UA Contemporary Dance Platform \ Database of Performances \ Danse Macabre. The Immortal Dance
BOHDAN POLISHCHUK
Photo: Kateryna Skraglenko, Valeriya Landar
DESCRIPTION:
A chamber dance performance that combines three main components: dance, music and visual art. Three people who create in joint interaction.
The dance of death is a powerful motif that has been around for centuries and takes on various forms in world art, and is as natural as the process to which it refers - death.
Today, war is raging in Ukraine, death has acquired completely new meanings, evokes completely new emotions, associations, and becomes a more relevant subject of philosophical and intellectual research. Today, we are faced with the undisguised duality of this fundamental phenomenon of our nature. We feel acute pain and longing for the fallen military defenders, heroes, our fellow citizens, killed and tortured peaceful Ukrainians, children. But at the same time, we follow the statistics of the killed occupiers, rejoice in the deaths of soldiers and terrorists of the enemy army.
Death statistics have become part of our daily information and emotional diet. Ukrainian society has changed. And like Bruegel with his painting The Triumph of Death, today's artists cannot avoid resonating with the events in which they find themselves.Dance of Death. Remember Death.
TEAM:
Director and scenographer — Bohdan Polishchuk
Choreographer and performer: Lesia Kekuatova (1st version of the performance, Oleksandra Mahera (2nd version of the performance)
Composer and musician — Varvara Turta
Lighting designer — Svitlana Zmieieva
DURATION: 30 min
PREMIERE: April 2023, Lviv, Ukraine
SUPPORTED BY:The performance is created in collaboration with UA Contemporary Dance Platform and The Place (UK),with support of British Council, Ukrainian Institute, Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.
TRAILER:
Professional musician, pianist and harpsichordist. Solo and as part of chamber ensembles, she performs at concert venues in Ukraine, tours European countries.
As a performer, she took part in several projects by director and artist Bohdan Polishchuk, including the music and dance performance Danse Macabre. The Immortal Dance, for which Varvara created and performed music on the wheel lyre.
Professional dancer, teacher, choreographer.
Currently teaches at Gerus Dance Studio and Urhov Dance Studio.
Worked as a guest dancer at the Hanover State Opera (Germany).
Completed internship at Pina Bausch Theater (Wuppertal, Germany).
She was a dancer in the performances of leading Ukrainian and foreign choreographers.
In the fall of 2023, Oleksandra created her own version of the choreography for Danse Macabre. The Immortal Dance.
A choreographer, teacher and actress. More than 10 years of experience in the field of dance. During three years she taught at the Kyiv University named after B. Hrinchenko. Founder of the choreographic workshop «DUNAY», choreographer at the Dance Theater Of Personality (D-T.O.P.)
She was the first choreographer and performer in the performance Danse Macabre. The Immortal Dance.
Ukrainian artist, director, curator of art projects. Graduated from the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture (Kyiv), majoring in scenography. For over ten years he has been collaborating with various state theaters of Ukraine and independent art projects and formations as an artist and director.
Co-founder of the Scenography Gallery and the Lviv Quadrennial of Scenography International Festival.
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