The Theatre na Zhukah will bring it meditative play Ex Nihil to Zelyonka FEST – the international festival of modern dance and performance which will take place in Kyiv from April 16 to April 22.
Ex Nihil (Latin for “Out of nothing”) is an unusual production that is based on no literary material – it is all about the figurative and dramatic forms, with very few words uttered. The name is a representation of the approach to work when the action originates from the space, which many cultures refer to as the divine “nothing”.
Directed by Olga Ternova, the production is staged as a series of images that would draw the attention of the audience, as if in a kind of meditation where each would be able to experience one’s own, profoundly unique associative flow, thereby seeing one’s own – individual play.
Following its premiere in 2014, the play has undergone several revisions and keeps changing, to reflect new ideas and emotions related one way or the other to the times we all are living in. The play was staged in Krakow, Paris, Munich and Nuremberg.
Zelyonka FEST is the only international festival of modern dance and performance in Ukraine. Since its inception in 2010, it has brought over a hundred plays to the Ukrainian theatre enthusiasts. In April, the festival will present grand total of 18 plays – it’s all-time record. Choreographers and producers from Estonia, Belgium, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Austria will present their projects.
