Ukrainian platform is part of the STF 2024: Sõltumatu Tantsu Festival (26.09 - 5.10.2024).

 

Ukrainian Platform presents three productions by Ukrainian choreographers Rita Lira, Tetyana Znamerovska and Mariya Salo in collaboration with Petras Lisauskas. Since the active phase of the war, Ukrainian dancers have not been able to make their own platform at home or to be in dialogue with people in their field internationally, which is why they have currently chosen the path of showing their work every year in different foreign countries. Sõltumatu Tantsu Festival has the honor of hosting a part of the Ukrainian Dance Platform in Tallinn in 2024, allocating one day from the festival program to show here three Ukrainian dance productions that have gained international attention and get to know their creators. In addition, there will be a presentation of the program of Ukrainian dance films and a meeting with the creators.

 

 

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.

 

The work is based on the ideas of C. Jung about the collective unconscious. Our actions in the present are conditioned by what happened in the past, and our behavior is a mirror of previous generations. The connection with them іsn’t limited to memory alone. The performance "Traces" is a dance visualization of the piles of psychological trauma caused by historical tragedies. They show how our culture, our relationships with people, and our fate can be determined by the past. But it is worth remembering that these imprints can also be the key to changing the scenario of our future.

 

 

The idea of insomnia became the creative axis of this performance. Producer Goda Giedraitytė and sound artist Donatas Bielkauskas came up with the idea of connecting artists with different experiences and reflecting on the insomnia and anxiety they experience in the face of war. In cooperation with Viktor Ruban, a dance creator and producer from Ukraine, two Ukrainian creators were invited to join the project.

 

More information: https://www.stl.ee/en/lisaprogramm/festival-en/ukrainian-platform