Alina Arshi
Entepfuhl
2023, 20′, solo
Geneva premiere
A young Indian choreographer, Alina Arshi is interested in feelings of loneliness among people with a complex status within different sociological units. Her Bachelor’s project focused on the social and class architecture surrounding immigrants, particularly the parents of migrant workers in host countries. Her travels to India in the summer of 2022 strongly influenced the content and form of her first solo.
“‘Any road,’ said Carlyle, ‘this simple road to Entepfuhl, will lead you to the end of the world.’
But the road to Entepfuhl, if followed right to the end, would lead straight back to Entepfuhl, which means that Entepfuhl, where we started, is that ‘end of the world’ we set out to find in the beginning.” Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet (1982)
Alina Arshi
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Credits
Solo created in 2023 at La Manufacture, Lausanne, 20’ / Acknowledgements: teams at La Manufacture, Les Urbaines, Arsenic, Nicole Seiler, Jessica Allemann and Robinson Filomé Starck.
For this presentation of Entepfuhl, Alina Arshi is supported by the bea foundation for young artists.