The Traces

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Photo: Valeria Landar

DESCRIPTION:

The work is based on Jung's ideas about the collective unconscious. Our actions in the present are determined by what happened in the past, and our behavior is a mirror of previous generations. The connection with them is not limited to memory.Performance The Traces is a dance visualization of the effects of psychological trauma caused by historical tragedies. They show how our culture, our relationships with people, and our destiny can be defined by the past. But it is worth remembering that these imprints can also be the key to changing the script of our future.
The performance was shortlisted for Aerowaves Spring Forward 2024. It was seen by audiences in Lviv, Odesa, Rivne, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn, Sofia, Wuppertal and Remscheid.There is also a 20-minute video version of Traces, which can be presented within the framework of video dance festivals.

TEAM:
Choreographer and director — Tetiana Znamerovska
Performers: Kateryna Pogorielova, Tetiana Znamerovska
Composer — Mr. John Hope (Ivan Harkusha)
Scenographer, costume designer — Oleg-Rodion Shurigin-Grekalov
Lighting designer — Svitlana Zmieieva
Videographer — Philipp Wachowitz

DURATION:the work has 2 versions: 25 min and 60 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, Kulturbüro Wuppertal, Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal, Bergischer Kulturfonds, Verein zur Förderung der Bergischen Heimatkultur e.V. Insel e.V.

TRAILER:

TETIANA ‎ ZNAMEROVSKA

A performer, choreographer and director. Tetyana is graduated from the Faculty of Choreography in Lviv (2017) and the Faculty of Drama Theater Directing in Kyiv (2022). She works with acute social issues at the intersection of contemporary dance and dance theater, analyzing reflections on war through the art of movement. Tetiana also explores different methodologies for creating dance and dance dramaturgy.
Since 2022, she has been a resident of the Pina Bausch Dance Theater Wuppertal. As part of the residency, she participated as a dancer in Rainer Behr's performance “VONA”. In the same year, she created a short video film “EXPECTATION” together with Wayne McGregor's studio and the UA Contemporary Dance Platform. In 2023, she presented The Traces as part of the Let The Body Speak project by UA Contemporary Dance Platform and The Place (UK/UA/DE). In 2024 she created The Blind with the support of Ukrainian Focus Artists II (DE). Also, her solo performance BARE WIRES premiered in October 2024 with the support of Tanz Station - Barmer Bahnhof (DE), as well as a dance short film.

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OTHER WORKS:THE BLIND