Vladimir Babinchuk (b. 2001) is a Brussels-based dancer, performer, and visual artist of Ukrainian and Portuguese heritage. He completed his BA in Dance at P.A.R.T.S. in 2022. Since then, he has collaborated with choreographers, filmmakers, and visual artists including Ula Sickle, Miet Warlop, and Elen Braga. In 2024, he started his MA in Fine Arts at Sint Lukas University in Antwerp, to deepen his artistic and political discourse in the socio-political context, across works for stage, for museums, and for the public space. His practice explores the intersections of choreography, politics, and visual culture, with a focus on how resistance can be embodied, staged, and re-imagined.

Eleni and Vladimir are fellows of Centrale Fies in Milan, in the frame of Live Works, for the season 2025-2026. darkwaves, commissioned and co-produced by MIR, is their first full length piece.