Taca tè, in the Emilian dialect ‘you begin’, is a challenge to the right to exist played out between two anagraphically distant bodies that converge in the present of dance. The space of an encounter between different time frames and generations, ages of life that observe and confront each other in a flow of listening, deep intimacy, shifting limits, bodies that discuss and agree.

On stage, Antonio Caporilli and Francesca Lastella tackle the topic of time and intergenerational encounter through a non-stop physical debate where past and future are mirrored in each other in an attempt to build a relationship.

Thus, the codes of ballroom dancing, which invite roles, melodies and spaces, are diluted in an “other” environment that progressively frees itself from structures to open up multiple glances at the body and the relationship. The choreography develops a unique and constantly evolving flow of movement where the dancers’ internal times move apart and oppose each other only to find themselves again in common spaces. These spaces allow them to overcome roles, exchange energies and positions, overturning customs and stereotypes in an ironic, at times theatrical and surreal game.

The musical composition interweaves well-known and meaningful pieces from the tradition of liscio emiliano with a two-handed composition, made up of instrumental and electronic sounds, created by Alberto Sansone and Marcello Gori during their physical research work with the dancers in the studio, intimately connected to the themes addressed.