• 20m

Withered Leaves

Ivan Zaiets

“Withered Leaves” is a choreographic suite, a fantasy inspired by Ivan Franko’s eponymous poetry collection. Somewhere on the border of worlds, where space breathes quietly, the lyrical protagonist—a writer—returns to a small room, surrounded by his symbols. In the realm of dreams and memories, time flows like the wind, while love has already become a bundle of withered leaves still clinging to the branch. Three parts of the writer’s heart, three tales of love—each marked by dramatic loss. The wind whispers its “secrets,” the leaves swirl in an endless dance, and neither has any notion of human longing.