Yuliia Lopata: Postavy a příběhy v nás

The day after the start of the festival with the performance cossachka , Yulia opens up a space for sharing its creative practice, which has changed during the war in Ukraine. After thousands of hours of humanitarian work, encounters with trauma and destruction, it rediscovered the power of art. Those interested can join the exploration of how art can serve as a renewal tool - both for individuals and for society. How can reality perception form our imagination? How to create new stories and artistic visions from the chaos of the surrounding events? Nitrem. For all who want to develop their creativity.

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yulia lopata is a choreographer, director, dancer and pedagogue, who in her work moves on the border of movement, visual art and scenography. She worked for eight years in the Kiev ensemble ProCONONTEMPORARY, where through improvisation she examined the body as a tool of expression. She also worked with Apache Crew and participated in the first Ukrainian film ballet Voduruda (dir. Anatoliy Sachyvko). With a Russian invasion of Ukraine, she left art for a while and put her energy into volunteer work. After a year, she began to return to his creation - this time with an emphasis on directorial work and finding new ways to reflect and transform reality by art.