When you’re alone in your forest always remember you’re not alone

This solo depicts the body in resistance and stands out as an immersive ritual of empowerment. A raw cry against the brutality of our times. Unexpected and unsettling, V. Pitrinaite connects the collective experience with the individual, bodily experience of resistance. The collective dimension emerges through a soundscape forged by the solitary live voice of the dancer multiplied like a human microphone used in contexts of collective anxiety. Driven by indignant voices rising one after another, a polyphonic song of the Lithuanian resistance movement, “The Brotherhood of the forest” fills the space and amplifies the individual power of one woman.

“(…) From the sound, to the movement, to the breath work, Vilma Pitrinaite attacks her work with a ferocity which is hard to capture with mediums that aren’t as tangible as the body. Her choreography is arresting, punching and thrusting towards herself in tireless cycles which dizzy even the audience. (…) Pitrinaite achieves more than many other pieces I have so far seen Fringe; a piece for a time where language feels unfruitful, this work hits at the emotional conquest which man takes upon himself against feelings of doubt and helplessness, and for this alone, I would recommend it to any Fringe goer." Marina Funcasta, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
“The sound exacerbates the collective force of insubordination through a body, alone on stage, impregnated by the energies of revolt. Uncompromising and liberating, this work is as vital as it is empowering.” Les Brigittines, Belgium