Dance performance "I was here" is about touch and physical or mental communication. Olga Zitluhina, Latvian choreographer and author of the concept, acknowledges that life is running very fast and asks, are we able to feel real touch or do the only communication we know is through touch screens?
Olga: "I saw my mother and father holding hands for the first time when they were 70 years old. Even if they had been together for a long time and shared their lives, their way of communicating with each other was influenced by the time and place they were born and raised. They did not talk about it. I saw how important just a simple human touch is, how powerful it is and what it says about us as humans."
Choreography Olga Zitluhina and dancers: Tiina Ollesk, Olga Privis, Helen Reitsnik, Simo Kruusenment, Richard Beljohin
Costumes: Kirill Safonov
Music: Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Sound design: Valentin Siltsenko
Consult and support: Renee Nõmmik
Supported by: Tallinna Kultuuri- ja Spordiamet, Eesti Kultuuriministeerium.
Cooperation partner: Eesti Tantsuagentuur
Estonian Dance Agency • Hobujaama tänav 12, 10117 Tallinn, Harju maakond, Estonia
