Philosophy of Walls
“I regard human actions and appetites exactly as if they were questions of lines, planes, and bodies.”
Baruch Spinoza
Philosophy of Walls
Dance piece for 5 dancers
2005
2005
idea, choreography
KONSTANTIN GROUSS
music
VERA IVANOVA
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
PATRICK K.-H.
IVAN PAVLOV
poetry
JOSEPH BRODSKY
MARINA TSVETAEVA
JUAN RAMON JIMENEZ
dance, choreography
ANNA ABALIKHINA
TATIANA FATEEVA
DINA KHUSEIN
KONSTANTIN GROUSS
ARTEM IGNATIEV / VASILY MUSIKHIN
“I regard human actions and appetites exactly as if they were questions of lines, planes, and bodies.”
—Baruch Spinoza
Free feeling in a closed body.
Free body in a confined space.
Free movement in a clear rhythm.
Is it possible?
The choreography and dramaturgy of the performance are built on the multiple meanings of movement and objects, as well as the situations in which the characters find themselves.
Are the walls around us a barrier or a form of protection? How do the concepts of “common thread,” “transparent boundaries,” “layers of memory,” and “vicious cycle” intersect?..
One of the central images and key driving forces of the play is the image of the city as a living organism, where everything is interconnected and yet separate at the same time.
The performance was created under support of
- "Open Stage" program of Culturel department of Moscow government
- State Theatre of Nations
Philosophy of Walls
State Theatre of Nations
2005
Photo by Mikhail Labovsky
2005
Photo by Mikhail Labovsky
Philosophy of Walls
Video, excerpt
/8 min/
State Theatre of Nations
2005
/8 min/
State Theatre of Nations
2005
Main works 2004-2008
Video
15 min.
15 min.
ZERO Dance Gallery
has been exploring this multidimensional world since 2002
Originally established as the ‘Theatre ZERO ’ contemporary dance laboratory, the project has expanded its activities to bring together various art forms – contemporary dance, visual art and music.
“By synthesising Eastern and Western ways of thinking, I strive to combine powerful expression with inner stillness in my work.
Whilst developing in various directions, I retain my starting point as a place of tranquillity, to which I can always return in order to move forward… perhaps in a different direction.”
The creative concept is based on the fundamental elements underlying dance – energy, space, time and flow. My artistic interests lie at the intersection of the principles of choreography and the visual arts."
Konstantin Grouss, artist, dancer and choreographer, the founder and artistic
director of the “ZERO Dance Gallery” project.
“By synthesising Eastern and Western ways of thinking, I strive to combine powerful expression with inner stillness in my work.
Whilst developing in various directions, I retain my starting point as a place of tranquillity, to which I can always return in order to move forward… perhaps in a different direction.”
The creative concept is based on the fundamental elements underlying dance – energy, space, time and flow. My artistic interests lie at the intersection of the principles of choreography and the visual arts."
Konstantin Grouss, artist, dancer and choreographer, the founder and artistic
director of the “ZERO Dance Gallery” project.
Philosophy of Walls
Dance piece for 5 dancers
2005
2005