Belarusian dancer, choreographer and photographer Olga Rabetskaya is no stranger to pushing boundaries in dance and performance – her work focuses on deep knowledge of the body and how to share emotional experience, memories, and body intelligence through movement. 

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La Playa explores humanity’s relationship with nature, the forces that shape us, and the systems — both internal and external — that govern our lives. Structured as a two-part work, the first section introduces four central characters working in a beachside café, each representing an elemental force: fire (a cook), water (a cleaning lady), air (a smoking waiter), and earth (a gardener). After a transformative event — a tsunami — the second half shifts into an abstract, movement-driven celebration of the body, spirituality, and resilience, underscored by a shift from recorded to live music. 

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Co-presented with Floating Tower Immigrant and Refugee Artists Retreat at Chase Hill in North Adams, MA.