Excuse me for an extremely plain depiction of the complicated theory of Agoraphobia. The subject is definitely worth a deeper contemplation. Maybe I’ll come back to it soon at some of our workshops.

From a very young age a human requires some physical limit of the world.

Something that reminds us of the prenatal closeness. Such space can be a cave, a tree hollow, a city appartment, a sleeping bag… even a canvas tent would be placed next to a tree if possible, not because of the rain or wind. It just seems to give some kind of protection.

Skipping all eight volumes of a detailed commentary on the subject I’d rather leap right to the conclusion: everyone is affected by Agoraphobia, at least with its minimal symptoms. And this is what DEREVO is quite interested for.

In case of the Terschelling island, measuring 20 by 4 km, there’s an opportunity to try out something what hardly fits the indoor training.

For instance that can be practices connected with an extended influence range of dancers on their audience, as well as some techniques of „wide-shot-like focusing of eyes“ or dynamically adjusting the dance according to the distance to a partner or an instant transition to the dance action in front of the audience and many more.

It is stated in DEREVO’s Manifest „the sky begins right from the ground“, well it’s easier said…

Once on a summer day at the Elbe, as merry and damp as I was, I shouted to Slava Guyvoronsky „Why don’t you bath?“. „I wasn’t invited“ he replied.

Text: Anton Adasinsky
Photo by DEREVO

DEREVO has brilliantly performed MEPHISTO WALTZ last year at the OEROL.

But I was somehow uneasy. Not quite settled. Not entirely.

This is the island of DEREVO.

Every blade of grass knows us here.

But the guys didn’t go through that all yet.

They’ve got it delivered directly, the audience, the success.

MEPHISTO WALTZ is a show. Precise and ready-made body.

So now, one year later, they have to attend some other classes: the Street and the Body.

Just as we were doing it then.

In the sunlight and with no music playing back. Same costumes, same asphalt, same wind and a sand…

It just must be.

The steps of a big staircase should not be skipped.

This is a way of learning. I think about it rather often lately.

Anton

Meanwhile DEREVO School on Wheels has finished their performances at the ROBODOCK 2012 (you may remember the name from the huge project in Mannheim)…

On June 15th there’s a ten days long performances marathon on Terschelling island begins, at the OEROL festival.

A lot of things was started for DEREVO there some time ago. And a lot of things for the OEROL.

We’ll keep you up-to-date about the daily performances and improvisations.

You’ll see the dunes, the sea, the horses and the Moon and our guys among all these beautiful things…

Performers:

• Nastya Ponomareva (Lunis)
• Pavel Alekhin (Gleb)
• Makhina Juraeva (Marat)
• Anya Raicheva (Raja Ancheva)

We wish you and us were there…

Zum ersten Mal ist DEREVO auf dem OEROL – Festival 1989 aufgetreten!!

Ahhhh! Wann war das???

Diese Insel hat vor 22 Jahren aus einer neuen Company, von der niemand etwas wusste, das weltbekannte Theater DEREVO gemacht.

Hier in den Dünen, unter dem Himmel, im endlosen Sand, im Geheul von Wind und Brandung ist das einzigartige Prinzip der DEREVO-Tänze ausgearbeitet worden: die Erschließung riesiger Räume, die lakonischen Bewegungen, die Reinheit der Gefühle, die Exaktheit der Kostüme und Requisiten, die Life-Musik der Natur…

Die Improvisationen dauerten manchmal 4 Stunden, manchmal auch neun Tage und Nächte ohne Unterbrechung („Adventures of a Golden Egg“).

Und nun auf dem OEROL - Jubiläumsfestival (30ster Jahrgang!!!) spielt DEREVO ganz oben auf einem Hügel im endlosen Wind, der alles Überflüssige aus dem Gehirn und dem Körper wegweht, den „Mephisto Waltz“.

Kein Foto ist imstande die Energie dieses Ortes wiederzugeben.
Und dennoch…
Hier sind einige Foto-Visionen:

Text: Anton Adassinsky
Übersetzung: Rainer Jäckel
Fotos: Anna Bogodist, Elena Yarovaya
Bilddesign: Elena Yarovaya

Siehe auch eines der ersten Fotoprojekten auf DEREVO Web-Seite, gewidment der Insel Terschelling - Wind & Water »

Die Bilder vom Projekt Wind & Water sind auch als Bildband DEREVO vol. 1 verfügbar »

Den Rest findet man hier