Irresistible Revolution
Ayelen Parolin
With Irresistible Revolution, Ayelen Parolin takes over the large Théâtre National stage for her first creation here, after having previously presented more intimate pieces – Simple, Zonder and Weg – in previous seasons. As associate artist this year, for this occasion she is orchestrating a more extensive piece for twelve dancers.
Relying on the exuberance of the Buenos Aires carnival and the corso – the festive Latin American parade – Ayelen Parolin shapes music such as the murga and the cumbia to imagine a whirlwind of untameable movements. Irresistible Revolution draws pleasure from the activism dear to the writer Adrienne Maree Brown, and the contagious vitality of collective struggle. The bodies tangle, overflow from the frame, allow themselves to be carried along in an energetic, organic chaos. As always with Ayelen Parolin, game is an essential driver, a creative force which makes the unpredictable possible. The rhythmic musical composition of Benoist Bouvot amplifies this effervescence. Finally, Olivier Hespel, a longstanding confederate, infuses a drama ready to be reinvented to support an expression of joyful resistance, carried along by utopia.
Première
Ayelen Parolin is an artiste associée by Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Coproduction Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
As part of the Réseau Danse Wallon
Calendar
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- 20:00
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- 19:00
Discussion after show
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- 20:00
Introduction · 19:15
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- 20:00
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- 18:00
Information
Venue
Grande salle
Duration
55'
Price
10€ > 24€
Cast
A project by
Ayelen Parolin
Created and performed by
Ido Batash
Sebastian Biong
Jim Buskens
Jeanne Colin
Thibaut Eiferman
Mila Endeweld
Naomi Gibson
Daan Jaartsveld
Lukah Katangila
Kit King
Annabel Reid
Elisa Rouchon
Artistic collaboration
German Jauregui
Music creation
Benoist Esté Bouvot
Costume design
Marie-Hélène Balau
Lighting design
Emily Brassier
Dramaturgy
Olivier Hespel
Lighting operator
Emily Brassier ou Gaspar Schelck
Sound operator
Benoît Pelé ou Chamsedine Madec
Administration, touring
Claire Geyer
Production
Marija Kritchevski
Technical director
Gaspar Schelck
Production
RUDA asbl
As part of the Réseau Danse Wallon
Coproductions
Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Charleroi danse centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles, Théâtre de Liège, Central La Louvière, Mars Mons art de la scène, le Vilar Louvain la Neuve, Théâtre de Namur, La Coursive Scène nationale de la Rochelle, Mille Plateaux – CCN La Rochelle, Théâtre de Suresnes Jean Vilar, Halle aux Grains Scène nationale de Blois, Maison de la danse - Lyon, Freiburg Theater, One dance Festival
Costume creation
The costume workshops of Théâtre de Liège
With the support of
The Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Studio Thor
In coproduction with
La Coop asbl and Shelter Prod
With the support of
taxshelter.be, ING, and the Belgian federal government's tax shelter
RUDA / Ayelen Parolin has been an associated artist at Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles since 2022, and will be an associated artist at La Coursive – Scène Nationale de La Rochelle from 2025 and at Mille Plateaux – CCN La Rochelle, with the support of the French Ministry of Culture, from 2026 to 2028.
