A performance by the famous German choreographer Sasha Waltz was shown in Kharkiv
In Kharkiv, the show In C by the famous German choreographer Sasha Waltz was shown. The performance as part of KharkivMusicFest became the Ukrainian premiere of a choreographic production. Read UP.Culture in Telegram The performance In C was created by the Berlin company Sasha Waltz & Guests to the music of the American minimalist composer Terry Riley in the midst of the pandemic in 2021. “This exceptional score gives the performers a certain freedom, but on the condition that they always remember the band,” said Sasha Waltz. Sasha Waltz. Photo: KharkivMusicFest According to the art director of the KharkivMusicFest festival, Vitaly Alekseyonka, the showing of In C in Kharkiv was discussed even before the start of the full-scale invasion of Russia. “Then Sasha accepted this idea with interest. It was planned that either Sasha or one of her dancers would fly to Kharkiv and work with the Kharkiv troupe. But the war made its adjustments, and everything turned out differently,” he said. The performance was rehearsed via Zoom. Photo: KharkivMusicFest Sasha Waltz’s choreography was embodied on the Kharkiv stage by ten Ukrainian dancers: Yulia Hryshina, Yulia Chursina, Artem Pogorelov, Ivanna Roslyk, Anastasia Panasenko, Svitlana Vechirka, Dana Sarman, Olga Drobish, Yulia Tsib, Artem Nazaruk. Photo: KharkivMusicFest They rehearsed, connecting via Zoom from three cities: Berlin, Kharkiv and Kyiv. Five dancers were in Kharkiv, another five were in Kyiv, and the choreographer was in the capital of Germany. 10 dancers are involved in the performance. Photo: KharkivMusicFest As one of the dancers, Yuliya Hryshina, admits, in wartime this choreographic work takes on a different sound: “The performance In C is about how a person searches for self-identification and the opportunity to be free in society. That is, how to be together and at the same time have freedom . In the conditions of war, the play acquires a different sound. Because it is also about freedom, but in a different context.” Photo: KharkivMusicFest KharkivMusicFest is an international classical music festival, first held under this name in 2018. It introduces examples of high art and the best musicians of Ukraine and the world, presents an educational program. The KharkivMusicFest symphony orchestra will also perform at the festival, conducted at different times by the world-famous Ukrainian conductors Myroslav Skoryk, Andrii Yurkevich, as well as the Polish conductor Tomasz Bugai. In addition, KharkivMusicFest hosts the All-Ukrainian Competition of Young Composers named after Borys Lyatoshinsky. Read also: “It feels like Kyiv last spring”: How Kharkiv is coming to life despite everything
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