THE CONTRACT examines the performativity of social contracts, the ethics of mutual agreement and the constraints of legislative obligation.

My current research theatrically questions the `how, why and when`  of establishing laws, rights and contracts. What order do these doctrinal cornerstones arise? If a right for instance, means that we will be protected once there is an inference, this only comes into play after the inference has been established as law. This is one of the many confusions of the enlightened ethical conscious. I will research performative ruptures and escape routes within this contractual mess.

The process surrounding this research looks to cinematic montage as a choreographic theatrical tool. Centering on the concept of the split self (performers as performing mirrors). The characters will play out contradictive roles—informants, deceivers, comrades and adversaries. The aim is to prompt an urgent reflection on roles, perception, and authority in theatre and performance right now.

During her residency at BUDA, she will look to cinematic montage as a choreographic theatrical tool, creating movement and text material for the performance. THE CONTRACT will premiere in 2026.

Amina Szecsödy (SE)

Amina Szecsödy (1995n, Sweden) works across theatre, choreography, and visual arts. Her work engages text, sound and the body to draw on elements of pop culture, newspaper articles, cinema and mythmaking. She edits, cuts and pastes dissonant voices and phenomena of the past and the future into the immediate present. Via this process of what she calls ‘siphoning off’, Szecsödy develops new complexities and combinations of language and gesture. Szecsödy holds a BA in Performing Arts from Malmö Theatre Academy and an MA in Choreography and Performance from Giessen University.