DARIA KOVAL & MACIEJ KUZMINSKI COMPANY (UA/PL)
Resistance Movement
PART OF THE GENDERHOUSE FESTIVAL
PLEASE NOTE: This short performance is shown together with "Atlas Da Boca" and is therefore part of the evening's programme. The ticket for "Atlas Da Boca" is therefore valid for both performances.
In Resistance Movement, Ukrainian dancer Daria Koval, alongside Polish choreographer Maciej Kuźmiński, transforms her war encounter into a potent performance. Originating from Dnipro and caught in Kyiv as war erupted, Koval confidently confronts and repurposes her pain into hope and resilience.
Venue: Bora Bora, Small Stage
In a 10-minutes solo “Resistance Movement”, a Ukrainian dancer Daria Koval documents her war experiences with powerful movement and fragile voice. The 27-year-old dancer Daria Koval comes from the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro. When the war began, she was in Kyiv. She thought she would never dance again. Now she dances about the war raging in Ukraine and hopes she can simply dance away the pain it leaves behind.
Resistance Movement was created by Daria Koval alongside internationally acclaimed Polish choreographer Maciej Kuzminski in October 2022 and has been already performed and awarded at several international choreographic competitions.
About Maciej Kuźmiński
Maciej Kuźmiński is a Polish-born, internationally commissioned choreographer, pedagogue and producer. A graduate of Trinity Laban Conservatory in London, he launched his choreographic career in 2014 and since then has worked as a guest choreographer with Staatstheater Kassel, Landestheater Linz, Theater Osnabrück, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Polish Dance Theatre, Theatre Regensburg Tanz, Šeiko Dance Company, and conservatoires like Codarts or ArtEZ. He also stages and produces independent performances with his own project-based Maciej Kuźmiński Company.
Kuźmiński develops his author method for movement and composition called Dynamic Phrasing, which is based on five pillars. In recent years he taught DP multiple times at ArtEZ, Codarts, PERA GAU, Belgrade Dance Institute and Dance Departament in Bytom, Poland.
Credits
Performance, testimony and voice:
Daria Koval
Choreography:
Maciej Kuzminski
in collaboration with Daria Koval
Dramaturgy, lighting design:
Maciej Kuzminski
Music:
Max Richter
Voice by Daria Koval
Remixed by Maciej Kuzminski
Photos:
Ralph Mohr