Ayelen Parolin (ARG)
ZONDER
- SZENE Salzburg
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In this mischievous creation by the Argentinian choreographer Ayelen Parolin, everything goes wrong, much to the delight of the audience: an obsessed trio tries to dance their way through Strauss’ popular waltz By the Beautiful Blue Danube and repeatedly falls out of sync. But they can’t give up, the show must go on, no matter how much chaos breaks out on stage. ZONDER is the name of this dance prank, with which Ayelen Parolin has created a great ode to senselessness, the illogical and therefore also to art. The piece debunks the pseudointellectuality of contemporary dance as well as the idea that it is the audience’s own fault if they don’t understand anything. ZONDER leads us into a happy nightmare world in which joy can be found even in failure and proves that humour is still the best way to explore the human condition – if it is as well done as in ZONDER.
Ayelen Parolin is an Argentinian choreographer and dancer who lives and works in Brussels. As a choreographer, she has created around twenty pieces, among others for the Korean National Contemporary Dance Company, the Ballet National de Marseille and Carte Blanche – Norwegian National Contemporary Dance Company. With her own company Ruda, she received the SACD Prize for her work in 2016 and has been associated artist of Théâtre National de Bruxelles since 2022.
Concept & direction: Ayelen Parolin
Creation & performance: Naomi Gibson, Piet Defrancq, Daan Jaartsveld
Artistic collaboration: Julie Bougard
Lightdesign: Laurence Halloy
Stagedesign & coszumes: Marie Szersnovicz
Light: Gaspar Schelck
Stage: Chamsedine Madec
coordination, administration & distribution: Claire Geyer
Produced by RUDA asbl
Coproduced by Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Charleroi danse, SurMars Mons, le Théâtre de Liège, le Manège Scène Nationale – Reims, Atelier de Paris / CDCN
Supported by Wallonie-Bruxelles Federation, Wallonie-Bruxelles International
Set construction and costumes: les ateliers du Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Coproduction: La Coop asbl et Shelter Prod.
Supported by taxshelter.be, ING und Belgian federal government tax-shelter.