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BIOLAND

Originally created for the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, Israel 2021

Commissioned for Crush on Trash Foundation, Polish premiere of  "BIOLAND" is  co-financed by the National Institute of Music and Dance , funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Poland 2024

“Bioland” explores humanity's impact on our planet, weaving together themes of captivity/confinement, industrialization, and technological progress that is reshaping ecosystems and affecting the lives of living organisms worldwide. Viewers are invited to contemplate their place within the system unfolding in front of them, raising questions around the perceived boundary between observer and participant. Blurring the lines between spectacle, experiment, exhibit, and enclosure, the work challenges anthropocentric values through a fantastical, at times surrealistic, lens.

 

“Bioland” invites us to reflect on the interplay between human evolution and the fragile balance of life for all beings on the planet.

“You do not live outside the scene, but within it, subject to all the same horrors you can see afflicting the lives of animals”

                                          David Wallace-Wells, “The Uninhabitable Earth”

BIOLAND trailer

Choreography: Megan Doheny & Ilya Nikurov in collaboration with the dancers 

Dancers: Tristan Carter, Anastasia Cheshun, Nika Lilek, Theo Samsworth, Dylan Tedaldi, Arianna Di Francesco, Nicholas Garlo

Light design: Alon Shazar

Duration: 50 min

Created for Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company's Alternative Stage Platform

Choreography: Megan Doheny & Ilya Nikurov in collaboration with the dancers 

Dancers: Magda Niedzielska, Marta Mietelska-Topór, Agata Kamykowska, Michał Przybyła, Kacper Szklarski

Light design: Jakub Sztandera

Costume design: Jakub Wójci

Rehearsal assistant: Zuzanna Strugacz

Stage manager: Katarzyna Białooka

Duration: 55 min

Polish premiere

Photos: Michał Zięba

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