LA PLAYA
OLGA RABETSKAYA & COMPANY
In Residence: May 26 to June 7, 2025
Presentation: June 7, 2025
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.
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.
Co-presented with Floating Tower Immigrant and Refugee Artists Retreat at Chase Hill in North Adams, MA.






Photo Credit: Mari Saxon @marisaxon.art
Videography: Dominic Miller @dommillerdp
Choreography: Olga Rabetskaya
Music Director: Maria Vasilevskaya
Dancers: Carl Ponce Cubero, Elliana Lynch-Daniels, Emma Weiss, Lavy
Musicians: Maria Vasilevskaya, Slava Yasser, Rami El-Aasser
Lighting Design: Tiago Canhoto
Sound Design + Live Sound Engineer: James Kogan
Set Design: Aleksandra Sikorskaya, Olga Rabetskaya, Maria Vasilevskaya
Costumes: Aleksandra Sikorskaya, Olga Rabetskaya
Set Design Assistant: Maria Neverova
Set Builder: Vladimir Klintchev
Set Design Сonsultant: Sergey Didenko
Music Programming: Maria Lineva
Video Editing: Aliaksandra Kononchenko, Olga Rabetskaya
Poster artist: Kristina Ivantsova
Graphic design: Natasha Mileshina





