A Contemporary Dance Performance
by
Compagnia Artemis Danza/Monica Casadei
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Park Square Theatre - Proscenium Stage
7:00 p.m.- Social hour with complimentary beverages
8:00 p.m. - Performance
This is a free event, but registration is recommended.
In Violated Bodies, a teeming community of female and male bodies is tightly held in the memory of a wound. Still open or healed, this wound reverberates on the scene in an incessant dance nourished by impulses, instincts, anger and pain, in which overwhelming group dances are interspersed with duets and solos, and defenseless bodies are joined by the violent and ruthless bodies of attackers on which never falls a veil of pity at least until they become victims.
Starting from the search for testimonies of victims of rape and abuse and from an improvisational work in the hall with the dancers, Casadei builds a show oscillating between raw realism and poetry dictated by a possible redemption. Antithetical colors - on one side the brilliance and light of gold, on the other the enigmatic darkness of black - for a precious upholstery of an imaginary domestic hearth where respect and love should reign.
Musically, Fiandrini's remix of electronic samples ebbs and flows throughout the Musically, Fiandrini's remix of electronic samples ebbs and flows throughout the story in melodrama and symphonic music. Arias and overtures from Verdi's masterpieces such as La Forza del Destino or Otello in the sublime voices of sopranos Callas and Tebaldi are mixed with famous symphonies, Bach sonatas, melancholic pieces by Alva Noto and John Zorn and with the tremors of Julia Kent's cello from Empty Spaces and Alexander Litvinosky's Pelléas et Mélisande.
Debut at the Municipal Theater of Ferrara-Contemporary Dance Festival 2022 Choreography, direction, scenery, lights and costumes Monica Casadei Live Electronics Fabio Fiandrini Production Artemis Danza/Monica Casadei Co-production Municipal Theater of Ferrara-Contemporary Dance Festival, in collaboration with the Municipality of Rimini and Teatro Galli with the contribution of the Ministry of Culture, Emilia Romagna Region, Municipality of Parma.
View here the Trailer of the dance performance Corpi Violati (Violated Bodies) by Artemis Danza | Monica Casadei
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Performance run time: 60min
Age recommendation: 16+
Content guidance: This performance explores themes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Choreography, direction, scenery, lights and costumes: Monica Casadei
Live Electronics: Fabio Fiandrini
Production: Artemis Danza/Monica Casadei
Co-production: Municipal Theater of Ferrara-Contemporary Dance Festival
In collaboration with: the Municipality of Rimini and Teatro Galli
With the contribution of Regione Emilia-Romagna-Assessorato alla Cultura e ATER Fondazione.
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