001 → fatigue

contemporary dance composer/music production

Fatigue is a vocal and physical choral performance about the act of going forward, in a path that evokes both a climb and a procession. A plural body is engaged in a movement of physical and spiritual fatigue, where breathing and singing constitute the point of origin of the choreography.

The metaphor of the ascent is usually employed to transmit the idea of accomplishing something, getting somewhere or even conquering new spaces. But what if there's no peak to reach and this hyper-effort takes place on a horizontal level?

Fatigue choreographs bodies and voices engaged in keeping balance and stability even when forced off-axis or carrying extra-ordinary loads. This continuous matter of vocal and physical tension produces the constant reconstruction of the presence of this multi-headed body. This space can be a time of both struggle and mutual care, creating a common shelter and its subsequent dissolution, before the path continues beyond the spectators’ view.

Many people who are non-European, non-Western, and non-wealthy cannot decide whether to move, where to go, or whether to leave or return to their homeland at will, as I can. They cannot pursue their aspirations for change, whatever that may be, or for cultural growth, whatever they wish it to be as I can. The inability to move freely is a clear and pressing issue. Even if a performance can do nothing and does nothing against migration policies, through this work I wish to celebrate any effort that fosters collective progress and movement toward a broader hope. —Irene Russolillo

CREDITS

Project, choreography, costumes, vocal writing
Irene Russolillo

Sound creation, vocal writing
Edoardo Sansonne/Kawabate

Creation, performance
Tina Hayrapetyan, Lilit Iniyan, Lusya Karapetyan, Andrey Tikhonov

Textile artists
Hermine Melkonyan, Piruza Gevorgyan, Hermine Iskandaryan, Anahit Gasparyan, Karine Galoyan

Costume Maker
Gohar Ghazaryan

PRODUCTION

Coproduction
Orbita | Spellbound Centro di Produzione Nazionale della Danza di Roma e Henrik Igityan Nca National Centre for Aesthetics di Yerevan

Production coordinator
Nara Makaryan

Funded by
Ministero della Cultura della Repubblica Armena

In partnership with
High Fest International Performing Arts Festival

With the support of
Trac Teatri di Residenza Artistica e Network Crossing the Sea

TOUR
28.06.2025 - Cross Festival, Verbania (IT)
05/06/07/08.10.2024 - High Fest, Yerevan (AM)