Bio

Alina Belyagina is a performer, choreographer and facilitator, supported by Kulturreferat Munich.

Since 2019 Alina has presented her work at national and international festivals, mainly at the Want to Dance Taipei, Laos Contemporary Dance Festival, Open Look Festival Saint-Petersburg, Tanzwerkstatt Europa Munich, Euro-Scene Leipzig, International Solo Tanz Theater Stuttgart, Process/Talk Tel-Aviv Suzanne Dellal, Soar Festival Kristiansand, Sommerwerft Frankfurt, Arena Festival Erlangen, On Bodies Cyprus and resident at V-A-C foundation, in the Production Residency Program. She choreographed the performance Обiйми in collaboration with sound designer Symphocat and two dancers.

Her belief in collective support and resource-sharing is evident in her advocacy for the dance community. Her work not only delves into the physicality of movement but also engages with the inherent ways in which dance generates and communicates knowledge.This approach involves a deep exploration of the intersection between the existential and knowledge aspects of dance.

By intertwining the corporeal and the cognitive, she creates a space for dance that is not only aesthetically compelling but also intellectually resonant.

Project

Alina interdisciplinary practice incorporates insights from Alexandra Pirici, Professor of Performance at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich ( inspiration from her movement research and artistic outcomes). During the wartime in Ukraine, her artistic practice shifted to reflect a post-apocalyptic sensibility. She began to explore the remnants of destruction: what survives amidst the ruins? How do we engage with these vestiges? She aims to create a soundscape featuring the calls of extinct birds and the subtle presence of extinct plants from the local area, intertwining these auditory elements with the choreography to evoke a sense of lost biodiversity and resilience. Anna Tsing's ( "Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet") use of "Ghosts" symbolizes landscapes ravaged by human activity, while "Monsters" represent interspecies communities emerging from these ruins.

This residency will be a journey through movement and sound, transforming the aftermath of collapse into a rich tapestry of interwoven narratives and sensations. By engaging with the echoes of what once was, we invite audiences to contemplate the fragility and interconnectedness of all life, urging a reimagining of our place within the broader ecological tapestry.

The research during the residency will bring the final look to the solo performance "Dance-Noise-Hyperobject" that will be presented in Munich 2025.
Supported by Dance Scholarship Kulturreferat Munich.

Other Residency Support: DansiT + LKV Trondheim, AlmResidency München.