Denis Kolomytskyi's signature style - an exceptional plasticity - means that his work is indiscriminately linked to dance. However, Denis is a creative vagabond, wandering through different media, with theatre rather than dance as his main creative outlet. Denis's work Soap Opera, presented at the Jonas Mekas Audiovisual Arts Centre in 2012 (in which performers voice Denis's texts in an operatic voice, staging the preparation of food in the kitchen and the role of a woman at home), is perhaps the best reflection of the artist's creative tendencies. The intensity and positive inconsistency of Denis's work might lead one to suspect dilettantism, but this is only possible when the activity is accompanied by pretension. In Denis's case, no matter how ephemeral the works or the use of a single creative expression, everything remains a playful interpretation of the world, without any pretension to conform to a conceptual or formal canon. There are many layers of social critique in this work, especially in relation to the discourse of gender equality, but the direction and performance means that this is expressed through an attentiveness to the human being - revealing their habits, their ways of doing things, rather than embodying academic theories in performance. And the love of humanity, however banal, almost like an election promise, such a phrase may sound, makes Denis a rare highly political artist. He speaks directly to one of the greatest sores of society - the lack of social justice. This theme sometimes provokes outright political provocations, such as Denis's work - the salt circle around Vilnius City Hall. The artist performed his performance in front of the building as a kind of political statement in order to get permission for the LGBT+ community to hold a march.
