“A rabbi, a true expert in the Kabbalah, once said that in order to bring peace to the world, there is no need to destroy everything and then build again; it is enough to move a cup, or a tree, or a stone - and so all the things. However, it is so difficult to realize this very “slightly”, it's so difficult to find its right measure, that it is beyond the power of men in this world, and for this purpose the appearance of the Messiah is necessary.”
Giorgio Agamben's The Coming Community
A choreographic performance for two dancers and catacombs, based on the German philosopher Ernst Bloch's work Die Glückliche Hand (“The Happy Hand”, collection “Footprints.”).
Choreography for us is first and foremost an opportunity to break out of the world of the concrete, to find a form for the inexpressible, to try to get into this space where everything is “a little different”.
We move dance, and after that a theater, form usual theatrical box into a space where the historical context of the place itself becomes the dramaturgy for our work. In our case, the catacombs become the leitmotif of our dance, their constant change is the attempt of people to move things a little bit each time (Ernst Bloch), but each time a little bit not all the way or on the contrary too much? From the church to the pool, from the pool to the church, from the church to the artistic research space for different artists. How to realize this “shift”, to find the right measure of changing the space? With the help of choreography, scenography, poetry and music, we will try, following Agamben, to realize this “shift”, to find the right measure of change, our own version of the world - the dancing catacombs.
We have chosen paper as the only tool of scenography, as the physical and metaphysical material from which we will build a monument(s) to all living and non-living things in the world during the dance; we will use our bodily sensitivity as a navigator to give the most precise form to what cannot be expressed in words.
We just really wish things could be “just a little different”.
Working team -
Work on the choreography and performance: Olga Tsvetkova & Valentina Lutsenko
Work on the visualization of the catacombs: Jean-Christophe Lanquetin (Paris)
Work on the sounding of the catacombs: Andreas Moustoukis (Cyprus).
Giorgio Agamben's The Coming Community
A choreographic performance for two dancers and catacombs, based on the German philosopher Ernst Bloch's work Die Glückliche Hand (“The Happy Hand”, collection “Footprints.”).
Choreography for us is first and foremost an opportunity to break out of the world of the concrete, to find a form for the inexpressible, to try to get into this space where everything is “a little different”.
We move dance, and after that a theater, form usual theatrical box into a space where the historical context of the place itself becomes the dramaturgy for our work. In our case, the catacombs become the leitmotif of our dance, their constant change is the attempt of people to move things a little bit each time (Ernst Bloch), but each time a little bit not all the way or on the contrary too much? From the church to the pool, from the pool to the church, from the church to the artistic research space for different artists. How to realize this “shift”, to find the right measure of changing the space? With the help of choreography, scenography, poetry and music, we will try, following Agamben, to realize this “shift”, to find the right measure of change, our own version of the world - the dancing catacombs.
We have chosen paper as the only tool of scenography, as the physical and metaphysical material from which we will build a monument(s) to all living and non-living things in the world during the dance; we will use our bodily sensitivity as a navigator to give the most precise form to what cannot be expressed in words.
We just really wish things could be “just a little different”.
Working team -
Work on the choreography and performance: Olga Tsvetkova & Valentina Lutsenko
Work on the visualization of the catacombs: Jean-Christophe Lanquetin (Paris)
Work on the sounding of the catacombs: Andreas Moustoukis (Cyprus).
