A WORK IN PROGRESS BY OLGA RABETSKAYA
MARCH 13 at 7PM
“Going through the stages of immigration, which I am sure all people who were forced to leave their home are going through the same way, I feel the necessity to speak up about. The dance piece with working title “Elevator” follows the human pursuit of intimacy, love, being accepted by the society, trust and freedom of expression. We all experience “immigration” together both internally and externally. Exploring the questions of getting closer to people and the possibility / impossibility of intimacy, cultural and language barriers, the feeling of starting from scratch, situations when all your previous achievements and merits do not mean anything and when you need to change your habits. This city teaches you to accept everyone and everything, this city loves you, but checks on you at every step, there are a lot of people here and there is loneliness. The dance piece is telling the story of immigration.” - Olga Rabetskaya
Olga Rabetskaya (she/her) is U.S. based artist originally from Belarus. She is a choreographer, director and photographer whose work spans film, choreography and photography, multimedia production. Olga’s artistic research and exploration focus on the deep knowledge of the body and how to share our emotional experience, memories, and body intelligence through movement. She was a soloist in the Contemporary dance troupe of the State Youth Theatre of Belarus from 2014 to 2019. Her dance works and dance films have been presented at international festivals in the United States, Poland, Belgium, United Kingdom, Portugal, China, Brazil, Bolivia, and Belarus. She has held four personal photo exhibitions in Belarus and USA and has been awarded residencies at the School of Visual Arts (2021), Gallim Moving Women+ (2021), El Camp (2021), Fellowship at SMUSH Gallery in Jersey City (2021), Kunstraum (2021) and Residence for Young Choreographers in Moscow (2018).
about the artists
Kevin Pajarillaga is a Dance artist most curious about the process of sharing the lived experiences of the body through time, space and movement fused with a little bit of fantasy and imagination. He is currently an artistic associate with Gibney Company, most recently performed at MTV VMA’s with Doja Cat, and recently collaborated for a Museum Exhibition “Vegyn” with Dan Colen and Claude Cj Johsnon.
Mio Ishikawa is a movement artist based in New York City with a deep interest in collaborations across the multiple artistic mediums. A native of Tokyo Japan, she received her BFA in dance at the Juilliard School in New York City in 2019. Mio is currently a performer with Sidra Bell Dance New York (2022-), Company Stefanie Batten Bland (2020-), BODYSONNET (2019-) and ChristinaNoel and the Creature (2021-)
Brandon Woods (Winston Salem, NC), BFA graduate of UNC School of the Arts (UNCSA), most recent collaborations include dances with StubbornMVMT, Olga Rabetskaya, and Variety Pack Collective. Currently internationally touring “Touch Isolation” by Chris