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.
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.
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
In 2009, he joined the Balletto di Toscana School, immediately dancing for the Junior Bdt youth company. In 2011, he joined Aterballetto where he remained for ten years, working with great choreographers from the national and international scene, including: Ohad Naharin, Jiri Kylian, Hofesh Shechter, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, etc. With Aterballetto, he began choreographing and participated twice in the International Choreographic Competition in Hannover, winning the critics’ award. For Aterballetto, he created Cemento for the In/Finito project and Turn the tide for the MicroDanze project.
Since July 2021, he has embarked on a path as a freelance choreographer. He was selected for the Young Choreographers Showcase with the duet Punch 24. The same duet was restaged for six dancers of the MM contemporary dance company under the name Round Trip. In Germany, he staged the duet Line-up at the National Theater Mannheim, created By the throat for the Ballett Vorpommern, and was selected for the Think Big project at the Staatsoper Hannover where he created Superorganism.
He accessed ResiDance XL – an action of the Anticorpi Network, through which he began working on the Conscious Decision project. With the latter, he was among the finalists of DNA choreographic notes 2022 and in 2023 accessed the Open Studios of the NID in Cagliari, nominated by the National Dance Production Center Körper. Accessing the SupportER action of the Anticorpi Emilia-Romagna Network, through a residency program, he created the duet Simbiosi with which he was selected for the Young Choreographers Showcase for the second time and thanks to which he received a special mention during the final of the Prospettiva Danza Teatro award. The Teatro Comunale di Vicenza appointed Roberto as a supported artist for the 2023 edition of the Dance In Rete Festival. He created Standpoints for the new production Callas Callas Callas of the Opus Ballet company. With the show Conscious Decision, produced by Körper, he debuted in 2024 in preview at the Centro Coreografico Nazionale / Aterballetto, co-producer of the show.
In January 2024, he received the Danza&Danza award as Emerging Italian Choreographer 2023.
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
Carlo Massari is a performer, choreographer, and transdisciplinary creator active in the contemporary Italian and international scene. Always engaged in the search for new performative languages, he explores the hybridization and blending of different artistic disciplines, defining in the “amphibian” form a clear and recognizable trait.
His eclectic educational and professional path is characterized by experiences that alternate between prose and musical theater, leading to dance and physical theater.
Over the years, he has collaborated as a performer with: the Venice Biennale, Barbara Nativi, Marco Baliani, Teatro dell’Argine, TeatroDue, Balletto Civile, Compagnia Abbondanza-Bertoni, Compagnia della Rancia, and Compagnia Petri Dish. In 2011, he co-founded C&C Company, a research and production company in the field of theater-dance (supported by MIC), for which he is the Artistic Director and has created multiple award-winning productions.
In addition to his work with the company, he has been engaged as a choreographer by: Salzburger Landestheater, Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Bologna Festival, Ferrara Musica, Cie.Balletto Teatro di Torino, and Cie.OPUS Ballet. In 2019, in collaboration with Leggere Strutture Art Factory, he launched ANFIBIA: a transdisciplinary training program for contemporary performers and creators. In 2020, he was awarded the CollaborActionXL recognition by the AnticorpiXL Network and became an Associate Artist of the Oriente Occidente Festival.
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
Originally from Emilia-Romagna, Lara Guidetti graduated as a dancer and choreographer from the Atelier of theater-dance at the Paolo Grassi School in Milan in 2006, studying with great national and international masters. She continued her training in the world of dance and performing arts by studying various pedagogical methods and training through workshops and productions. In 2008, she founded the Sanpapié company, of which she is the artistic director, choreographer, director, and performer, presenting works throughout Italy, Europe, China, and Saudi Arabia. In 2017, her show *LEI* won the Bonacina Prize. She collaborates with the JGM company in Lisbon, with La Scala in Milan as a dancer and acrobat, and she choreographs opera productions. She has been a teacher at the Paolo Grassi and Dancehaus schools in Milan and at the school of the Teatro Stabile in Turin. Since 2022, she has been an associated artist of the MilanOltre festival and collaborates with the Fondazione Nazionale della Danza as a choreographer and curator of site-specific projects.
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
Riccardo Buscarini (Piacenza, 1985) graduated from the London Contemporary Dance School in 2009. He won The Place Prize in 2013 with Athletes and participated in projects such as ArtsCross London 2013 (UK, Taiwan, China), Performing Gender 2013-15 (Italy, Croatia, Spain, Netherlands), and MAM-Maroc Artist Meeting (Marrakech). His work in the visual arts field 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 Theater, Moscow, and was later restaged on ZfinMalta, National Dance Company of Malta, in autumn 2019.
In 2019, he worked as a choreographer/assistant director for Maestro Italo Nunziata on La forza del destino by G. Verdi in Piacenza, Modena, and Reggio Emilia, and he created two new works, one for the Chelyabinsk Contemporary Dance Theater and one for Compagnia Equilibrio Dinamico (Bari). In 2020, he was assistant director for Maestro Leonardo Lidi in Falstaff by G. Verdi in Piacenza, 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 International Arts Workshop in Montepulciano.
In 2022, Riccardo Buscarini was a guest choreographer for ArteMente, where he restaged (for the students of the Center) the piece for the graduation ceremony Charade, which was performed at the Sforzesco Castle as part of the Estate Sforzesca 2022.
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
Currently, he is a freelance choreographer and artistic director of IVONA, a project company founded with Giacomo Todeschi. In 2019, he created Manbuhsa, with which he won the Twain_DirezioniAltre 2019 Award and the Audience Award at both the CortoinDanza 2019 in Cagliari and the 33rd Choreographic Contest in Madrid. Manbuhsa was also selected for the showcase of young dance authors Anticorpi XL 2019 and for the Red Acieloabierto.
In 2020, Pablo Girolami choreographed Manbuhsona for IVONA, a full-length production for five performers, and two short creations, Gianni-Pasquale and T.R.Y.P.O.P.H.O.B.I.A. In 2020, he was chosen by the AnticorpiXL Network for the ResidanceXL action.
Since 2019, he has been collaborating and choreographing for various companies and schools: EgriBianco Danza, Kseij Dance Company, The LabCollective, TanzWerk101 Zürich, Ateneo della Danza Siena, and ChoreoLab – Made in Ulm.
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
Roberta Ferrara (1988) has been the artistic director of Equilibrio Dinamico Dance Company since 2011 and the director of the international training program ED ENSEMBLE. Since 2020, she has been an associated artistic director for Odyssey Dance Theatre, Singapore, one of the leading professional dance arts organizations in Asia, founded by Dr. Danny Tan.
Graduating in Modern Literature with a specialization in Theater Culture, Ferrara conducted an experimental thesis on the value of instinctive movement as a therapeutic gift for dancers and non-dancers. She combines her research with immersive study alongside various artists in 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 Ravello Festival. Invited by 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, she has also been supported by her works, by the Italian Cultural Institutes of Cologne, New York, Mexico, Zagreb, San Francisco, Ankara, and São Paulo, Brazil.
Her creations have been selected and hosted in various international festivals including MASDANZA, FIDCMX, Cortoindanza, Network Danza Urbana XL and 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, Solo Tanz Theater where she received the award for Best Choreographer and residency prize from the director and chief choreographer R. Fernando of the Staatstheater Augsburg, Linkage – Contemporary Dance Miniatures Sophia where she received an invitation as a guest choreographer for the Stara Zagora State Opera by director S. Tomova and the InDivenire Award where she received the award for the best dance project presented by etoile L. Savignano.
