TIRANA is an immersive sound choreography that explores singing physicalities and the limits of the female voice, both in pitch and volume. The work addresses gender issues through the production and interpretation of sound. Inspiration is gathered from Portuguese folk songs and female polyphonic repertoire, which are traditionally sung in a loud and expansive manner and address themes of female labour, motherhood and violence. Sound artist, Inês Tartaruga Água, created an instrument for the work, bringing vast attention to the haptic nature of sound and the relationship of different resonant bodies in space. By creating movement and sound landscapes, we search for spaces in between, from breath to song.

10 SEP 2022, 15:30 - 17:30

TIRANA

(durational performance)

10 SEP 2022, 17:30 - 18:30

SYRINX, Installation of 4 bagpipes for TIRANA,

by INÊS TARTARUGA ÁGUA

Choreography, Artistic Direction: Luísa Saraiva

Sound installation, instruments and activation: Inês Tartaruga Água

Performance: Alice Heyward, Fabíola Augusta, Luisa Fernanda Alfonso, Luísa Saraiva

Outside ear & Dramaturgic support: Francisco Antão

Research: Alice Heyward, Luísa Saraiva, Julius Gabriel

Costumes: Isabelle Lange

Light Design: Thaís Nepomuceno

Research and breath training: Sudeep Kumar Puthyaparambath

Vocal coach: Fabíola Augusta

Production direction: Apricot Productions (DE); Joana Silva (PT)

Aknowledgement: Grupo de Folclore Terras de Arões, Grupo de Cantares do Paúl, Arnaldo Saraiva,

Niklaus Bein.

Production: Crybaby GbR and Associação Calote Esférica.

Co-production: Fundação de Serralves and Museum Folkwang.

Supported by Nationale Performance Netz Stepping Out, Financided by Minister of State for Culture and Media for NEUSTART KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance, Kunststiftung NRW, República Portuguesa

- Cultura / Direcção Geral das Artes and Kulturamt der Stadt Essen.

With the support of CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva.