The popular “1984.INSHА” and the unique “EscapistiСo” by INSHA Dance Company
"Київська Опера", вулиця Межигірська, 2, Київ, 04070
"Київська Опера", вулиця Межигірська, 2, Київ, 04070
Sat 18 Apr 2026 18:00
Sat 18 Apr 2026 18:00
ESCAPISTіCO
a unique dance theater experience.
What would happen if you disappeared for a moment? Not to run away forever, but just to hide from the noise. Turn off the world, leave your messages unread, lock yourself in a room where silence seems safe. But silence is not always quiet. Voices begin to sound in it. Your own. One by one, they take on human form, and now fear, temptation, fatigue, and hope stand side by side. In the play Escapistic, reality splits into fragments of personality. And each of them comes on stage. As in the story of Billy Milligan, where one personality replaced another, the hero encounters alternative versions of himself. Escape into the subconscious turns out to be even more chaotic than escape from the outside world.
What would happen if you disappeared for a moment? Not to run away forever, but just to hide from the noise. Turn off the world, leave your messages unread, lock yourself in a room where silence seems safe. But silence is not always quiet. Voices begin to sound in it. Your own. One by one, they take on human form, and now fear, temptation, fatigue, and hope stand side by side. In the play Escapistic, reality splits into fragments of personality. And each of them comes on stage. As in the story of Billy Milligan, where one personality replaced another, the hero encounters alternative versions of himself. Escape into the subconscious turns out to be even more chaotic than escape from the outside world.
This is an experiment with time, sound, and movement. The central object — a metal sphere — turns into a living instrument. Every touch, every interaction of bodies creates music in real time, thanks to a modular synthesizer. Sound and movement are inseparable.
Everything here is different.
Costumes generated by artificial intelligence.
Music born from touch. There are no repeats. Everything is for the first time. Only here. Only now.
Theater is the most honest form of escapism. Not because it distracts from reality, but because it allows you to see it differently. From the inside. From the side. Under a microscope.
Escapistico is not an escape. It is an opportunity to stop and look at yourself without illusions. And, perhaps for the first time, truly. This experience does not disappear with the final eclipse. It remains — like an echo, like a question, like an answer that comes later.
Come.
Disappear for a moment.
1984.INSHA
"... They agree with the most blatant distortions of reality because they do not understand the absurdity of substitution... They swallow everything indiscriminately, and what they swallow does not harm them, does not leave a residue, just as corn kernels pass undigested through a bird's intestines..."
Can these lines from a book be danced? Can a book be danced if it is Orwell's 1984? Yes, it is possible, and that is exactly what INSHA Dance Company does. Here they are, holding out their palms, into which another portion of propaganda falls, and which they greedily swallow like grain. And here they are, chanting something triumphant and militant from behind their bars, because every dissident is their personal enemy... Here they are watching you in the semi-darkness, ready to seize you for every extra word, reading your thoughts, their mouths contorted into the terrible grimace of Edvard Munch's scream, and this scream of fierce hatred is addressed to you. Here they are, building the walls of their cardboard prisons for you... But first there was music. It covered the stage and the audience with darkness, with some kind of merciless metallic noise and clanging. It blinded them with bright light, which they prayed to, and from which there was nowhere to escape, even behind bars.
This music could only have been written by Icelandic cellist Gildur Gudnadottir, who was awarded for Joker and Chernobyl and nominated for an Oscar. And this music could only be complemented by pianist and composer of Patrick Melrose soundtracks Haushkā. To this music, the talented choreographers of the ballet 1984. INSHA, Illia Miroshnichenko and Kateryna Kuznetsova, transform Julia into a Trier-esque dancer in the dark, and Winston into a rebellious victor who fights for freedom. Because love can and must rewrite even the most terrifying scenario. It is stronger than those who drag you behind bars, it is the antidote to any lie, and only love can overshadow the exhausting and blinding light of deities invented by someone.
"CHOREOGRAPHIC READING OF CULT LITERARY HISTORY IS THE QUINTESSENCE OF THE PLOT AND THE LEADING THESIS OF THE NOVEL ABOUT THE CONFRONTATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL WITH THE SYSTEM. Orwell's hero was ready to give his life: “To die hating them is freedom.” The directors leave this sacred right to the heroine, She, the Other, who must either continue on her path or perish. Just like in Orwell... Well, after all, freedom is feminine." — Larisa Tarasenko for the publication Den about the play 1984.INSHA
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WHERE TO BUY TICKETS FOR THE EVENING OF ONE-ACT PERFORMANCES “1984. INSHI / Escapistic” BY INSHA DANCE COMPANY IN KYIV? - You can purchase commission-free e-tickets for INSHA Dance Company at the Kyiv Opera (Kyiv Opera and Ballet Theater for Children and Youth) on the TiBox website.
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ℹ️ USEFUL INFORMATION:
- Children under 6 years old are free without a seat.
- Our performances are recommended for viewing from the age of 12.
- The duration of the event is 2 hours (with intermission).
- In case of an air raid: If the air raid alarm sounds before or during the event (the performance is interrupted), visitors must leave the theatre, the administrators direct the audience to the nearest shelter in the Kyiv Opera House or to the Kontraktova Square metro station. Kontraktova Square. If the air raid is short-lived (approx. 1 hour), the audience returns to the theatre and the performance continues. If the air alert is long (1+ hours), the performance is postponed.
How to find us:
"INSHA Dance Company"
ФОП МІРОШНІЧЕНКО І. Ю.
ІНН: 3519810736
Адреса: Україна, 09117, Київська обл., Білоцерківський р-н, місто Біла Церква,
вул.Златопольська, будинок 13, квартира 2
ФОП МІРОШНІЧЕНКО І. Ю.
ІНН: 3519810736
Адреса: Україна, 09117, Київська обл., Білоцерківський р-н, місто Біла Церква,
вул.Златопольська, будинок 13, квартира 2