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RITA LIRA
DESCRIPTION:
Have you ever felt like you were stuck in space and in your own mind? It's as if you have built a trap that you can't get out of.How does this trap feel to you? How can you free yourself from it?
This performance reveals the state of feeling stuck inside oneself and in the environment one finds themselves in. The costume, which consists of a ‘second skin’ cocoon from which long pieces of fabric stretch out, intertwines with the objects around the performer to illustrate this physical and mental entrapment.
There is also a video version of THE TRAP, which can be presented at video dance festivals.
TEAM:Director and performer: Rita Lira (Ukraine)
Costume designer:Louise Carton (Belgium)
Composer:Yana Shliabanska (Ukraine)
Director of photography:
Denys Lisovets (Ukraine)
Video editor:
Alexander Legostaev (Ukraine)
Photographers:
Mauricio Saldaña (Mexico)
Miri Hamada (China)
DURATION:20 min.
PREMIERE:March 2023 Paris, France
SUPPORTED BY:Cité Internationale des ArtsLa Briqueterie CDCN
TRAILER:
Rita studied contemporary dance in Kyiv. In her work, she combines contemporary dance, street dance styles, visual and documentary art. Her artistic work is closely connected with theory and reflections on the theme of mental traps, as well as reflections on the experiences of war and displacement. Rita’s performances were presented in France, Lituania, Romania, Spain, Czech Republic, Poland and Ukraine. She is also a member of the UA Contemporary Dance Platform. In 2022 Rita was forced to leave Ukraine. She moved to Paris, where she spent a year on a residency at Cité Internationale des Arts. Here she created and presented her performances "The Way from/to" and "The Trap."
She has recently completed the Hérodote education program at the Beaux-Arts de Paris during the 2023-2024 academic year. Currently she is a part of the international project “Moving Borders” organized by Aerowaves (Partners: Tanec Praha Festival, Czech Republic; Arte Sella, Italy; La Briqueterie, France).
CONTACTS:e-mail: moc.liamg%40kszls.atir+380 96 44 777 50+33 7 48 31 82 31
OTHER WORKS:
THE WAY FROM/TOGRAYED OUT
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