Body Shelter

The intimate solo Body Shelter delves into the profound fear that many of us harbour internally but few muster the courage to articulate. Young dancer and choreographer Vitaliia Vaskiv exposes her emotional inner landscape, rife with conflicts, to the audience through a delicate yet dynamic solo performance. Despite her face being concealed by hair, viewers can discern even the most intimate emotional nuances through the movements of her body.
 

A Minute of Silence

In the short solo A Minute of Silence, Ukrainian dancer Diana Durnieva tries to artistically capture the last minutes of human life. With emotional and dramatic choreography set against the backdrop of a poignant Ukrainian folk song, this performance celebrates human courage and the willingness to make sacrifices for national identity, culture and tradition.
 

Without Echo

We go through our lives surrounded by incessant noise. While we may yearn for silence and tranquillity, the complete absence of sound can drive us mad. How has the relentless clamour of civilization etched itself into our consciousness? Ukrainian artist Yuliia Hrysyna explores these themes in her original short solo Without Echo.

 

 

Paradoxical Bodies

In the realm of the human body's intricate essence,adrenaline and endorphins take center stage, harmonizing to define our physiological and emotional crescendos. They are the protagonists of an ongoing drama within us, where the balance and interplay between these two hormones are essential. The inspiration for Paradoxical Bodies was the original duet Endless Talks with Ladji Kone (BF), where Yana decided to take the feminine principle beyond the energy of man and woman, connecting two different cultures. The new duet with Nika Horiacha portrays two completely different characters and experiences: endorphin and adrenaline. Even though the two women are in harmony, they can be so different.

 

The performance uses spoken word in English.

 

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Vitaliia Vaskiv is a young dancer and choreographer of Ukrainian origin, who is dedicated to contemporary dance and movement improvisation techniques. She graduated from the Faculty of Choreography and Dance Techniques in Łódź and participated in international projects. She is interested in contact improvisation and has experience in the field of creative education. At the festival, she will perform her short solo Body Shelter as part of the Unity in Motion program.

 

Diana Durnieva is a young Ukrainian dancer, performer and contemporary dance teacher. She earned her bachelor's degree in modern dance choreography from the National University of Culture and Arts in Kyiv. She currently works in Poland, where she continues to develop artistically, participates in dance workshops and collaborates with Polish choreographers, including Janusz Skubaczkowski.

 

Yuliia Hrysyna is a Ukrainian dancer, performer, choreographer, director and contemporary dance instructor. She is a two-time winner of the competition of young choreographers at the Zelyonka festival of contemporary dance theatre. Yuliia teaches contemporary choreography at the Academy of Culture in Kharkiv, serves as the director of the Holy dance school, and dedicates herself to creative education for children and adults.

 

Yana Reutova worked as a dancer, choreographer and teacher in the Odessa region. In 2014 she founded Dance Theatre Plastilin and created several performances receiving some awards. She organized the Dance Platform Most festival (5 years) and worked a lot with children (Creative Kids project) and her students. After that she started the Speaking with the Body festival, which took place only once. In March 2022, she took her daughter and several students and fled from the war to Prague, where she now works. She is involved in projects by other choreographers and herself leads workshops for children and develops her own work with various artists.

The triptych concept Together Alone succeeded in the European competition within the first EFFEA Open Call and was one of the 40 supported projects.

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Before the war, Nika Horiacha worked as a teacher and performer in Ukraine, specifically in the city of Chornomorsk at Dance Theatre Plastilin under the guidance of Yana Reutova. After the war began, she relocated with her family to Spain, where she realized that she couldn't live without dance. She then moved to Prague, where her journey with Tanec Praha began. While in Prague, she participated in the TANEC PRAHA festival and other Europe based activities as part of Yana Reutova's collective.