TANYA KHABAROVA
Derevo: Reflection
A u ro ra N o va, unti l Aug 30, 22:45, Ј 10 (Ј 8), Derevo T anya Khabarova.
Out of the mist, a motionless figure appears. The audience holds their breath and waits. The dancer does eventually move, but such tense moments of expectation reoccur throughout the show. This is not an easy piece to watch. Beautiful and innovative, arguably to the point of being pretentious and self indulgent, Reflection astounds, baffles and disturbs its viewers. The vigorous and frenzied precision of Tanya Kharbarova's movements is incredible as she imitates an insect, a bird, a little girl. Although the soundtrack is rather reminiscent of someone twiddling the reception dial on a radio while sitting in the middle of a motorway, the excellent sound and lighting are superbly atmospheric. Religious and astronomical symbolism, bizarre rituals, growth and evolution all seem to be concerns of Reflection, but the scenes are so cryptic and abstract that it's hard to tell for sure.
thrill: Like nothing else.
spi ll: But what does it all mean?
Sarah Ream
Born in Leningradskiy region. Tanya Khabarova studied music and violin at the music Collage of Vyborg and soon realized that being a teacher of music wasn’t her calling. In 1987 she enrolled in Palace of Young Generation in SPetersburg and began her studies in the artistically experimental dance/theatre classes of Anton Adassinskiy. In 1988 she become a member of DEREVO Physical Theatre lead by A.Adassinskiy. As a member of DEREVO Tanya has performed in Austria, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovenia and the U.S.A with a varied repertoire of physical theatre performances. Tanya created and performs in all of DEREVO performances. Awards: 1997 “Total Theatr e Awar d” Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Scotland). With “RED ZONE”. 1998 “Fr inge Fir st” and “Her ald Angel” Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Scotland). with “ONCE”. 2000 “Pr ix du J ur y de Presse” MIMOS (France).Performance “THE RIDER “. “ Innovation Pr ize “ by Forum Ludwig (Germany) “ Kunstpr eis Ber lin 2000” Academy of the Arts (Germany) “Pr emio a lo major del teatr o” Asociacion Mexicana de Criticos (Mexico) “Pr ix du J ur y de Presse” MIMOS (France).Performance “REFLECTION”. 2002 “Fr inge First” and “Total Theatr e awar d” Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Performance “LA DIVINA COMMEDIA”. 2004 “Tap Water Awar d” Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Scotland). For her solo performance “REFLECTION”. Tanya Khabarova plans to continue researching her theme of “Iconographical and Mythical theatre as a ritual”