Take Me Somewhere Co-Commission
GIORGIA OHANESIAN NARDIN
(Armenia/Italy)
ANAHIT
THU 19 - FRI 20 OCTOBER - 19:00 - 20:00
£12 - £8 (Concessions)
Centre For Contemporary Arts (Directions)
Content note: The work mentions genocide (no descriptions of violence)
ACCESS: CC (Festival Access Page).
The performance will be captioned.
Please find an accompanying text for the work here:
ANAHIT - the relationship between sediment and residues, geographies inscribed in the body, with vibration as a method. Linking the research begun with Գիշեր | gisher to the work of re-narration of somatic geographies that has been conducted for years in the context of Pleasure Body, Giorgia designs with ANAHIT a solo for their own body, a constellation, a format that oscillates between language, movement and soundscape. ANAHIT is the Armenian divinity that protects water and all fluid beings.
premonition
I’m interested in moving time
there is no foretelling
dance is divination
and words are perimeters
I don’t like the verb “evoke” but
it lands here
when I dance I know how to listen
dancing and writing are siblings
there is a form of reliance in premonition
I’m not scared of being in the presence of ghosts
Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin is an Italian artist of Armenian descent working in the contexts of dance and live performance. Trained in dance, their work exists in the shape of movement video text choreography sound gatherings and deals with the relationship between dancing, divination and writing; with geography and the opposite of belonging; with a fetish for language, its politics and its many frictions.
Show Credits:
with Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin, Max Simonetto (naturaviolenta), F. De Isabella
writing and movement Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin
sound composition F. De Isabella
costume design and manifacture Max Simonetto (naturaviolenta)
light design Giulia Pastore
technical care and realization Elena Vastano
set design Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin, Giulia Pastore, Max Simonetto (naturaviolenta)
set manifacture Max Simonetto (naturaviolenta)
audio note Tanya Marquardt
orbital writing Noura Tafeche
production support and care Giulia Messia
Production credits: produced by Associazione Culturale VAN, Ministero della cultura, Regione Emilia-Romagna, VIERNULVIER supported by Breaking the Spell. Feminist Perfomance and Practices of Being-With, Lavanderia a Vapore, Take me Somewhere Festival, Milano Mediterranea ميلانو المتوسّطيةّ, Residenze NAOcrea 2022 – Ariella Vidach Aiep, BASE Milano.
Photos: © Iman Salem