A lot to unpack / Всё сложно

Solo about being stuck between Moscow and Amsterdam

Dance piece (47’)
2022, Stanislavsky Electrotheatre, Moscow.

I was born in USSR. Since mid-2000s I traveled a lot to Europe. In 2017 I moved to Amsterdam and tried very hard to fit in. Since 2021 I was based in Moscow, but in liminal relationship with Amsterdam.
This work was about displacement and me trying to find space for my body anywhere as the border between East and West is going through my body.

On 24/02/2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine my world and my heart broke in pieces.
Now I cannot anymore separate my body from geopolitics.

Concept, choreography, dance - Marina Orlova
Sound design - Anna Erofeeva
Dramaturgical advice - Liza Spivakovskaya, Nastya Proshutinskaya
Choreographic advice - Vera Schelkina
Costume - Liza Dzvonkovskaya
Production assistant - Katya Kaluzhnaya

Curator - Nastya Proshutinskaya

Photos: Olimpia Orlova

Camera: Nastya Kuzmina