“La Esclava is virtuosic because it only refers to itself.” (RTBF)
Besides her performance Autóctonos the Argentinian choreographer Ayelen Parolin brings not only one but two solos to NEXT.
More recently made is La Esclava , a solo Parolin created for and with Lisi Estaràs (a.o. les Ballets C de la B, Peeping Tom). The performance is less sober than 25.06.76 but again there is text and the construction of the identity is at the centre. It is no longer about 'a woman' but about 'the woman', caught between strength and vulnerability.
Estaràs dances with a gigantic star on her back, a bit as Jesus carried his cross. Her movements are a solitary fight against the limitations of her body and the never-ending stream of thoughts. She looks for a way to erase and at the same time dig up her own history, a way to hold one's own in the world.
Ayelen Parolin was a laureate of the Pépinières Européennes for young artists and was granted a scholarship of the Pina Bausch foundation in 2016. She has worked together with a.o. Mathilde Monnier, Mauro Paccagnella and Riina Saastamoinen.
CONCEPT & CHOREOGRAPHY Ayelen Parolin & Lisi Estaràs PLAY Lisi Estaràs Music Bartold Uyttersprot DRAMATURGY Sara Vanderieck & Olivier Hespel LIGHTING DESIGN Carlo Bourguignon COSTUMES Dorine Demuynck SCENIC OBJECT Nicolas Vladyslav PRODUCTION RUDA asbl COPRODUCTION Charleroi Danses / Les Brigittines, Bruxelles / CDC Le Gymnase – Roubaix / Petites Scènes Ouvertes (PSO) SUPPORT Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Service de la Danse / WBI / WBT/D STUDIO SUPPORT Hellerau – European Center for Arts, Dresden / Les ballets C de la B / Grand Studio, Bruxelles THANKS TO Clara Bauer as well as all the works that have fed this solo (Wolf, VSPRS, C(H)OEURS, Tauberbach, La Mancha, Primero/Erscht, No Wonder, Ladycock, Dans Dans).
Ayelen Parolin is in creation residence for 2016/2017 at Théâtre de Liège, is in administrative residence at Théâtre les Tanneurs (Brussels) and is accompanied by Grand Studio (Brussels). Charleroi Danses commits itself to produce, present and accompany the works of Ayelen Parolin for three years, starting from the 2017/18 season.
