The CCN/Aterballetto is among the guest artists at Memorare ’24. Dance and song for peace in the Basilica of San Petronio.
The event, promoted by the Church of Bologna under the guidance of Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the Municipality of Bologna and Mayor Matteo Lepore, the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Superintendent Fulvio Macciardi, was conceived by Vittoria Cappelli, who developed the artistic project together with Valentina Bonelli and Don Stefano Culiersi.
A preparation for the upcoming Jubilee, an opportunity for reconciliation with God, with our brothers, and with the earth, which we cannot neglect. The resonance is with Pope Francis’s appeal to be “all brothers,” in a culture of peace, as the pontiff writes in his encyclical on universal fraternity. From Bologna, Memorare ‘24 will launch Cardinal Matteo Zuppi’s invitation to unite in giving hope to the world, in the spirit of solidarity. The gathering of the community responding to this call aims to be a barrier against the winds of war, both old (among others, we remember the Monte Sole massacre, Marzabotto – Bologna, in 1944) and current, especially the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Palestine, which provoke and taint our consciences by offering only paths of violence.
For the occasion, CCN/Aterballetto presents for the first time Reconciliatio, an original choreography by Angelin Preljocaj, specially composed for Memorare ’24. To the piano notes of Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata, the female duo composed of Estelle Bovay and Arianna Kob unfolds in a pensive nocturne, between intimate retreats and altruistic impulses. Interpreting the liberating journey of reconciliation to overcome one’s grievances.
