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Irina Angles is a Ukrainian dancer, choreographer, and multidisciplinary artist currently based in Paris. Born in the small mining town of Donetsk, she defines herself as a self-taught artist. She navigates between contemporary and urban dance scenes. Having taken contemporary and modern dance courses, she is also influenced by hip-hop, funk, and vogue culture. As a choreographer and performer, she is interested in the forms surrounding her and those she can create with her own body, exploring the relationship between modern architecture, interior design, exterior forms, and geometric movement. She has won prizes at various battles and competitions; was a participant and judge of different festivals worldwide; performed at different shows and exhibitions (“BAUHAUS-100”, MoCA); taught a "Geometry in our bodies" course; was invited as a speaker on TEDx; collaborated with various brands such as Harper’s Bazaar, Pandora jewelry, and more.
Irina is fascinated by the relationship between video and dance and looking for ways to create a dialogue between cutting-edge technologies (AR, VR, AI), digital arts, and the human through movement. This dialogue enriches her dance practice. Through the intense creativity she seeks through various collaborations with other artists, she pushes the limits of the definition of dance and the form it can take, visually and conceptually.mHer artworks are presented and exhibited worldwide: VR project “THETA” at the “NOOR light festival KSA, 2022; Short dance film “In the middle of Nowhere” at Pompidou Art Center as a part of The “Hors Pistes” festival 2022; short dance film with projection mapping “ID” at the “Future Summit” 2020, Shanghai; and many other events and exhibitions in Los Angeles, Paris, Beijing, Shanghai, NY, Brussels, Lisbon....

“Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.” — Japanese Proverb
The artist included in the work the story of her own hero’s journey - a collective hero of people living in war or challenging times. The hero always goes to the light, trying to escape and survive, to find a place of fulfillment. His path lies through fear which repeatedly pulls him out of the chosen route. The hero firmly believes in the flame of his power to overcome the darkness, but memories of fear diffuse to his body and dissipates his energy. Under the influence of fear, our desires of the soul can roll back to basic instincts. And there is a threat that fear will win. An international team created the artwork, and through the dancing, sound, light, and visual art delivers the idea of Joy and hope, which the yellow color symbolizes.
Choreography, concept: Irina Angles
Video Artist: Alessio Dispenza (backinasec)
Cinematographer: Kolomiiets Anton
Sound artist: FAAF
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