The First Step to Hell A performance experiment by the You Are Everything Foundation Contemporary Artist Cooperative

Imagine a place where there is no audience or stage – there is a shared space. A space that invites you to feel more, see deeper, be truly present.

"The First Step to Hell" is an experiment that the You Are Everything Contemporary Artist Cooperative Foundation dedicates to two powerful forces: empathy and curiosity . It is not just an artistic event - it is an experience you can immerse yourself in. A space that combines theatre, movement, words, song and visual arts into one living, changing organism.

But above all – it is an invitation to discover yourself.

Are you ready to look at your fears and pleasures? Face what you feel? Ask yourself why you react the way you do ?

We experiment with form, but also with emotion. We want everyone who enters this space to not only experience it – but to become a part of it. Because it's not about observing. It's about participating.

Are you curious about what you are experiencing? Are you curious about the other person? Because often we only see someone's decision. We don't see all the choices, dilemmas, stories that led to it. Are we willing to stop and try to feel them?

Or maybe this is the first step to hell – the moment when we really start to take an interest. In another person. In ourselves. In that which is in between.

This is an experiment for those who are searching. Who are not afraid. Or are afraid – but want to go deeper.

Dive into the world of empathy and curiosity with us. Let yourself feel more. Let yourself be part of something that is really happening.

Because maybe the first step to hell… is just a metaphor. Or maybe it’s the beginning of something important.

Rules for participating in the experiment:

• No evaluation of yourself or other participants

• Putting on a blindfold for the duration of one of the scenes - for a more complete immersion in the experience

Age restriction: 16+

Duration: 60 minutes

Performance dates:

• 30.06.2025 — Polish Dance Theatre, Poznań

• 04/07/2025 — Zbąszyń Cultural Center, Zbąszyń

Creators and producers:

• Concept and direction: Kaspian Jakub Rezler

• Choreography: Paulina Graczyńska

• Dramaturgy: Katia Shahoika

• Music: Filip Kluz

• Video art: Katia Shahoika

• Costumes: [complete]

Artists-dancers:

Gradomska Agnieszka, Garczyńska Paulina, Goczewska Małgorzata, Guszczak Dawid, Jaśwkowiak Ewelina, Kętmna Weronika, Klimenko Oliwia, Nowak Anna, Nowicka Ola, Obolewicz Szymon, Puszczykowska Gabriela, Rezler Kaspian Jakub Edmund, Shahoika Katia, Wasylczuk Zofia