LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — Together with the Dance Gallery Festival (DGF), Catskill Art Space (CAS) welcomes back Olga Rabetskaya, the Ardsley Dance resident, for a culminating performance on Saturday, May 25 at 4 p.m. in the second floor River Gallery at CAS.

All are also invited to open rehearsals from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, May 24, also in the River Gallery. 

The performance was first workshopped at CAS in the fall of 2023. 

In the work, titled “La Playa,” four dancers embody the four elements of Earth—wind, earth, water and fire. “This representation on stage demonstrates the performers’ transition from the mind to the body and our emotions. The musicians connect performers to the divine, to Pacha Mama and the universe,” CAS noted. 

Olga Rabetskaya (she/her) is a U.S.-based artist originally from Belarus. She is a dancer, choreographer, director and photographer whose work spans film, choreography, photography and multimedia production.

Rabetskaya was a soloist in the contemporary dance troupe of the State Youth Theater of Belarus from 2014 to 2019. Her dance works and films have been presented at international festivals in the United States, Poland, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Portugal, China, Brazil, Bolivia and Belarus. She has held four personal photo exhibitions in Belarus and the U.S., self-produced two New York shows presenting her choreographic works, and has been awarded multiple residencies.

Both rehearsals and performances are free of charge.

CAS also offers, as installations through 2027, James Turrell’s light installation “Avaar” (1976) and two site-specific wall drawings from Sol LeWitt, as well as Francis Cape and Ellen Brooks, established artists from the Catskills area.

CAS is located at 48 Main St.

For more information about Rabetskaya, the performance or CAS, visit www.catskillartspace.org.

Contributed by Catskill Art Space.