Soft Zone & Mechanical Ballet

Two Distinct Works Presented Across Two Evening

Soft Zone, directed by Carla Forte, and Mechanical Ballet, directed by Alexey Taran, will be presented across two evenings: March 20 and March 21, 2026. Each evening features both works in a shared program, bringing the pieces into direct and indirect dialogue. While created independently, both works explore the body as a site of perception, control, vulnerability, and resistance. Through movement, image, sound, and presence, the program offers an immersive experience reflecting on contemporary systems of power while opening space for sensitivity, pause, and transformation.

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MECHANICAL BALLET by Alexey Taran
Mechanical Ballet is a multimedia dance work that exposes the friction between the human body and the mechanical, digital, industrial, and power systems that govern contemporary life. Rooted in movement born from pure emotion, the piece reveals how the body is progressively shaped by efficiency, automation, and the logic of constant productivity. The work offers a sensory and critical experience that reflects on dehumanization and alienation, while opening space to imagine sensitivity, pause, and presence as acts of resistance within an increasingly industrialized and controlled world.

SOFT ZONE by Carla Forte
Soft Zone is a multimedia performance that inhabits the threshold between body and thought,
where listening and presence open a shared, sensitive space for transformation.

ARTIST BIOS

Alexey Taran
Alexey Taran is a choreographer and transdisciplinary artist, and Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film. A Guggenheim Fellow, his work has been presented internationally and supported by organizations including the Knight Arts Challenge, New Music USA, NALAC, and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. His practice investigates the relationship between the body, power structures, and contemporary
systems of control.

alexeytaran.com

Carla Forte
Carla Forte is a filmmaker, performer, and director working across dance, film, and multimedia
performance. Her work has been presented at major festivals, performance venues, and
museums, and supported by organizations including the National Performance Network, Miami-
Dade County Auditorium, O Cinema, and Miami Light Project. Her practice centers embodied
experience, political memory, and expanded cinematic language.

fortecarla.com