“I´d rather dance with you”

Parties

Director / choreographer

Oleg Soulimenko (Vienna / Moscow)
Dramaturg

Piret Jaaks (Tallinn)
Assistant dramaturg

Thomas Frank (Leipzig)
Video design

Taavi “Miisu” Varm (Tallinn)
Scenic design

Liina Keevallik (Tallinn / Paris)
Lightning design

Priidu Adlas
Sound design

DJ Aleksei Semenihhin a.k.a DJ Bandit (Tallinn)
Assistant choreographer

Jasmin Hoffer (Vienna)
Technical support

Margus Terasmees ja Siim Soop
Project manager

Kaie Olmre (Tallinn)
Producer

Märt Meos (Tallinn)
Co-production by

R.A.A.A.M. ja Vaba Lava
Supported by

the Austrian Federal Chancellery

Can you imagine what Estonia is like in 2036? Are we still known elsewhere as a state with ingenious IT solutions? And what about Russia? Have ecological cosmetic products from Siberia become the biggest Russian export? Maybe oil has been discovered in Estonia by that time? Will Russia still have the same president in 20 years? Maybe Estonia and Russia have moved closer by that time or the other way round? Who knows…

In I’d rather dance with you, the Vienna based Russian choreographer and director Oleg Soulimenko examines the relationship of the two nationalities, Estonians and Russians, today. The performance is based on personal experiences of both Estonian and Russian actors and non-professionals, ordinary people from different walks of life, on their memories of the past and their imagination.

How well do we actually know the people who are living next door to us? Are we able to guess what they are like? Can we read their thoughts? Would we like to satisfy our curiosity? There are so many questions to ask, after all.

The questions the performers ask each other on stage are simple and complicated, political and social, cultural and personal.