NEW PERFORMANCE TURKU BIENNALE: YASEN VASILEV (BU) – IMPOSSIBLE ACTIONS

Impossible Actions” puts a group of performers through a series of tasks that aim to test and re-imagine the limits and functions of the body and deconstruct (un)conscious habits of movement. The work aims to liberate the body and its movements from meanings imposed on them. The process invites a group of local performers to activate, change and adapt a score for a physical solo based on their bodies and socio-political biographies and perform their own versions of it, together in the same space.

Yasen Vasilev works internationally in the field of contemporary dance as a dramaturg and critic. He holds a BA in Dramaturgy from the Academy in Sofia (2013) and MA in Intercultural Communication from Shanghai Theatre Academy (2016). The practical research of his Master thesis on the politics of dance, NUTRICULA (2015–) has been developed and presented in the form of workshops and performances internationally. NUTRICULA is developed in collaboration with artist and researcher Kwame Boafo.

IMPOSSIBLE ACTIONS, a collective performance for 10 participants, prototyped during a residency in Taipei in 2019, was produced in 2021 by Radar Sofia and won the annual award for dance of the City Hall of Sofia. He’s a regular contributor for Springback magazine and is active on the topic of working conditions in the frame of different initiatives, most recently Kunstenpunt’s A Fair New Idea where he co-authored a Letter for transnational fair practice in collaboration with Anna Manubens and Pieternel Vermoortel.

First produced by Radar Sofia, with the support of the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture. Presented and supported by Moving body festival, CoFestival, DansiT, Spazju Kreattiv, DNK – space for contemporary dance and performance.

Residencies: Taipei artist village, La Caldera, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Valetta Design Cluster

Local performers include:
Salla Talvikki Nieminen
Heidi Horila
Rebecca Laube-Pohto
Laura Jantunen
Lehmus Murtomaa
Sonja Karolina Aaltonen
Valtteri Haliseva
Evgeny Kostyukov
Veera Alaverronen
Matilda Helena Lindström
Antti Seppänen
Tashi Iwaoka

Visual identity: Martin Atanasov

Duration: 1h, open end
Pre-booking: https://www.eventbrite.fi/e/yasen-vasilev-impossible-actions-tickets-689113736737
Tickets are also available from the door, 15 minutes before the performance