Visioni del corpo: understanding contemporary art through auteur dance.
A “dancing encyclopedia” that speaks about the world through dance, placing the body at the center of humanity. A series of six cultural dissemination events that began in May 2024, resuming after the summer break with the new season at Fonderia. Connecting arts, movement, and current affairs, the meetings address themes of psychological well-being, the relationship with the city, the future, and ecology, through an experimental cultural medium.
Nicolas Ballario, journalist, curator, and cultural disseminator, introduces the theme of the debate, which, moving between dance and contemporary arts, reflects on the body from a different point of view each time. Each meeting is divided into six moments, dedicated to the works of six artists chosen to explore the main theme: renowned faces of contemporary art, well known to the general public. Each meeting will be interpreted by a choreographer from the contemporary scene, who will translate the suggestions of the discussed works into dance with an original performance, specifically designed for the project.
Fourth appointment: Friday 18 October h 20.30 at Fonderia
Il corpo muove (The body moves)
Talk withNicolas Ballario and Riccardo Buscarini
Choreographies by Riccardo Buscarini
Focus on Jackson Pollock, Nan Goldin, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Cindy Sherman, Studio Azzurro, Yōko Ono
Nicolas Ballario will present works related to “moving” art, that is, art that makes the artists move during creation or the audience when experiencing it (from Jackson Pollock to Nan Goldin, from Michelangelo Pistoletto to Yoko Ono). The evening will feature Riccardo Buscarini bringing some excerpts from Form O, a very recent work that is based on visual symmetries and asymmetries, and the effect that what we see creates in our body.
Addressing the theme of the body moved by passions, in a whirlwind of seductions and intrigues, Johan Inger’s Don Juan in VR will be presented, where the audience will fall into a dynamic flow that is difficult to resist.
‘War Is Over! (if you want it) Yoko Ono’ exhibition – Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. From Wikimedia Commons
Riccardo Buscarini (Piacenza, 1985) graduated from the London Contemporary Dance School in 2009. He won The Place Prize 2013 with Athletes and participated in the ArtsCross London 2013 (UK, Taiwan, China), Performing Gender 2013-15 (Italy, Croatia, Spain, Netherlands), and MAM-Maroc Artist Meeting (Marrakech) projects. His work in the field of visual arts includes collaborations with Summerhall (Edinburgh), London Festival of Architecture 2016, and Nahmad Projects (London and miart 2017). Silk, his creation for the Chelyabinsk Contemporary Dance Theater (Russia), received two nominations (Best Choreography and Best Choreographer) for the Golden Mask 2018 at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, and was later restaged by ZfinMalta, National Dance Company of Malta, in the fall of 2019.
In 2019, he worked as choreographer/assistant director for M° Italo Nunziata in La forza del destino by G. Verdi in Piacenza, Modena, and Reggio Emilia, and created two new works, one for Chelyabinsk Contemporary Dance Theater and one for Compagnia Equilibrio Dinamico (Bari). In 2020, he was assistant director to M° Leonardo Lidi in Falstaff by G. Verdi in Piacenza and Modena and created one of the works for the international tour of EDGE 2020, The Place, London. In 2020, he was also one of the artists at the 45th Cantiere Internazionale D’Arte di Montepulciano. In 2022, he created Requiem for Juliet, his personal version of Romeo and Juliet by W. Shakespeare, commissioned by ZfinMalta, National Dance Company of Malta.
In 2022, Riccardo Buscarini was a guest choreographer for ArteMente, where he restaged (for the students of the Center) the piece for the graduation evening Charade, which was performed at the Castello Sforzesco as part of the Estate Sforzesca 2022.
Nicolas Ballario, born in 1984, is involved in contemporary art applied to media. He began his professional career at Oliviero Toscani‘s factory La Sterpaia, where he later became the cultural manager. He has collaborated with major artistic institutions and numerous publications.
In 2016, he became the youngest ever recipient of the Premio Bassani, one of the most prestigious awards for journalists distinguished in cultural and environmental fields. Currently, he hosts and produces contemporary art programs on Rai Radio Uno and contributes to magazines such as Rolling Stone, Living from Corriere della Sera, and Il Giornale dell’Arte. In 2019, he hosted the photography format Camera Oscura on LA7, while from 2020 to 2022, he led programs on Sky Arte including Io ti vedo, tu mi senti?, The Square, and Italia Contemporanea.
He is the CEO of the newly established exhibition production company Piuma and oversees exhibitions and catalogs. Artribune magazine recognized him in their Best of for two consecutive years: in 2019 for radio and in 2020 for television projects.
APERITIVO IN FONDERIA
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