Visioni del corpo is a series of events that from May 27th to November 29th, 2024 brings together contemporary art and dance, in a journey where the common denominator will be the body. Six encounters on contemporary art led by Nicolas Ballario, where dance accompanies the words, through some performative interventions connected with the presented works. Each encounter is divided into six moments where Ballario introduces six works by six different artists, well-known figures of contemporary art also to non-enthusiasts. Each encounter is entrusted to a choreographer, who will dance the suggestions inspired by the treated works. Each encounter enriches a small “dancing encyclopedia” of contemporary art, investigating how illustrious artists have approached the theme of the body.
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There has always been a prejudice – often justified by the elitist attitude of insiders – towards contemporary art: that it was distant from people. In recent years, something has been changing, and thus the audience for contemporary art is expanding: the project Visioni del Corpo moves in this direction, it aims to introduce in a simple (but never simplistic) way the lexicon of some of the greatest contemporary artists.
We won’t provide explanations, because art cannot be explained, but we will tell the context to suggest an approach: dance will punctuate this narrative, and precisely for this reason, the theme is the body, the common denominator of these two disciplines. Disciplines that find themselves asking a question: can art snatch from the banality of mass communication the representation of the human being? We will try to answer with six themes, six artists, and six works that address the major themes of contemporary society.
Putting the body at the center of the human experience activates connections between the arts, movement, and the major themes of today: psychological well-being, the relationship with the city, the future, ecology… Universal issues to be addressed through an experimental cultural medium. A multidisciplinary container of perspectives born to intersect audiences and aesthetics from different cultural realities.
Visioni del corpo is the bridge launched between the Centro Coreografico Nazionale and major themes even beyond dance, while also being an opportunity to open a more intimate window on the body and movement even for eyes not trained in performing arts. Six works of art connected each evening to a dance performance by an Italian choreographer: Roberto Tedesco, Lara Guidetti, Roberta Ferrara, Riccardo Buscarini, Pablo Girolami, and Carlo Diego Massari engage with Ballario in bringing body and words to the audience, involving spectators and fostering encounters with other cultural communities.
The themes of the six individual encounters will be: the body in danger, the naked body, the small body, the moving body, the body and others, the large body.
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THE BODY IN DANGER
Monday 27 May 2024 h 21.00Monday 27 May 2024 h 21.00
Fonderia Aterballetto
The body in danger
Talk with Nicolas Ballario, Roberto Escobar and Roberto Tedesco
Choreohgraphies by Roberto Tedesco
Focus on Marina Abramovich, Jean Michel Basquiat, Joseph Beuys, Yves Kleins, Tracey Emin, Bill Viola
In partnership with
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THE NAKED BODY
Sunday 23 June 2024 h 18.30Sunday 23 June 2024 h 18.30
Starting from Ginepreto and arriving under the Bismantova Stone(returning at night with torches)
CASTELNOVO NE’ MONTI (RE)
The Naked Body
In conversation: Nicolas Ballario and Carlo Massari
Choreography by Carlo Massari
Focus on Vanessa Beecroft, Lucian Freud, Jeff Koons, David LaChapelle, Robert Mapplethorpe, Takashi Murakami
In partnership with
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THE SMALL BODY
Friday 27 September 2024 h 20.30Friday 27 September 2024 h 20.30
Fonderia AterballettoThe Small Body
Dialogue by Nicolas Ballario and Lara Guidetti
Choreography by Lara Guidetti
Focus on Alberto Burri, Maurizio Cattelan, Diane Arbus, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Keith Haring, Nathalie Djurberg
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THE MOVING BODY
Friday 18 October 2024 h 20.30Friday 18 October 2024 h 20.30
Fonderia AterballettoThe Moving Body
In conversation: Nicolas Ballario and Riccardo Buscarini
Choreography by: Riccardo Buscarini
Focus on: Jackson Pollock, Nan Goldin, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Cindy Sherman, Studio Azzurro, Yōko Ono
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THE BODY AND THE OTHER
Friday 29 November 2024 h 20.30Friday 29 November 2024 h 20.30
Fonderia AterballettoThe Body and the Other
Dialogue between Nicolas Ballario and Pablo Girolami
Choreography by Pablo Girolami
Focus on Marcel Duchamp, Georgia O’Keeffe, Yayoi Kusama, Louise Bourgeois, Sylvie Fleury, Francesca Woodman
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THE LARGE BODY
Venerdì 29 novembre 2024 ore 20.30Venerdì 29 novembre 2024 ore 20.30
Fonderia AterballettoThe Large Body
In conversation: Nicolas Ballario and Roberta Ferrara
Choreography by: Roberta Ferrara
Focus on: Fausto Delle Chiaie, Damien Hirst, JR, Ron Mueck, Niki de Saint Phalle, Claes Oldenburg