Opór w podskokach. Choreograficzne transformacje i reparacje wyobraźni

Abstract

This article is devoted to the phenomenon of “choreographic futurizing.” The author describes choreographies that express opposition to Putin’s aggression against Ukraine on the one hand and solidarity with the fighting Ukrainians on the other. However, she does not analyze the so-called social choreographies, but two theatrical performances: Odbicia [Reflections] (choreog. Anna Steller) and Swan Lake Solo (choreog. Olga Dukhovnaya), which were shown at the 2022 Warsaw Body/Mind Festival. In the article, they are not treated as realizations of artivism, but as performances that use certain artivist strategies and mobilize the political imagination. Referring to the findings of Sherry Badger Shapiro and Randy Martin, the author illustrates, using the examples of the aforementioned choreographies, how dance becomes “an act of transformative possibility” (Shapiro). Key-words: artivism, imagination, choreography, futurization, Anna Steller, Olga Dukhovnaya