The final event of Visions of the Body: understanding contemporary art through signature dance.
A “dancing encyclopedia” that speaks about the world through dance, placing the body at the center of the human experience. A series of six cultural dissemination events that connect the arts, movement, and current issues, addressing themes such as psychological well-being, the relationship with the city, the future, and ecology, through an experimental cultural medium.
Nicolas Ballario, journalist, curator, and educator, introduces the theme of the debate, which, moving between dance and contemporary arts, reflects on the body from a different perspective each time. Each event is divided into six segments, dedicated to the works of six artists chosen to explore the central theme: well-known faces of the contemporary art world, familiar to the general public. Each event will be interpreted by a choreographer from the contemporary scene, who will translate the inspirations of the featured works into dance through an original performance, created specifically for the project.
Sixth appointment: Friday 29 November h 20.30 at Fonderia
Il corpo grande (The big body)
Talk with Nicolas Ballario and Roberta Ferrara
Choreographies by Roberta Ferrara
Focus on Fausto Delle Chiaie, Damien Hirst, JR, Ron Mueck, Niki de Saint Phalle, Claes Oldenburg
On November 29th, the series of events concludes with The Big Body: Roberta Ferrara brings to Fonderia details and impactful disproportions, from glamour to urban art, from Fausto Delle Chiaie to Damien Hirst.
The audience will have the opportunity to experience Fernando Melo’s Never Odd or Even through Oculus headsets: a work where proportion is pushed to the extreme, entirely based on the real size of the two dancers, who always tower over the viewer.
Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002), Dancing Nana (Rouge d’Orient – Bloum), 1995, polyethylene resin, fiberglass, steel, paint, 1,024 x 768 cm. François Odermatt Collection, in collaboration with the McGill University Visual Arts Collection. © 2017 Niki Charitable Art Foundation / ADAGP
Roberta Ferrara (1988) has been the artistic director of Equilibrio Dinamico DANCE company and the international training program ED ENSEMBLE since 2011. Since 2020, she has also been an associate artistic director for Odyssey Dance Theatre in Singapore, one of Asia’s leading professional dance arts organizations, founded by Dr. Danny Tan.
She holds a degree in Modern Literature with a focus on Theater Culture, with an experimental thesis on the value of instinctive movement as a therapeutic gift for dancers and non-dancers alike. Alongside her research, she has engaged in immersive studies with various artists on techniques and languages of international contemporary dance. As a performer, she has worked with choreographer Emanuel Gat in projects promoted by the Venice Biennale and the Ravello Festival. She has been a guest artist for various national and international entities such as Staatstheater Ballet Augsburg, Teatrul De Balet Sibiu, English National Ballet School, Korea Ballet House, Conservatorio Internacional de Ballet e Dança Annarella Sánchez, Morikawa Dance Academy, Ateneo della Danza, Elan Ballet, Mosa Ballet School, Balletto di Siena, ODT, Experimental Film Virginia, Eko Dance Project, and has been supported in her work by the Italian Cultural Institutes of Cologne, New York, Mexico City, Zagreb, San Francisco, Ankara, São Paulo.
Her creations have been selected and hosted in various international festivals including MASDANZA, FIDCMX, Cortoindanza, Network Danza Urbana XL, Festival Ammutinamenti Anticorpi XL, ZED Festival, Puglia Showcase, DanzInc, BallettGala Staatstheater Bremerhaven, Prospettiva Danza Teatro, Festival delle 100 Scale, Danza in Rete Festival, Lucky Trimmer, Fuoriformato Festival, VIVADANCA, SoloCoreografico USA, Solo Contemporary Dance Festival Ankara, Sid Festival Seattle, Interdans, Split Summer Festival, and Solo Tanz Theater, where she received the Best Choreographer Award and a residency prize from R. Fernando, the director and chief choreographer of Staatstheater Augsburg. She was also invited as a guest choreographer for the Stara Zagora State Opera by director S. Tomova and received the InDivenire Award for Best Dance Project, presented by étoile L. Savignano.
Nicolas Ballario, born in 1984, specializes in contemporary art applied to media. After completing his studies at the photography academy, he joined Oliviero Toscani’s factory ‘La Sterpaia’, where he later became the cultural manager. He has collaborated with major art institutions and numerous publications, and in 2016, he became the youngest ever to win the Bassani Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for journalists who have excelled in cultural and environmental fields. Currently, he is the author and host of contemporary art programs on Radio Uno Rai and collaborates with L’Espresso (where he has a weekly column), Living del Corriere della Sera, il Post, and Il Giornale dell’Arte. In 2019, he hosted the photography format “Camera Oscura” on LA7, and since 2020, he has been the host on Sky Arte for the programs “Io ti vedo, tu mi senti?”, “Italia Contemporanea,” and “The Square.” He directs the newly established exhibition production company “Piuma” and is the founder and president of Cucù, a communication studio dedicated to culture. He also curates exhibitions and catalogs. The magazine Artribune included him in its ‘Best of’ list of art world excellence for two consecutive years: in 2019 for radio and in 2020 for television projects.
APERITIVO AT FONDERIA
From 7:00 PM
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