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AIR HAS NO BORDERS blends echoes of folk dance and traditions, the weight of labour and a visceral bond with the land. It unfolds as a dialouge between past and present, where a person suspended in struggle seeks the freedom to claim their future.
AIR HAS NO BORDERS blends echoes of folk dance and traditions, the weight of labour and a visceral bond with the land. It unfolds as a dialouge between past and present, where a person suspended in struggle seeks the freedom to claim their future.
My deep concern for what is being done to my country, along with a personal journey shaped by ancestral heritage and the collective grief of my people, has led me to explore the connection between people and their land as a source of life.
A year ago I began exploring movement that embodies the Ukrainian experience - one that draws on elements of folk dance, physical labor, and a deep-rooted connection to the land, while exploring themes of freedom, land, borders, cultural identity and resistance when this connection is endangered. As the result the piece AIR HAS NO BORDERS was born."
The idea of a trio dance comes from a sketch by Ukrainian artist Kazimir Malevitch "Where there is a sickle and a hammer, there is death and hunger". Instead of human faces, a sickle and a hammer, a cross and a coffin are depicted. They symbolize the murder of peasants during Holodomor in 1933, when all the food and all their harvest was taken away leaving them for sure death.
CREDITS:
Choreographer, director: Olena Stoian
Performers: Nadia Tomazenko, Olena Stoian, Paola Martire
Original Sound: Clara Cozzolino (folk songs: Nina Matvienko "Tsvite Teren", Veryovka Choir "Tuman Yarom")
Creative coach: Roberta Maimone
Photo: Daria Parkhomenko, Gemma Rijnders
Special Thanks:
Project Zakhira, Lela Di Costanzo, Jort Faber, Uri Eugenio, Rebecca Lilich Krüger, Olena Ananieva, Anna Chebanenko, Ria Vandersteen.
Supported by the AFK (Amsterdam Fund for the Arts), het Cultuurfonds, ICK Amsterdam.
July 11,12,13 as a part of a double bill "Voices to be Heard" by Fledging Dancers Amsterdam at Dijktheatre
July 18, Vondelpark Openluchttheatre, Amsterdam
October 11, Het Amsterdams Theaterhuis
November 15, Cafe Belcampo, Intimate Portraits, Amsterdam
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