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2014

Closeness to Another

Venue
Biblioteka restaurant, Nevsky Prospekt 20, St. Petersburg
Dates
May 2014

This exhibition is about a love that cannot always be put into words.

In my works dance becomes the language of closeness. The movement of the hands, the curve of a body, the distance between two figures — everything speaks of what happens between people: of attraction, of trust, of the wish to be near.

Dance here is not so much about choreography as about relationships. Two people move in one rhythm, feel each other, sometimes come closer, sometimes drift apart, yet stay connected.

Through colour, movement and expressive painting I explore the moment when “I” and “you” become “we”.

Movement is fleeting: it may stay in the memory or it may vanish, and the same happens with feelings. But the main thing is to feel. Because if we stop feeling, we are no longer here.

Katerina Yakovleva