IDaCo performances program

[T]here

by Enzo Celli

Performance for interactive floor, live electronics and two performers.

Composer/ interactive media designer: Concetta Cucchiarelli

Performers: Enzo Celli e Elisabetta Minutoli (Botega Dance Company)

Sound engineer: Andrea Fortuna

Two performers and an interactive floor: [T]here. A work about designing the sound produced by the performer’s movements, isolating “points of listen” contained in a sound. First aim: listenig exercise. The performance on an interactive floor represents a break in current trends, a little revolution because dancers, as well as human being, are used to know and recognize themselves only from a visual point of view , not from an acustic point of view, the sound of their mouvements. Every action has its sound, its consequence not always immediate but also delayed. The interactive floor represent, not only in this work, an instrument to empowering hearing.  In this sense technology is not an option but a need, the only way to find a lost humanity. The stage become a sensivite place and the set is created only by the sound. Performers continuously  have to pay attention to what they are generating, even if they would ignorate the sound that become more and more “invasive" (as Enzo Celli said the first time he played the interactive floor). This is the second aim:exercise of responsibility. Understanding that every cause has an effect is understanding that our behaviour has to be conscientious for ourselves and all the people.  www.concettacucchiarelli.com

ENZO CELLI - Choreographer

http://www.botega.org

In January 2012 he became Guest Teacher for contemporary at Peridance Capezio Center.

In May 2012, while on tour with the Company in Brazil, he carried out a social project at Centro ADAV in Ibiritè.

In July he moved to U.S.A. where he taught several MEME technique classes at Peridance Capezio Center and Dance New Amsterdam (in collaboration with Modern Guest Artist series) in New York. In October 2012 he became Guest Teacher in contemporary dance at Sam Houstone State University.

Igal Perry has asked to Enzo Celli, Ohad Naharin, Dwight Rhoden and Sidra Bell, to create new work for Peridance Contemporary Dance Company. In the March 2013 Enzo's perfomance “I'm HERE” debuted at Salvatore Capezio Theatre in New York. Enzo also realized “The Rite of Spring” for Peridance Certificate Program.

In September 2013 Enzo has received a residence at Sam Houston State University, he taught a several MeMe Classes, He created "Buona Strada", choreography commissioned by SHSU.

In February 2014 he taught MoDem ADvanced / specializing training course by Compagnia Zappalà Danza. He also realized "[T]here" written by Concetta Cucchiarelli. 

Enzo Celli’s international engagements include Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, Sam Houstone State University (Huntsville - Texas), Sarah Lawrence College (NYC), Bashkortostan State Academy (Russia), UFMG University (Belo Horizonte, Brazil). Russian Drama Theatre (Ufa, Russia),

Na Strastnom Theatre (Moscow),Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier - Les Ursulines (France).

His works have been set on prestigious theatres including :Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theatre (New York), Salvatore Capezio Theatre (New York), La Cigale (Paris), Erfurt Opera House (Germany). 

TUNNEL CITY

by Vanessa Tamburi/ FLUSSO dance

in collaboration with visual artist Andrea Bianconi

Performance of dance and contemporary art

Artistic & video concept by: Andrea Bianconi

Choreography by: Vanessa Tamburi

Performers: Flusso dance

The project is based on Andrea Bianconi’s book and will include a video by the same artist and moving performers directed by the choreographer Vanessa Tamburi. The two artists had already developed TRAPPING project together, based on the first of BIanconi’s books “ Romance”. The project has been presented in September 2013 at the Little Field in Brooklyn in the context of the Moving Sound Festival supported by the Austrian Cultural forum and the Italian Cultural Institute, NY.

FABLE, One year after the publication of Romance, is a book that depicts the monologue drawn through the con-struction / deconstruction of the human being in the evolution of the stream of consciousness.

Fable is a visual text, which develops the previous premises deepening the psychic- segment synaptic that allows a transition from one thought to another. On the crest of the imagination, between the “relations of relations” would say Bruno Munari “thought thinks, sees the imagination,” Andrea Bianconi continued his reflection with flights of fancy that always return the point on the human condition as a unit lexical and real of the whole matter ... the artist says “I would like to write a book but there is the reality.”

TUNNEL CITY inspired by the Fable book, it is a contemporary fable with a text in video images (video game) in continuous construction and deconstruction, where the audience react and play with the action / no-action of the images and motion of bodies. The project is an endless chain of associated signs projected on endless moving bodies.

VANESSA TAMBURI /FLUSSO dance - Choreographer

www.vanessatamburi.info / www.flussodanceproject.com

“FLUSSO” as art of the body in movement, as flux of energies, goes through time and space. The objective of FLUSSO dance is to promote contemporary dance as a language that cuts across different disciplines. The FLUSSO dance has the important goal of creating synergies between body movement, contemporary performing arts and social issues. FD uses the language of dance as a meaning to promote integration, cultural exchange and the diversity of cultures. FD has performed in Austria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Rwanda, Tanzania, USA. In NYC FLUSSO dance has been presented in various dance festivals (Cool NY 2012&2013 dance festival, NYC10 Dixon Place, Between the seas Festival 2012 - 2013, Green line platform 92nd Y). In July 2013 THE BRIDGE premiered at the Between the seas festival 2013, NY with the support of the Italian Culture Institute NY as well as the new creation TRAPPING @ the Moving sound festival, NY (September 2013) promoted by The Austrian Cultural forum in collaboration with the Brooklyn based visual artist Andrea Bianconi. FLUSSO dance has planned performances in 2014 to the CURRENTS SESSIONS @ Wild project, REVERBdance Festival @ Baruch Performing arts center and KoDaFe in NYC 2014@ MMAC, NY, TICINO in danza Festival – Switzerland, the Time2dance Festival in Tanzania and the Dance Gallery Festival @ the Alvin Ailey Citigroup theatre.

Vanessa Tamburi has worked as a solo dancer for key European theatres, including the Ballet of Montercarlo, the Hamburg Ballet and the Vienna Opera Ballet. Building on her professional experience as a classical dancer, Vanessa, over the years, developed experimental contemporary choreographic work, melding dance with contemporary theatre, visual and multimedia art. Her choreographies have been performed in Austria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Rwanda, Tanzania, USA and in collaboration with numerous theatres they were staged at international festivals. In 2007 she established the Company "FLUSSO Dance", of which she is currently Artistic Director and Choreographer. She was the Artistic Advisor of the Visa 2 Dance Festival (from 2008 to 2012) and now of the Time2dance Festival 2013 in Tanzania. In May/June 2010 she took part of the CHOREOGRAPHIC COLLISION project at “Biennale Danza” in Venice. She is currently living and working in New York City. She is a ballet teacher at Dance Cavise Studios since 2011

ANDREA BIANCONI - Visual Artist

www.andreabianconi.com - www.barbaradavisgallery.com -  www.furiniartecontemporanea.it

Andrea Bianconi lives and works in New York. He was recently selected as one of the participating artists in the upcoming  5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art  with a  public performance around Red Square, Kremlin and Manege and a  97 meters wall drawing. His solo-exhibitions and group shows include Embassy of Italy in Washington D.C. for the 150 anniversary of  the Italian unification, Centro del Carmen, Valencia, Spain; Matadero, Madrid, Spain; Film Society Lincoln Center, New York; Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Kunsthal Charlottenburg, Copenhagen, Denmark; ISCP, Brooklyn, NY; Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy; Furini Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy; Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas; Volta Show, New York.

Bianconi has also had numerous public art performances such as Summer Night Series, Union Square NYC; Tina B – The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Prague, Czech; Republic;  Postcard People, Peekskill Project V, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA), NY; The Chinese Umbrella Hat Project (Part I), Wujiang Rd West Nanjing Rd, Shanghai, China a collateral event of the Expo 2010; The Chinese Umbrella Hat Project (Part II), Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy a collateral event of the 54 Venice Biennial 2011. His work has been reviewed in leading art journals and mainstream publications alike, among them, Vogue, Interni, Flash Art,  La Repubblica, Double Magazine, El Mundo, Bejing Times, Shanghai Daily, Elle Décor. In 2011 Charta published his first monography; in  2012  Cura.Books published his first artist book, “ROMANCE” launched at Moma PS1. He made the cover for  Connectivity 2013 published by New York Public Library in NYC.

IN-MOBILITY

by Alessia Della Casa dance in collaboration with Gaetano Alfano and Zeno Gabaglio

Performance of dance , Art Photography and live music

Concept: Alessia Della Casa, Gaetano Alfano

Choreography: Alessia Della Casa

Photography: Gaetano Alfano

Music: Zeno Gabaglio

IN-Mobility is a multidisciplinary performance that explores movement and the absence of movement respectively in dance and photography. Dance is dynamic movement that does not leave trace of itself but the intangible moment in which it happens; a photograph is a static element that represents movement. What are those static or mobile elements in nowadays society?  How can dance interact with the photograph to make it dynamic and allow new perspectives? How do we encourage social mobility?

The photograph holds a moment of the movement, a connection with the past, allowing a starting point to reach further, in the future. The movement develops from a still representation of itself, interacting with the material of the photograph and inducing a new dynamic. 

Alessia Della Casa – Choreographer

http://alessialiadellacasa.wix.com/alessia - http://www.ticinoindanza.com

Originally from Switzerland, Alessia Della Casa completed a 3-year degree at the Ballet Academy in Riga, Latvia. Had a 3 months experience in San Diego and 6 months in Rome to study modern dance. In 2009 Alessia moved to New York where she received a scholarship to complete a 2 year certificate in Cunningham technique.

In New York Alessia danced for various NYC based artists and started developing her choreographies, her work was presented at Triskelion Arts(USA), Green Space(USA), Salvatore LaRussa Theatre(USA), Martha Graham Center(USA) LongLake Festival(CH), Ticino in Danza(CH). She was selected to take part in the Choreographic Lab 2014 ( Luzern, CH) and was invited to a summer residency in Losone, CH (2014). Her mission is to collaborate with artists of diverse cultures and backgrounds to keep exploring new ideas and induce an enriching exchange. She is the founder and artistic director of the festival Ticino in Danza, that from 2013 takes place in Switzerland.

Gaetano Alfano – Photographer

http://www.gaetanoalfano.com

Gaetano Alfano is a freelance photographer. He earned a degree in art history and photography and a Master at the  SPEOS school of Paris. He works in university research projects for the arts in Italy and abroad, he follows  the work of contemporary artists from critical-analytical side and he makes photographic installation.

During his studies in Art history, he studied photographic documentation systems for cultural heritage, analyzing the limits of it. The understanding of these systems led him to the need to deepen his knowledge of the subject photographed, which distinguishes the profession of photographer from those who use the same means for  humanistic and scientific research and development.

With this approach he runs campaigns for cultural heritage and photographic documentation of the restoration of sites in Italy and abroad.

For many years, he has been engaged in research projects with the Faculty of Conservation of Cultural Heritage of Viterbo, especially in Italy and Turkey. In his work he analyzes the relationship between full and empty, time and dynamics, with strong attention to anthropological aspects, especially in relation to the digital age in which we live.

Zeno Gabaglio – Composer

http://www.zenogabaglio.com

 Dance , Sculpture/ Installation, Photography

Choreography: Caterina Rago

Installation: GIanluca Bianchino

Photography: Gisella Sorrentino

"Labir Into” is the inner journey outward. A complex path that never seems to end. The maze figurative representation of abstract and intriguing reality. A journey over the limit towards a dimension to be explored. The emblem of the universal search for the infinite, the non-limit.

Caterina Rago - Choreographer

http://caterinaragodancecompany.com   

Originally from Italy, Caterina Rago received her MBA from the Italian National Academy of Dance, in Rome.

While completing her studies she performed with Danzare La Vita  company under the direction of Elsa Piperno, for the choreographer Joseph Fontano, President of the International Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute of UNESCO, and, as aerial dancer, for the Kitonb Extreme Theatre Company  directed by Angelo Bonello. In 2006, Rago was chosen to perform Ivan Manzoni’s piece Simbolo Della Pace  at the Inaugural Ceremony of the XX Winter Olympic Games in Torino.

After moving to New York and completing the Professional Training Program at the Martha Graham Center, she was invited to present her work, Eternal Return, at the 2008 Graham II New York Season. In New York, Rago has been dancing with I Giullari di Piazza  company directed by Alessandra Belloni, Nu Dance Theatre, Hunter Performance Group, Mare Nostrum Elements  and the Martha Graham Dance Company. She has been principal dancer of the Off-Broadway Show Spider Dance, directed by Jeff Whiting, and toured Italy in the original cast of Cercando Picasso, a Martha Graham Dance Company  production directed by Antonio Calenda e Giorgio Albertazzi. After the great success of Cercando Picasso, Rago performed in two Greek tragedies: Baccanti, directed by Antonio Calenda, and Prometeo, by Claudio Longhi, at the Anfiteatro Greco of Siracusa, Sicily. Among numerous honors, Rago received an official invitation to the 33rd World Congress of the International Theatre Institute, in Xiamen – China, has been guest artist in Kiev, Budapest, Brussels and Montalto Uffugo for the Ruggiero Leoncavallo Gala Opera Competition, and has been movement consultant to the photographer Sebastian Faena for V Magazine and Vogue. 

In 2007 Rago officially founded the Caterina Rago Dance Company which work has been selected for the White Wave Rising Series Festival 2011, the Kat Wildish’s NYC Showcase  at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, and for the NYC Dance Week 2012  at Dixon Place. Rago most recently danced in the opera La Nave  presented by I Giullari di Piazza  company at Jazz at Lincoln Center. March 26th -28th 2013 at the MMAC the Caterina Rago Dance Company presented the evening length New York City premiere of “Fall in Autumn”. Guest Teacher at Broadway Dance Center in NYC and for the renowned Festival “Danza in Fiera 2013″ Florence, Italy.