Concept, realisation and performance: Andrei Andrianov, Oleg Soulimenko
Dramaturgical advisement: Judith Helmer
Artistic advise: Robert Steijn
Translation: Martin Jandl
Stage and Costume Design: Anke Philipp
Lighting: Bartek Kubiak
Video: Elena Tikhonova
Video appearance: Dasha Andrianova und Alevtina Golubeva
Production/Tourmanagement Nicole Schuchardt, Dietrich Oberländer

Coproduction: Oleg Soulimenko/Vienna Magic, brut Wien, artblau-Tanzwerkstatt Braunschweig, Szene Salzburg. In collaboration with Dance Agency TsEKh Moskau and Sophiensaele Berlin. Supported by Mitteln der Stadt Wien, Bundesministeriums für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur and Land Niedersachsen, Österreichisches Kulturforum in Moscow and Kultur Kontakt Austria.

 

Russian and English with German surtitles

One was a dancer at Theatre Bolschoi, the other the result of a one-night-stand of Jean Luc Godard in Moscow. Now they are on stage together and talk about their artistic biographies, which were coined by Russian tradition as well as influences from the West (contact improvisation) and the East (Butoh).

The result is an absurd and hilarious mixture, a truly international and multicultural Modern Dance Performance.

 

Andrei Andrianov started as a dancer at the Modern Dance and Pantomime Theatre in Moscowin 1979. Oleg Soulimenko first graduated with a degree in engineering in Moscowbefore he decided to become a dancer in 1985. In 1993, both men worked at a performance of the Saira Blanche Theatre established by Soulimenko. For “Made in Russiathey are back on stage together, but are continually working on their own projects. Soulimenko was involved in productions with Steve Paxton and Meg Stuart. His performances were seen in Eastern and Western Europe, as well as Canada and the U.S. He lives and works in Vienna. From 1996 to 2000, Andrianov collaborated with the Viennese performance group Lux Flux, was a member of the Russian Do-Dance company, and was the choreographer in residence at Tanzquartier Wien