Irina Baldini’s choreographic retrospective maps a dynamic trajectory of site-responsive, choreographed, and improvisation-led performance art across the international stage. Her large-scale and intimate showcases alike challenge the traditional boundaries between the performative and the visual, anchored by major performance milestones at globally renowned institutions such as Tate Britain, Hayward Gallery, the Queens Museum, and the White Cube. A definitive high point in her career includes signature consecutive commissions for La Biennale di Venezia, where she debuted the ensemble works 7 ways to begin without knowing where to start (2017) and Quite now (2018). These pieces showcase her intricate ensemble direction, wherein dancers function as “provocateurs” navigating complex layers of audio inputs, psycho-physical tasks, and spatial constraints. Guided by her proprietary “Accountable Temporary Expedients” (ATE) methodology, Baldini’s body of work thrives on states of doubt and confusion, generating unpredictable conditions and disposable structural formulas to orchestrate raw, one-time experiences that continually redefine the intersection of dance, thought, and immediate physical presence.
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CHOREOGRAPHY:
n.5 of 18 versions of thoughtlessness
7 Ways to Begin Without Knowing Where to Start
Quite Now + 7 Ways to Begin Without Knowing Where to Start
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FOR CAMERA:
Petrol color, oil color shadows
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INTERVIEWS:
REAL TIME COMPOSITION:
Winternachten - Writers Unlimited
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Photo credit: Fenia Kotsopoulou
