Aterballetto performs Storie at Armonie d’Arte Festival in Borgia, near Catanzaro.
Storie is a small anthology of danced fragments. They constitute only an infinitesimal part of the very rich artistic and human universe of the two choreographers Diego Tortelli and Philippe Kratz.
Tortelli creates two pieces: Preludio, opening the evening, is a love letter to the body for five dancers on the music of Nick Cave, Another story is a duet on the impossible gesture of 2020, the embrace. Between past and future are Kratz’s two creations. The “O” duo offers us two bodies/robots, forcing us to question how the meaning of physical contact might change: will it remain emotional and felt, or will it become serial and alienated?
Alpha Grace, a six-step in the evening’s conclusion, is a reflection on empathy, a form of gentle communication between people who feel on the same plane. It too is challenged by the present times.
