in the pagan beliefs of ancient Ukrainians, Magura is a woman with wings, a magic bird, a female deity of war, flying over the battlefield and blessing the brave soldiers for their final journey with a kiss...

this new work by Alina Sokulska is an address to ancient archetypes through building a crosscultural channel for a research of a character of a woman warrior deity. this improvography is a construction of an atemporal, syncretic and metamythological sensibility, uniting its ancient, eternal & futuristic symbology. Alina's specific dance language, born in the improvisation of live jazz music, social & urban dances, matured in the perspective of contemporary dance, is a tool for the transmission of the power of the spirit embodied in movement.