solo performance
30 minutes
This creature is suspended in the dark. This presence leads through a journey on unpleasant and unwelcomed bodies, and how they can be gates for narratives of a borderline place, that invites and digest who's aside a rule. Who stands on or beyond a border, how can deliver a selfportrait?
How many creatures should we dress and undress to survive?
On tour
production: Zebra
co-production: DanzaEstate Festival
with the support of: Qui e Ora Residenza Teatrale, CSC of Bassano del Grappa,
Rete Habitat - Rete di spazi per la danza, Teatros del Canal - Centro Danza Canal,
C32 Performingartsworkspace
concept, creation and performance: Matteo Marchesi
Sound tutoring: Andrea Marinelli
Costume Design: Matteo Marchesi & Elena Rossi
Light Design: Luca Serafini
solo performance
15 MINUTES
How to identify virtuosity in our time?
What does it means to be virtuous?
Starting from the allegoric icons of the four cardinal virtues, and from the iconic male figures representing victory, power and success (From 40s prints to mannequins of De Chirico), Virtus becomes a game to undo Justice, Prudence, Fortitude and Temperance. Within this game the body attempts to showoff of virtuosity and success, answering to great expectations, being victorious.
By rythm and dance Virtus designs a path of ridiculousness an failure of an idea of manhood, asking for a new gaze towards our past, opening space to what we could further be.
On tour
production: Asmed Balletto di Sardegna
with the support of: Find Festival, Teatro Civico di Sinnai
concept, creation and performance: Matteo Marchesi
Music: Andrea Deidda & Davide Collu
Costume Design: Matteo Marchesi & Stefania Dessì
Light Design: Stefano De Litala
co-creation with teenagers
from 45 to 60 minutes
Matteo Marchesi and Federica Tardito work in each context on a decolonization of youth creative experience from adults expectations on teenagers. Both the artists are adults in a sensitive different age, gender and backgrounds.
The starting point of Matteo and Federica comes from their performative experience where each person gathers and channels sensations that can drive through poetic experiences.
Who holds the power? Who decides the hierarchies of narratives that are worthy to be shared?
What if we stay close to ours and others sensations without controlling it?
The performative work requires a preparation time for processing the encounter in between artists and territorial teenage community. The setting should involve cross-disciplinary media (watch the online contents in the crossmedia section).