• it murmurs inside • it murmurs •• it hides inside •• the quiet laugh of the tragic •• inside is the pain of speech •• the pain to say •• larger still • greater than is the pain of unsaying •• to not speak • says nothing against the pain to speak •• it festers inside • the wound • liquid • dust • must break • must void •• i sigh for you while I am sitting here •• would you sigh for me while watching •• so then we both will be confessing to each other •
In a world that extracts articulation, optimizes breathing, and mechanizes every movement, what would happen if we surrendered to the unspoken—to that which refuses to be anything other than escaping air? What would happen if, instead of speaking, we sighed?
In her new work, Iskra Prodanova, together with her collaborators, explores the sigh as a phenomenon, as a silent rebellion, on the threshold, in between, where the air is refusal and escape from punctuation, from the dualistic structure of language, and becomes the language of the unspoken. The sigh, where it intertwines with other sighs, creates a polyphonic sound analysis of the feelings within us.
Workshop propositions based on the concept:
In public space (all levels):
Practices for Altered States
In a dance studio (dancers/performers):
Theory: Readings and discussion
Practices for Altered States
Practice: Instant composition based on the choreographic work
Artistic team: AUATOR Iskra Prodanova | PERFORMERS Iskra Prodanova, Maga Arna, NoiSing Factory | SOUNDSCAPE AND DESIGN Victor Prodanov | VOICE CONSULTANT Zheni Petrova | DRAMATURGICAL CONSULTANT Diego Agullo
Co-producers:
Produced by: PERFORMANCE ROOM
Funding and support:
Financially supported by: National Culture Fund of the Republic of Bulgaria, Creative Projects Program;
IFA Institut für Auslandsbeiziehungen, Slavs and Tatars Residency
Duration: 45 min.
Premiere 2025′
