Pух Oпору | Resistance Movement

The documentary work, based on interviews with Daria and shared movement research, was created in 2 weeks. Started as a frank exposure of the dancer's personal story, the solo develops into a ritual, where Daria, half-naked, but wearing embroidered skirt and traditional necklace, reveals the power behind sensitivity and the strength in recognition of her roots.

“I start in my real clothes, which I was wearing, crossing the border, and then change to an attire with traditional elements”, tells Daria. “I wanted to perform in a costume, which could make me feel closer to my family and home, even from far away abroad. And at the same time I wanted to show that we could never know what an average-looking person we meet on the streets may carry inside”.

“This was a very close collaboration, where we discussed every aspect”, recalls Maciej Kuzminski. “For example, we decided to include a sequence of Daria’s own choreography, created before February 24, which symbolized her past life, gone forever”. Daria herself says that nowadays it is impossible for her to dance about anything else apart from the war: “I cannot express all the longing I have in my soul with words, I can only dance it. And also being naked on stage for me is one of the attributes of honesty, frankness and strength to resist the destruction of war that is still going on”.