In CorpiViolati Monica Casadei follows up her investigation on the theme of violence against women, begun several years ago with the transposition into dance of some famous feminicides from Italian and other melodramas.
In CorpiViolati, a community of bodies, both female and male, swarms, locked in the memory of a wound. This wound echoes on stage in an incessant dance nourished by impulses, instincts, anger and pain, in which overwhelming group dances are interspersed with duets and solos.
choreography, direction, set design, lighting and costumes: Monica Casadei
Live Electronic: Fabio Fiandrini
Choreographer’s assistant: Alessandra Pizza
Costume design: Elena Nunziata
Production Compagnia Artemis Danza
Coproduction Festival di Danza Contemporanea – Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
In partnership with Comune di Rimini – Teatro Galli
With the support of Ministero della Cultura, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Comune di Parma
«Giammai Carmen cederà! Libera è nata e libera morirà!». «Sempre libera degg’io».
They are the ode to freedom of Carmen, the protagonist of Prosper Mérimée’s novella and Georges Bizet’s opera, and Violetta Valéry in Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata. Women figures who are symbols of independence of thought, of strength and courage and at the same time of fragility in the face of violence and prevarication. Their freedom, as in so many other cases, is punished, violated, with tragic results. Inspired by the many stories of gender violence recounted in literature and melodrama, only a small number compared to the infinite number of stories in the daily news, the project “Corpi violati” (Violated Bodies) by the Compagnia Artemis Danza, founded and directed by Monica Casadei.
The choreographic project was born from the desire to bring attention to the theme of violence against women, and from Artemis Danza’s long-standing collaboration with the Anti-Violence Centres of the D.I.Re Network (Women in the Network against Violence).
Born in Ferrara and graduated with honours with a thesis on Plato and dance, Monica Casadei, after a competitive career in rhythmic gymnastics, devoted herself to the study of classical and modern dance, first in Italy, then in London, and finally in Paris, where she met choreographers Pierre Doussaint and Isabelle Doubouloz and master André Cognard Hanshi So shihan, with whom she still practices the martial art of Aikido. He founded the company Artemis Danza in France, with which he moved to Italy in 1997, giving life to an intense production activity that counts, to date, over forty original creations. From 1998 to 2007 the company was in residence at the Fondazione Teatro Due in Parma, while since 2014 it has been in artistic residence at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna. Artemis Danza has been invited to the most important Italian theatres and festivals and to numerous international tours and festivals.
Fundamental to Monica Casadei’s artistic research is the contamination with different artistic, cultural and geographic territories, as well as the exploration of places and urban spaces that become the stage for performative actions.
Alongside its production activity, Artemis supports, produces and promotes young authors and carries out multiple activities to educate the public.
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