Echoes of Resistance
In life we fall. We fall in love, we stumble, we get hurt, heartbroken, we experience fall as a season when the leaves fall. But falling can also be an act of acceptance, of giving in and letting go, of accepting gravity and our relation to the earth's centre. How many times can we fall in life? And what gets us back on our feet?
“Echoes of Resistance” is a solo that works primarily with the concept of resilience. In times of crises, one strives to understand the path to survival. Resilience is both an inherent strength that we possess and one that we have to conquer. It encompasses the capacity to recover quickly from setbacks, to spring back into shape.
We see a body in a constant loop of falling, an expression of the many times and ways we fall in life. It focuses on ways to defy gravity: floating, balancing, fully letting go, rebounding, sinking. It looks for a continuous physicality that resembles the tumbles of life and eventually leads to perseverance in the face of exhaustion. It also bears witness to the realisation that sometimes, to get back on our feet, we need to let go.
“It’s impressive the precision with which incredible images are brought forward and how they trigger something in us. At some point it is your own image of rebelling, failing and fighting that surface, creating a magical connection between the audience and the stage.” - Bernhard Jenny, 05. November 2023
Credits
Concept, Choreography: Rosana Ribeiro
in collaboration with
Performance: Jadwiga Mordarska
Dramaturgy: Verena Pircher
Rehearsal Assistance: Melissa Ugolini
Sound Design and Composition: Peter Kastner
Costume Design: Sara Chéu
Light Design: Katharina Krachler
Funded by BMKWMS, Stadt Salzburg, Land Salzburg
Residency Support: tanz_house, SZENE Salzburg, D.ID Dance Identity
© Bernhard Müller
