You can recognize a tango by its first steps and sounds. But wherever tango appears, all its contexts shimmer through the dancing bodies: stories of migration, displacement, wars, and violence. The two men dancing here bring the tango with them from different dictatorships: having fled Russia and Syria, they find themselves in Potsdam as a tango couple. Can you tell the two dancers' stories, can you feel them when you see them dancing on the tip of the island?
Choreography:
Vera Shchelkina
Co-choreography and dance:
Alex Pukhov, Bassili Fatloun
Original melody:
Jerzy Peterburzski
Deconstruction of the original melody:
Aliaksandra Sikorskaya
Dance dramaturgy:
Polina Fenko
Production:
Maria Lupandina
Special thanks to:
György Jellinek, Amr Karkout, Katsia Zhi, Elena Korchagina, Lukas
Trailer
Witnessing happening it all for the last time
Photos (с) Katya Smolina
Feedback
Remember what
Katja Münker
somatic choreographer
Vera's tango project was filled with many stories and emotions for me. I felt like I was on a ship, witnessing the relationship of two people — the life that unfolds into a dance set to the surrounding sounds. A story without answers, choreography that creates a unique picture for each viewer, a picture that lingers as the actors, dancers, friends, lovers, and people move into the distance. A performance that raises questions.