what my dancers are into
olga sorokina is rad ass bad ass lady who organizes THE BODY WORD festival in saint petersburg, along with drinking a lot of black tea with sugar, detailing the entire plot of pixar films in accented english, laughing heartily, and refusing to tell me what she plans to perform at the dance showcase at the Baryshinikov Center next week that I’ve spent months planning for her & the crew:
the target of the festival is to explore the relationship between innovative forms of
dance and literature. We would like to represent the bridge between the art of literature,
where the main tool is the written word, and the art of dance, where the main tool is the
human body.
the purposes of the festival are:
- popularisation of different kind of a serious literature, from classical to
contemporary
- popularisation of the innovative forms of dance
- to create a precedent of holding a non- profit dance festival
- to create interest in the press and mass-media
- to represent new sides of intercultural cooperation
- to show the potential synergy between old and new, classical and innovative in
culture and art .
