Movement artist, dancer and choreographer. Director of the film dance trilogy: "The seeds in my body", "Our body are seeds" and "The body of the war". Which describes three times of the war Russia against Ukraine: premonition, beginning and continuing.
I'm from Odesa (Ukraine). Topics I work with: questions of modern Ukrainian society linked to ecological pressure, overconsumption, destruction of architectural heritage, and currently to the war between Russia against Ukraine, as well as the topic of freedom and responsibility, the realization of the creative potential of a person.
I am one of the leaders of the performative group P.L.O.T. based in Odessa. Group worked on contemporary art in collaboration with museums, galleries, festivals and other independent projects.
My special interest is in synthesising different forms: poetry and physical theatre, painting and movement, choreography and improvisation in different spaces.
Work methods: reconstruction (work with the diary of choreographer Bronislava Nijinska to create a performance "Bronislava Nijinska") personal interpretation of philosophical works (“The spiritual in art” W. Kandinsky to create performance “Part of a part”), research work on the nature of own art. I have an author's workshop “How to dance a painting” for kids and adults.
Author of concept, director, and choreographer: “Part of a part”, “Dumb/Not my city”, [IN FORCE], “PerSun”, “Grain”, “Body. Eternity”, “Letters. Love. Loneliness”, “Dance as a person who loves”, “Improvisation as the practice of uncertainty”, worldwide flash mob Global Water Dances Odessa, dance video performance “2021-2022”. Part 1. "The seeds in my body”, Part 2. “Our bodies are seeds”.
In general, I participated as an author and performer at 46 performances. With the team, I organized two festivals and one worldwide flash mob.
Organizer and pr manager: International festival “Dance space”, 2020 (Odesa, Kyiv and Ukraine online), “Dance we choose”, 2021 (Odesa, Chornomorsk), multimedia performance P.A.N.T.E.R, 2021 (Kyiv, Kharkiv), “Let the body speak” the digital hub of the Ukrainian dance during the war in collaboration with The PLACE (UK), “Ukrainian Living Archive” with Studio Wayne McGregor at support British Council (2022). I write about performance and modern dance for culturemeter.od.ua and balletristic.com.
Collaboration: from 2012 individual dance and performative practice, and from 2017 part of the performing group P.L.O.T. (Museum of Odesa Modern Art), a member of community "Contemporary Dance Platform" and Odesa contact improvisation community.
Teacher: Since 2015 given workshops on dancing, contact improvisation, and performing practices for children and adults in collaboration with the Museum of Odesa Modern Art, ArtPole festival, “Kids in the museum”, MuseumFest, and Odesa contact improvisation community.
Education: regular classes on contemporary dance, workshops with Hanna Somatics and Feldenkrais method, Axis Syllabus, Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, Laboratory of physical theatre.