MEDIATHEK

Nostalgia (2005, 40min.): The ten performers, five men and five woman, travel in this piece through their memories of (Russian) life. Russian life represented by a forest of birch trees, the symbol of rural Russia, covering all of Siberia. They meet and split, find happiness and tragedy, memories of normal Russian (village) life, which is hard and real. Does the English... (2004, 45min.): “You don’t know real life!”- is a classical Russian phrase, which parents tell their children, the older generation to the younger generation and teachers to everybody. To know life, means, being able to exist and to survive in extreme situations. On a difficult day Russians change gear from a “European” active state into an Asian contemplative state of mind. (Victor Erofeev ' Encyclopedia of the Russian Soul). Like in most of Olga Pona's pieces, "Does the English Queen Know What Real Life is About?", deals with the reality of a harsh Russian life: people living together in spaces that are too small, cities that vibrate a constant sense of danger, minimal financial circumstances, and the only way to survive is to know that by the end one can count on the people who are close to you. And the English Queen? For Russians she probably represents a dream, which cannot be realized during this life. Maybe in their next life. Maybe never. IV. Audrey (2005, 18min.): "Audrey" is a solo danced by Maria Greyf. It was made as a collaboration between Olga Pona and Maria Greyf, where Maria developed the movement material and Olga created a structure and a concept. "Audrey" is based on two movies with Audrey Hepburn, "Roman Holiday" and "Breakfast at Tiffany". The reason is maybe that in a industrial city in the Ural, there is a dancer, whose peronality seems to fit the character and the person in these movies. "Audrey" is the first solo made in the Chelyabinsk Contemporary Dance Theater. It is alo a first step towards dancers of the company getting involved in creating work. "Audrey" shows Maria Greyf as a unique performer with an exceptional physicality. (Quelle: http://www.olgapona.com/) Anm.: Auf der DVD befinden sich zwei weitere Werke "Staring into Eternity" und "Waiting". / jst