Mississppi | Volga Dance Festival Performers

Iguan Dance Theatre
Iguan Dance Theatre returns to the Southern to present their acclaimed work Displaced Persons, recently premiered at the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina. Founded in St. Petersburg in 1995 by choreographer Mikhail Ivanov and director Nina Gasteva, Iguan has been instrumental in establishing Russia as an emerging center for modern dance. Their work is a striking blend of uploaded gestures, fierce dance athleticism and brittle classicism. Iguan recently won the prestigious Against the Current award in Moscow at the TsEKh festival.

Oleg Soulimenko
Oleg Soulimenko returns as a featured Link Vostok artist. Soulimenko is a trailblazer from the days of the Soviet-era underground contemporary dance scene. His wry visual wit and sense of the absurd are combined with exquisite comic timing to produce trenchant miniatures pulled from the awkward interstitial moments of modern life.