musicAeterna Dance was formed in 2022 and is based at Dom Radio in Saint Petersburg. In the course of the season, dancers participate in ballet, opera and performative productions of musicAeterna.
The musicAeterna Dance concept is based on an interdisciplinary approach. The collaboration of dancers with musicians of the musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir turns into a creative symbiosis, an experience in recreating the ancient Greek trinity of 'muse arts': poetry, dance, and music. The troupe focuses on the study of various artistic practices, their synthesis, and the search for their own stage language. The dancers work with Russian and foreign choreographers and tutors, and master various techniques of modern dance and drama theatre.
Permanent trainings include not only working with movement, but also acting practices based on the methods of Meisner, Demidov, Meyerhold, etc. The troupe's artistic language is close to physical theatre, and it consistently develops the idea of the universality of performers who transcend the boundaries between disciplines. In the musicAeterna Dance performances, music, word and plastic interact with each other on equal terms. The troupe collaborates with contemporary composers — many of the compositions were written specifically for musicAeterna Dance productions.
Anna Guseva
Anna Guseva is an artist, theatre, film, and fashion director. Since 2014 she has been a member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia. She took part in the 5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, exhibitions in Paris, Dusseldorf, Bruges, etc. She created paintings and public art objects, costumes for theatre, video, and performance.
