Imagine suddenly finding yourself on an unknown planet, an environment you know nothing about. What is soft and what is hard, what can you lean on and what can hurt you? A space where familiar objects have unknown uses that you have yet to discover.
When I first entered the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Library, I felt as if I were floating in the middle of the eight-floor atrium, gliding from one level to another. Together with dancers Yaroslav Kaynar and Anastasia Kharchenko, we came up with a game: to imagine that we had suddenly found ourselves on an unknown planet. An environment of which we know nothing—what is soft and what is hard, what we can lean on and what can harm us. A space where familiar objects—like stairs and tables—have unknown uses that we still need to discover. This was our departure point for all choreographic improvisations, as we experimented with our own gravitas and moved towards a certain still point.
Leeds International Film Festival (Screendance Competition Audience Award Winner, 2024), PÖFF Shorts (2024), Riga International Film Festival (2024)
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