Compagnia Zappalà Danza
Performative Speech: studio sul Fauno
Two performances: December 3 and 4
Idea and choreography Roberto Zappalà
Music Claude Debussy ‘Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un faune’ – for piano solo, performed by Leonardo Zunica
Dance and collaboration Filippo Domini
Text by Roberto Zappalà edited by Nello Calabrò
This research is part of a broader project which saw its conclusion in May 2024 with the staging of a single creative design (Trilogy of ecstasy) which combined the Après-midi d’ a faune to Ravel’s Boléro and Stravinsky’s Sacre du Printemps.
A Public Scenario production / Zappalà Danza Company – Center of Significant National Interest in co-production with MILANOLTRE Festival in collaboration with FU ME Festival Cesena and Cilentart Fest with the support of MiC Ministry of Culture and Sicily Region Ass.to del Turismo, dello Sport e dello Entertainment.
COMPAGNIA ZAPPALA’ DANZA
A leading company on the Italian scene, led by artistic director Roberto Zappalà for over 32 years, it stands out for the broad and complex repertoire, the result of the synergistic work of the choreographer, his playwright of reference Nello Calabrò and the dancers who during the years have allowed the creation of over 80 mostly full-evening productions, hosted all over the world by internationally renowned theaters and festivals. A characteristic of the creations is also rigorous work on the language that has been built over time, called MoDem.
ROBERTO ZAPPALA’
For 32 years Roberto Zappalà has been describing a living and vibrant south «with tenacity, lucidity, vision and a continuous desire to move forward, to perfect his poetics, to give a home to his ideas of dance, naturally humanist and philosophical» (delteatro .it). Some characteristics of his creations: the personal story of his land, Sicily, a rigorous work on his choreographic language called MoDem, and a research on the fragility of bodies, all characterized by an intense poetic line and a profound dialogue with the ‘”human”.
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