Entepfuhl, 2023
Like an ouroboros, the mythical serpent that eats its own tail, Alina Arshi’s creative process begins with loops and knots of intensity. Bending her body through a series of repetitive movements, echoing the percussive, progressive density of the soundtrack, Alina Arshi stages a visceral, all-consuming gestural vocabulary, integrating references to mudrās, symbolic hand gestures present in Indian dance. Entepfuhl expresses a search for identity and the laggy, out-of-place sensation that comes with living between several cultures.
text by Wren Cellier for Les Urbaines 2023
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Choreography and performance : Alina Arshi
Outside eyes : Nicole Seiler and Tamara Alegre
For tour and choreographic assistance thanks to : Jessica Allemann and Robinson Filomé Starck
Premiered on the 22.02.2023 at La Manufacture as my Bachelor project
Reprise on the 01.12.2023 at Les Urbaines
ca 20 mins.
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Photos by Urs Meyer @Badd Bonn Kilbi, me @La Ménagerie de Verre, and Matthieu Moerlen @Far° Nyon
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