The idea of the project focuses on the figure of the rebel. Born during confinements as a form of solitary experimentation between movement, sound and voice to question the rules imposed and those we impose on ourselves, over time it structures itself around the term of resistance. The choreographic research is based on the study of of recent events of unrest. By reconstituting these actions like scores, the dancer repeats the gestures, redefines the spatial composition, explores the tensions, articulates movement between fragility and empowerment. Until these gestures, removed from their original context, lose their prosaic side to become choreography. The dancer reacts to the soundtrack which consists of a live voice and noise recording, echoes of resistance movements in Eastern Europe and a traditional Lithuanian polyphonic song where a woman addresses a partisan looking back on the moment he dissapears in the forest to join the resistance. The solitary voice of the dancer is mixed by a loop station which multiplies it such as a choir, human microphone used in protest contexts or polyphonic chants in order to produce an immersive collectif experience.
Idea and choreography: Vilma Pitrinaitė
Performance: Vilma Pitrinaitė in alternance with Marija Ivaškevičiūtė
Sound: Elias Durnez
Scenography et costumes: Elvita Brazdylytė
Light: Florian Gaillochon
Dramaturgy: Pascale Gigon
Coproduction: Les Brigittines (BE), Conseil pour la Culture en Lituanie
Support: Centre chorégraphique de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Charleroi danse, Grand Studio (BE), Centre Culturel Jacques Franck (BE), Garage29 (BE), Federation Wallonie Bruxelles, BUDA Kortrjik (BE), PDSW Pavilion Dance South West, (UK), festival «Nouvelle Danse Baltique» (LT), Theatre Kauno Kamerinis (LT), Maison d’Artistes de Kaunas (LT), TRIBUNE/Kaunas-Luxembourg capitale européenne 2022, TROIS C-L – Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois. Vilma Pitrinaite is accompanied by Grand Studio (BE)
Project work in progress presentation in “Aura” company anniversary
Teaser Dinel Desouza
Calendar
02 February – 31 March 2024- Ateliers Sahm, Brazzaville, Congo-Brazzaville – residency and work in progress presentation
24 -28 June – Atelier de Paris CDCN, Paris (FR) – residency
19 – 31 August 2024 – Grand Studio, Bruxelles (BE) – residency
13 – 16 Septembre 2024 – Atelier de Paris CDCN, Paris (FR) – residency
17, 18 Septembre 2024 – Atelier de Paris CDCN, Paris (FR) – presentations
5, 6 October 2024 – Festival Actoral, Marseille (FR) – presentations
10,11 October 2024 – Théâtre Alibi, Bastia, Corse (FR) – presentations
17 – 21 February 2025 – Les Brigittines, Bruxelles (BE) – residency, workshops
27 – 29 March 2025 – Les Brigittines, Bruxelles (BE) – presentations