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Performance

Dance in the dark

by Ivan

City : Kyiv
Format : digital
Status: : Available
Creative Points: : 50
Time spent (minutes) : 0 min
Created at : 17/04/2026
Video performance in mirror basement, emergency light only. Ivan moves slowly — body testing if it still exists after hours on the stairwell. Fixed camera, breath and soles on polished concrete. « Dance in the dark » as gentle act of occupying space.
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Artist Stories

Dancing to check the body

The generator hummed, the mirrors reflected four Ivans back at me. I wasn't dancing well—I was testing if my legs still existed. The instruction was ironic: "Dance in the dark." Two participants filmed; I chose a static shot, not a selfie. As I was leaving, someone said, "You look less ghostly." That was all the compliment I wanted.

Mirror performance

Mirrored basement, emergency light. Ivan agreed to be filmed without showing his face — dignity and presence. Validation: bodily resilience, not spectacle.

Associated Media

Video: mirror basement emergency light slow dance silhouette multiplied, fixed camera breath soles concrete, 2min performance resilience.

Still frame mirror-walled basement single dancer silhouette emergency lamp generator cable, no face, humanitarian art therapy.