Irene Russolillo
Fatigue
13/09/2026, Cagliari
Irene Russolillo
13/09/2026, Cagliari
Fatigue is a choral, vocal and physical performance about the act of moving forward, evoking both a climb and a procession, in which breath and song form the basis of the choreography. A body made up of many bodies confronts the fatigue of a physical and spiritual journey, during which visions and traces of people and places lost or left behind may emerge. The ascent is usually used as a metaphor for achieving a goal or even for conquering new territories, but what if there were no summit to reach and the endeavour took place on an infinitely flat surface?
Fatigue puts bodies and voices under strain, in a space that is at once one of struggle and mutual support, whilst they create a fleeting refuge, before the journey continues, beyond the gaze.
Concept, choreography, vocal composition, costumes_Irene Russolillo
Sound design, vocal composition_Edoardo Sansonne/Kawabate
Choreography, dance performance_Toma Aydinyan, Andrey Tikhonov.
Creation, vocal performance_Zara Gevorgyan, Lusya Karapetyan
Textile artists_Hermine Melkonyan, Piruza Gevorgyan, Hermine Iskandaryan, Anahit Gasparyan, Karine Galoyan
Costume design_Gohar Ghazaryan
Painting_Vanessa Mantellassi
Co-production_ORBITA|Spellbound, the National Dance Production Centre in Rome, and Henrik Igityan, NCA National Centre for Aesthetics in Yerevan. Production coordinator_Nara Makaryan
Support for creative residencies_Associazione Culturale Dello Scompiglio, TRAC – Theatres of Artistic Residency, Network Crossing the Sea
Partnership_High Fest International Performing Arts Festival
With the support of_MiC – Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia
Photography_Monia Pavoni
Duration_45′
Many people who are not European, not Western and not wealthy cannot decide whether to move, where to go or where to return as they please, as I, on the other hand, can. They cannot pursue their aspirations for change, whatever that may be, as I have the privilege of being able to do. The inability to move freely is a clear and pressing issue. Even though a performance has no power and, in fact, does nothing to influence migration policies, with this work we celebrate every effort that precedes or accompanies people’s movements.
