So it’s over, our three year long odyssey entitled “DEREVO’s soldiers”.
They were wonderful years.

The group gathered in 2004 has brought lots of joy and wonder to the world simply by its existence, as well as with its actions, performances and improvisations.

Maxim Kuznetsov – “MAX”
Anna Budanova – “BUDA”
Galina Samoilova – “GALA”
Alisa Oleinik – “ALISA”
Roman Gabria – “GA”
Maxim Didenko – “DI”
Alexey Finogenov – “FIGA”
Elena Khlebnikova – “HLENA”
Elena Shtykova – “STYK”

And two more wonderful people appeared a little later:

Tatiana Luzai – “LU”
Darya Barabanova – “Darrrrya”

Many saw and will remember for a long time “The Wolves’ Tango” in Kronstadt, “Mad in Japan” / “Mad in Russia” in Tokyo and St Petersburg, “Second Sun”, “KETZAL”, “ROBERT’S DREAM”, “10 Words of Love” in Dresden, “ARKAN”, “WHEEL of POWER” in Mannheim, “Midnight Balance” in Dublin and “Death of Pierrot…” and… and…

Everyone knew from the very first day that we would go our own ways sooner or later. And maybe two or three people will stay with DEREVO (Anton, Lena Yarovaya, Tanya Khabarova).

I’m happy to have an opportunity to wish them all a New & Unique Year, to with good Health and lots of Love, to wish always to go the Path of the Heart, shining brightly in the darkness.

Thanks for inhaling and thanks for exhaling, for scratches on the back can be both from cane or fingernails.

Anton Adasinsky.

English text editor: Jennifer Williams

DEREVO wishes you merry & happy holidays in the past, presence and future. Have a wonderful year 2008!

See the photos from the rehearsals:

Photo by N. Andreeva, A. Gladkih, E. Yarovaya
Photo design by E. Yarovaya

DEREVO - Elegy

Music - Daniel Williams
Camera - Andrey Gladkih
© DEREVO, 2007

See other “WHEEL of POWER” videos »

WHEEL of POWER - Main page

And we gladly finish the long promised “news” about the great days in Mannheim. Nothing to add actually. Maybe I wasn’t in time to say one loud THANK YOU to everyone.

THANK YOU, guys! Great job. Fantastic project.

Hurry up, see the photos »

And in the end of October a film about the project must be ready. Wheel of Power, Will Power, Weal Power, Weel Power… whatsoever our participants: dancers, technicians, artists, managers from Italy, Russia, Holland, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Poland and one man from the North have tried to call or write it.

In November two weddings should tinkle in the world. Mannheim.

Text by Anton Adasinsky
English text editor: Jennifer Williams
Photo design: Elena Yarovaya based on the photos by Nicole von Hasselt

The big project “WHEEL of POWER” in Mannheim is over. Amount of video, photo & press material is enormous. So we’ll report in a parts.

Part 1.

To design all the space at the old railway station DEREVO invited the Gang of the Steel Sculptors - the ROBODOCK Crew.

This way they’re creating their magnificent mechanical objects.

Camera / cut by Andrey Gladkih © DEREVO, 2007

More WHEEL of POWER videos »

WHEEL of POWER - Main page

see also:
WHEEL of POWER - Preview
WHEEL of POWER - friends report

Dimmer is his name.

He just appeared before us as a common coordinator.

However, he could be anyone: scout, drug dealer, president, dancer,
seller of oranges, singer or ship’s captain. First encounter at the
airport – we see the proud silouette next to the car resembling
Tovstonogov’s profile. Scared a bit we approach him but the figure
instantly transforms itself to Louis de Funes. A light tumble and we
are heading toward the hotel already, laughing and crying.

A boy grown up in the streets of the Brazil Carnival. A jester and an
acrobat. In the old days – the star of Brazilian circus, and now – a
grayish bird, Dimmer. He plunged us into the night life of Brasilia.

None of us have seen him in all his height. Just in details. The
eyes, hands, flexible spine, flying eyebrows. He is everywhere and
nowhere. Roma apprehended him as a giant, Max saw a decrepit old
man….

Middle of the night. Knock on the door…

“Anton! Antonio!”
“Who is there?”
“It’s me – Dimmer”
“What’s happened?”
“Anton, thank you for the beautiful show, I’m so happy you are here…
and the public is so happy, and please come again and more… and so on…
but this is my last job here at the festival. My Voice is calling me.
I have to confess to the world, I need to record my LP “Penetrations”.
This is a musical where I play the lead and actually the only
role. It’s a large show. Whole Brasilia must be involved.

I will sit in a box and starve. There is a hole. The box is upholstered with fur.
Every resident of my beloved city must put his head in and look me in
my eyes. Every one! And if even one will not come to my box, I
will die. I’ve calculated. I can last about a month, 3 seconds per
person. The music will be written by Syd Barret. It doesn’t really
matter that he’s dead. Since I was a kid I rolled the “Dolly Rocker,
Dolly Rrrrrrrr…” under my tongue.” (He showed me how exactly he did
it).

“I would be very pleased if you would shout tomorrow – Hey, hey!
Goodbye, Dolly Rocker!”

In the morning Dimmer wasn’t the Night Guest anymore. We said goodbye
to each other, chilly.

Farewell Brazil. Goodbye Carnival. Goodbye the “red” Dimmer, even if
there was no you at all…

Text by Roman Gabria, Max Didenko, Anton Adasinsky
English text editor: Jennifer Williams
Photos by Elena Yarovaya, Maxim Didenko, Alisa Oleynik, Elena Shtykova
Photo design by Elena Yarovaya

DEREVO + AKHE + ROBODOCK

The project in Mannheim. Street action / Rehearsal
Das Projekt in Mannheim. Straßenaktion / Die Probe
Проект в Манхайме. Уличная акция / репетиция

The action takes place from July 24 till 29, 2007.
Die Aktion findet vom 24. bis 29. Juli statt.
Акция проходит с 24 по 29 июля.

19:00 - 23:00

See also / siehe auch / см. также: [DE] [EN] [RU]

“KOREA SONG”

ANTON–BUDA

Original text: Anton Adasinsky, Buda
English text editor: Jennifer Williams
Photos: Elena Iarovaia, Alisa
Photo design: Elena Iarovaia

There’s no chance to avoid the questions.

“Anton, what is your new performance “DIAGNOSE” about?”

I will search for the words again, not to offend someone and not to burst into tears because of the nonsense I’m talking.

OK. Apparently I’m a prosperous person. (Slava, give me back a million!). I don’t buy things. However I stare in the shops’ windows just like the Korean women stare at Dima Abramov.

DEREVO already has everything that may be necessary for the realization of creative ideas.

There’s a photo of Bonnie Parker in my purse next to the driving license, since she’s looking like Lena Iarovaia and Shtyk in their birthday suits.

I can’t eat. All the last ten years I have wanted to. My weight must be 59 kilograms. Between rehearsals and performances I go mad and shout at the partners. I’ve learned to sleep in the day and visit the places I need while sleeping.

So now to the “DIAGNOSE”.

April 2006 they found hepatitis C in some final form in me. We took the camera to the hospital.

In a shadeless voice the doctors said that I have three years more, the last of which definitely would not be pleasant. Alisa gave a silent hem and made a close-up of me. I was looking very angry.

Or there’s intensive therapy. Six months. According to the last statistics, positive chances for a cure are 37 percent against 63 percent negative. The medicine is new, its effects aren’t studied and well-tested yet. I wouldn’t be allowed to stay among people because of the side effects – depression, weakness, fiber, claustrophobia and more. It would be possible under the constant supervision of a doctor. It would be a chance.

I agreed to try the therapy and expended a lot of energy and paper to avoid the hospital. 672 pills, 96 pricks. In Edinburgh I weighed 55 kilograms already and was convinced that the consequences of this chemistry are really unknown and thought that they should analyze me.

Various things happened to me. I hardly remember the performances. The guys knew the story and were bearing up well. However they say I wasn’t completely myself.

After the sixth medical examination right before the “Totentanz” action in the Dreikönigskirche in Dresden in March 2007 my dear doctoress said that I had won. Alisa photographed her hands. We were hugging a little bit longer than usual.

I told the guys about it. As I heard my voice I realized that it was another Anton. The old one disappeared some time that summer. All my performances after Edinburgh: “Mad in Japan”, “Wolve’s Tango” in Kronstadt, “x0” and all the actions and dances, and “ROBERT’S DREAM” and the “DIAGNOSE”, and interviews, and the white contact lenses – they all are creatures of another human being.

So we are living with it so far.

A form of the performance: reconsideration of the Great Love that covered the sky in March 2006. A task of the performance: to meet the old Anton.

I will wear clothes in the performance.

Original text: Anton Adasinsky
English text editor: Jennifer Williams
Photo: Anton Adasinsky, Maxim Didenko, Elena Iarovaia
Photo design: Elena Iarovaia

Уважаемые друзья!

Извините за задержку с информацией.

На проект “ВОЛЯ КОЛЕС” в Мангейме отобраны всего 11 участников.
Из России – 2 человека:

• Дарья Барабанова
• Варвара Сливкина.

Пожалуйста, помните, что впереди еще много интересной работы и присылайте видео-фрагменты своих выступлений.

DEREVO

Robert has traveled to Italy; visited the city where he was born and shot his
doctor dead.

At the 13th Russian national theatre festival “Zolotaya Maska” (Golden Mask) in Moscow DEREVO received an award in the category “Innovation”.

Text by Anton Adasinsky
Photo: Elena Iarovaia and/or DEREVO
Photo design: Elena Iarovaia

Имея в виду “Золотую Маску”, Антон рассказал много всего на Радио “Маяк”. Можно слушать онлайн.

After the «Mad_in_Japan» project in St. Petersburg DEREVO came to Japan with a project «Mad_in_Russia». And there are lots of things happened on that days. More about it in the upcoming news. And for now just some photos:

More photos »

Text: Anton Adasinsky
Photo: Elena Iarovaia, Hideo Tanaka, DEREVO & others.
Photo design: Elena Iarovaia

For the Carnival in Venice there are Slava Polunin, Mikhail Chemiakin, Anton Adasinskiy & DEREVO, Dmitry Shagin, seven small and four tall people gathered, as well as many more artists.

Original text by Anton Adasinsky
English text editor: Jennifer Williams
Photo by Elena Iarovaia, Mirella Lampertico
Photo design by Elena Iarovaia

Alternative Text »

I received a letter. My fear of pathological frankness turned my letter to myself into a letter from myself to him. Both situations are true. Well. It’s hard to explain on the phone.

Hi, Sveta!

We don’t see each other often, but I know you surf the Internet sometimes. I will write openly here.

“…Darling, you’ve got mixed up with a devil…“ – it’s from some opera, actually.

Probably DEREVO is beautiful and perfect on stage when you’re looking from a distance, from the back rows. And afterwards – in your dreams and remembrances.

Don’t come closer. You’ll see details, nuances. You’ll see stupid everyday training; notes, doubts, tears. A simplified language of illiterate machines, which have only two tasks: to build the bridge between the body and sensation, to weaken the commanding system of the brain; and another one – to live in a fairytale, to live in an eluding world, and to drag the lovely public in there without asking for their permission.

A fist.

There are exercises and exercises. The system developed by DEREVO, which we still follow, affects the complexity of human perception of the world: emotional, physical and mental.

Now after many years of work I can say that the consequences are irreversible and lead the participants of the experiment too far beyond.

Unfortunately I’m on the threshold of insanity too.

Anton.

On February 5th, 2007, DEREVO performed an action “The Squirrel” in the “Osobnyak” theatre in St. Petersburg.

Text by Anton Adasinsky
Photo by Elena Iarovaia, Anna Bogodist
Photo design by Elena Iarovaia