Jigsaw marks the latest chapter in Ukrainian artist Diana Helzina’s powerful exploration of inner conflict and self-perception. This series of four intimate performances reveals the daily internal battles that shape our relationship with ourselves, our bodies, and the world around us.Through this show, she confronts eating disorders, unrealistic self-expectations, anxiety, and the relentless need for external validation, seeking pathways toward self-love, body acceptance, and inner balance.
 PROGRAMME

6pm

The Mirror
Pieces of ourselves live inside everyone we meet - traumas, demons, insecurities. In this participatory performance, Diana becomes a mirror to your inner questions. Seated and wearing a mirrored mask, she invites audience members to sit face-to-face with their own reflection. She asks one question: “What do you have to say to yourself?”

7pm

The DoorA meditation on perfection’s false promise. Diana circles a narrow doorway, too small for her body, in an endless loop of attempting entry. She brushes her hair, eats a single green bean, taps herself, trying ritual after ritual to fit through. *The Door* explores the distorted self-image women encounter daily: the constant pursuit of an unattainable ideal, the sensation of never being enough. Featuring a sculptural door designed by Marquel Rashaad Williams.*

8pm

The SoilWhat is home? A country, a place, a feeling? Diana has never felt at home in the land where she was born, yet as time passes, the pull toward one’s roots intensifies. Her grandparents, trapped in occupied Donetsk, Ukraine, sent her soil from the land she left in 2013. In this performance, Diana covers her body piece by piece with the earth of her ancestors, searching for a sense of belonging. Movement direction by Konstantin Koval.

8:30pm

The Void Societal standards constrain the body through limitation, deformation, and objectification—leaving side effects like eating disorders, depression, and self-harm. Diana addresses the body’s emptiness as a source of fear, a well demanding to be filled. She pours water over and over, attempting to drown the inner voice. Gradually, the noise subsides, and she finds herself in a space stripped of excessive emotion, but the calm is only temporary.
CREATIVE TEAM

Marquel Williams


Designer Marquel Williams investigates the relationship between material and form through his independent design practice. His creative process is both technical and experimental, combining a functional approach to home objects and a sculptural attitude towards collectible design. For JIGSAW, Marquel created the sculptural art piece for “The Door”.

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Konstantin Koval


Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, Konstantin Koval is a choreographer, movement director, and educator who has worked internationally in theatre, music videos, commercials, television, and live productions. Konstantin provides movement direction for “The Soil”.

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Volodymyr Gnatenko


Born in Ukraine and based in London, Volodymyr Gnatenko is a musician who explores the intersection of emotion and sonic texture through his independent music practice. Drawing from ambient, trance, downtempo, and guitar-driven shoegaze, his work shapes immersive soundscapes that move between introspection and transcendence. Volodymyr created original sound compositions for the performances.

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Alexandra Greenshtein


Alexandra Greenshtein is a Ukrainian director, scriptwriter, and video editor based in Paris. After relocating to Europe due to the war, she focused on post-production, editing projects featured in L’Officiel, Centre Pompidou, and more. She is now developing her own scripts and exploring new narrative forms. Alexandra edited the videos for *The Void* and *The Soil*.

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Jordane Salomez


Curator and producer of JIGSAW, Jordane Salomez brings Diana Helzina’s vision to life, overseeing the entire production from concept development to communication and execution. Through careful curation, Jordane creates platforms for artists to explore vulnerable and transformative work.

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