Vitaliia Vaskiv (UA/PL) & Diana Durnieva (UA/PL) & Yuliia Hryshyna (UA) & Yana Reutova (UA/CZ)
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 je mladá ukrajinská tanečnice, performerka a učitelka současného tance. Bakalářský titul získala na Národní univerzitě kultury a umění v Kyjevě v oboru Choreografie moderního tance. Momentálně působí v Polsku, kde se dále umělecky rozvíjí, účastní se tanečních workshopů a pracuje s polskými choreografy (např. 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.