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GOOD VIBES ONLY (THE GREAT EFFORT)

concept and performance Francesca Santamaria 

with the participation of Juan Claudio Averoff Rico aka Ramingo 

dramaturgical collaboration Pietro Angelini 

sound dramaturgy and live set Ramingo 

lighting Fabrizio Cicero 

styling Elena Luca 

costume design Vittorio Gargiuolo 

movement coaching Beatrice Pozzi 

technical direction Giovanni Di Capua 

project collaboration Rossella Piazzese 

production CODEDUOMO ETS / Perypezye Urbane ETS 

co-produced with Romaeuropa Festival 

in collaboration with TIR Danza 

with the contribution of Operaestate Festival Veneto, ATCL/Spazio Rossellini, Centro di Residenza della Toscana (Fondazione Armunia – CapoTrave/Kilowatt) 

with the support of Fondazione Teatro Comunale Città di Vicenza / Danza in Rete, Incubatore per futur_ coreograf_ CIMD 

artistic residencies DAS – Dispositivo Arti Sperimentali, Fondazione Armunia, Fondazione Teatro Comunale Città di Vicenza, Live Arts Cultures 

production residencies Carrozzerie | n.o.t, Ferrara Off Teatro 

special thanks to Balletto di Roma 

duration 40 min  

GOOD VIBES ONLY (the great effort) is an infinite scroll enacted and endured by a human being who has no choice but to perform. It represents the constant flow of information over a single body. This body becomes a battlefield between the visceral and the virtual, the materiality of the flesh and the fluidity of data. Within the gaps of the choreographic mechanism, the human element unexpectedly surfaces as the ‘non-performative’. 
What happens if the entire stream of information we navigate daily is relentlessly poured onto a single body? What if a single individual has to adopt and embody the standards dictated by the constant connectivity and over-performativity of the present? Choreographic materials follow one another incessantly. They are selected in real time from an archive of trends and hits. This selection includes viral dances, iconic fragments, and social media sequences that have become symbols of a shared visual culture. 
The relentless layering of this content generates a body that functions as an unstable, ever-shifting catalogue, a surface that scrolls and is scrolled upon, absorbing and reflecting the dynamics of dominant representation. Such representation is channelled by a panoptic and algorithmic entity that controls the performer, placing endless demands for conformity and performance upon her.  
As the second chapter of a trilogy dedicated to scrolling, the project transforms an everyday gesture into a magnifying glass to explore the ethical, political, and social voids of the twenty-first century. 

Francesca Santamaria

Francesca Santamaria is an artist working in the field of the performing arts. Her research examines the contemporary pressure to perform and what it means to be performative. In 2022, she participated in the CIMD (Incubator for future choreographers). In 2024, she made her debut as a choreographer with the solo COME SOPRAVVIVERE IN CASO DI DANNI PERMANENTI. She subsequently worked on the macro-project GOOD VIBES ONLY. Its first chapter, GOOD VIBES ONLY (beta test), was selected for Danza Urbana XL 2025 and the European platform Aerowaves. The second chapter, GOOD VIBES ONLY (the great effort), saw its national premiere at the Romaeuropa Festival in October 2025. Her works have been presented in numerous venues and festivals, and selected for national and international platforms, including Vetrina della Giovane Danza d’Autore (2023, 2025), Crossing the Sea 2025/27, and Nouveau Grand Tour (Théâtre de Vanves & Italian Institute of Culture in Paris). She was selected as one of the Aerowaves Twenty26 artists.

Codeduomo

CODEDUOMO ETS was founded in Turin in 2013 by choreographer and performer Daniele Ninarello. Since 2017, it has been recognised as a dance production organisation by the Italian Ministry of Culture. It has established itself as a structured hub active in choreographic research, focusing on the plurality of contemporary languages and the support of new generations. The organisation also develops educational projects and dance promotion for young people and local communities. Under Ninarello’s direction, the associated artistic core includes Vittorio Pagani, Francesca Santamaria, Michela Depetris, Martina Gambardella, Marina Donatone, and Valerie Tameu. CODEDUOMO ETS has built national and international networks through co-productions, residencies, and collaborations with festivals, theatres, and production centres, earning widespread recognition. Its key operational strategies focus on supporting under-35 choreographers, participating in national and international open calls, involving emerging artists in creative processes, and implementing collaborative networks such as NEST in Piedmont.