RESISdANCE

Exhibition opening + Flashmob performance: Thursday 6 July • 6pm

Exhibition continues Friday-Sunday 7-9 July • 11am – 5pm

Closing event Sunday 9 July • 3pm onwards + celebration of Ukrainian traditions + chat with the Ukrainian women featured in the portraits

‘We cannot fight in this war in the usual way, as our Ukrainian men do. [...] Therefore,I am proud to be a partof this project...it’s my battlefield.’ -Ukrainian refugee

RESISdANCE highlights the plight of refugees, their journey and their stories, and yet celebrates their resilience, their strength, their beauty and vulnerability. In February 2023 a group of Ukrainian refugee women came together with local dancers from Oxfordshire, to stand together in solidarity, resulting in a work that couldbe performed as a Flashmob at Oxford Train Station on the 24th of February, marking one year since the invasion of Ukraine, based on the emotional journeys of the refugee women with an original soundtrack by Quentin Lachapele, inspired by traditional Ukrainian music. This residency at OVADA will also include an exhibition of the women’s stories, and their portraits taken by Ukrainian photographer Vadym Gurevych.

A collaboration between Justice in Motion, Oxford Festival of the Arts and OVADA