Tanya Chizhikova/
Maya Selezneva
Take care
November 2-3, 2024
Studios 1+2, Villa Elisabeth
Duration - 2h (15:00-17:00)
Open level
English
Studios 1+2, Villa Elisabeth
Duration - 2h (15:00-17:00)
Open level
English
Tanya Chizhikova is a contemporary dance artist, performer and choreographer. Her artistic focus is on documentary choreography, routine choreography, and the sense of ‘uncanny’ in performative and body practices. She graduated from Moscow State Academy of Choreography as a choreographer and holds MA in contemporary choreography and stage dance (Russian Institute of Theatre Arts). In 2019, she was awarded for her piece “Time to time” at ImPulsTanz Festival, [8:tension] young choreographers series (Vienna). In 2020, she got the Russian National Golden Mask Award for her piece «Fractional Step». Her works were shown at Judson Church (NYC), MMoMA and House of Culture GES-2 (Moscow), Lichthof Theater (Humburg), ImPulsTanz (Vienna), Voices Festival (Berlin), Antigel Festival (Geneva), etc.
Maya Selezneva is a dance artist driven by curiosity for human behavioral patterns and social choices with specific focus on themes of displacement, identity, state of being in-between and mutation as adjustment strategies of body and mind. In her works she explores intense physicality, groove, power of touch, body-to-body connection and movement layered with sound, film and word. She holds MA in choreography (Vaganova Ballet Academy) and a medical degree in psychiatry. She graduated from international programs: RE-SEARCH at Boostan Home for Theatre Dance (Tel Aviv) and ICD at Nuova Officina Della Danza (Torino). Maya’s works were presented in Italy, Norway, Finland, Israel and Russia. In 2023, her short dance film “Let’s call it a tie” (collaboration with Vasiliy Zhitlov) was awarded by Braga international film festival, Girona en moviment festival, Corposensibile, Messums dance film festival, Interfaccia digitale, and got to official selection of many more.
Maya Selezneva is a dance artist driven by curiosity for human behavioral patterns and social choices with specific focus on themes of displacement, identity, state of being in-between and mutation as adjustment strategies of body and mind. In her works she explores intense physicality, groove, power of touch, body-to-body connection and movement layered with sound, film and word. She holds MA in choreography (Vaganova Ballet Academy) and a medical degree in psychiatry. She graduated from international programs: RE-SEARCH at Boostan Home for Theatre Dance (Tel Aviv) and ICD at Nuova Officina Della Danza (Torino). Maya’s works were presented in Italy, Norway, Finland, Israel and Russia. In 2023, her short dance film “Let’s call it a tie” (collaboration with Vasiliy Zhitlov) was awarded by Braga international film festival, Girona en moviment festival, Corposensibile, Messums dance film festival, Interfaccia digitale, and got to official selection of many more.
This workshop is a part of ongoing research for a new duet piece on care and intensity. We invite participants to experience the groove of tenderness, the empowerment through giving care to others and receiving it, the dynamics of support in movement. Through these two days we will unfold basics of gentle partnering and explore how to keep gentleness of touch and connection, even as the body engages in more extreme physical demands, where speed, strength, effort, and a strong sense of direction dominate the movement. We will practice techniques that help sustain this tenderness, such as mindful awareness of the connection, using focus to maintain softness, and finding ways to rest within the act of carrying. Through these practices, we will learn to balance exertion with care, allowing us to stay connected without becoming exhausted, offering rest and support to ourselves and others.