Rehearsal for Truth 2023: on the other side

Sun Jun 11 2023 at 05:00 pm to 06:30 pm

Bohemian National Hall | New York

The V\u00e1clav Havel Library Foundation
Publisher/HostThe Václav Havel Library Foundation
Rehearsal for Truth 2023: on the other side
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A dance performance as a form of somatic protest and viscous disobedience in the light of the current aggression of the Russian government.
About this Event

DANCE PERFORMANCE, TALKBACK | Russian artists Elena Demyanenko and Tarik Burnash examine the notion of rapidly disappearing past and their need to negotiate the unknown, absurd, madness, inhibition, and rage while searching for release into another approach for moving forward and finding their resistance.

on the other side is a way to comprehend through the body, an act of survival, and a sustainable means of making a difference within the upheaval of deeply dark, angry, ugly, and insecure times.

Using four different modes of engagement, Elena moves through a choreographic process among community, within context, centered in a heartbreak. She asks: What does it mean to be a Russian artist? To write from the side of an aggressor? Elena disavows cultural nostalgia or political naïveté to acknowledge the complexity of state-sanctioned violence on the scale of the nation and the scale of the body.

on the other side (2022), Russia/US. Choreography and performance: Elena Demyanenko, Tarik Burnash. Lighting design: Masha Tsimring.

Running time: 45 min.

The performance is followed by a talkback.

Free and open to the public. Suggested donation $10 is used to support the artists. Seats are limited, on first-come, first-served basis. Registration through Eventbrite is required.

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WHERE: Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street (between 2nd & 1st Aves), New York, NY 10021. Subway: Q line - 72nd Street, 6 line – 68th Street Hunter College or 77th Street

PARKING: Discounted parking of $35 for up to 12 hours for guests of Bohemian National Hall is available at GGMC Parking. Two parking entrances: 307 East 73rd Street and 300 East 74th Street. Present your parking ticket at BNH reception for a validation sticker.

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ABOUT THE 2023 REHEARSAL FOR TRUTH THEATER FESTIVAL

is organized by the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation and the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York, GOH Productions, Trap Door Theatre, Centre of Jewish Culture ŠTETL, Jan Mocek, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, Palissimo Company, and Romanian Cultural Institute.

The program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. The festival is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Arts and Theatre Institute in Prague, and Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.


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Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, New York, United States

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