main financial partner: Slovak Arts Council

Financial partners: ZSE foundation, EFFEA

Co-producers: KoresponDance, NuDanceFest, Tanec Praha / PONEC - dance venue, Theaterfestival Schwindelfrei, Záhrada CNK

Partners: Telocvicna - Dance Residency Center / PlaST - Slovak Contemporary Dance Platform, Cinetica

  • A performer sits on the floor of a dark theatre space, surrounded by taut white cords stretched across the stage. The cords wrap around their torso and extend in multiple directions. Audience members sit in a circle around the performance area, watching from the background.
  • A performer balances upside down on the floor of a dark theatre space, with their torso wrapped in multiple taut cords that stretch across the stage in intersecting lines. Audience members sit around the perimeter watching. The cords form a web-like structure around the performer, connecting to anchor points throughout the performance area.
  • A performer moves across a dark stage while wrapped at the waist in multiple taut cords that extend in different directions overhead and across the space. Their body arches backward as they step forward barefoot. Audience members are seated around the perimeter of the performance area in the background.
  • Wide view of a performance space with audience members seated around the perimeter. At the centre, a performer crouches low to the floor while attached to a network of taut cords that stretch across the room in intersecting lines. The cords form a large web-like structure suspended throughout the space, surrounding the performer.