Join us for La Playa performance on Jun 20 at 7:00pm at Nimbus Arts Center!
At its core, 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.
Director and choreographer: Olga Rabetskaya
Choreography: Olga Rabetskaya and performers
Performers: Carl Ponce Cubero, Lavy, Elliana Lynch-Daniels, Emma Weiss, Masha Vasilevskaya.
Music Director, Composer: Masha Vasilevskaya
Musicians: Aliya Kamenshikov – vocals, Garik Bagdagyulyan – drums, Jason Nunes – bass, David Chorowski – percussion, Masha Vasilevskaya – violin
Lighting Design: Tiago Canhoto, Mariano Marquez, Olga Rabetskaya / Technical direction and design: Mariano Marquez / Sound Design + Live Sound Engineer: Dmitry Volovik / Production Assistance: Evelyn Dugan, Natalia Kapitan / Music & Sound Contributors: Slava Yasser, James Kogan, Dmitry Ishenko / Set Design: Mariano Marquez, Olga Rabetskaya / Costumes: Aleksandra Sikorskaya, Olga Rabetskaya / Set Design Assistant: Maria Neverova / Set Builder: Vladimir Klintchev / Music Programming: Maria Lineva / Video: Dominic Miller / Video Editing: Aliaksandra Kononchenko, Olga Rabetskaya / Poster artist: Kristina Ivantsova / Graphic design: Natasha Mileshina
Voice International Theatre and Arts Festival supported in-part by funding through the NJEDA’s A.R.T. – Phase IIGrant Program and Visit NJ
La Playa premiered at New York Live Art in February 2026. Work-in-progress presented by The Adams Theater in collaboration with Floating Tower Artist Retreat at Chase Hill in June 2025. The Beach – a section of La Playa – first came to life in May 2024 with the generous support of Dance Gallery Festival and Catskills Art Space. We are deeply grateful.
We continue our fundraising effort to support La Playa work – support that will help us honor our creative team and cover the many invisible costs that make a performance possible. Join our community of supporters!