SOGNARE – FASE RAM

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concept, design and direction Damiano Scavo 

performers Rachele Pascale and Damiano Scavo 

music Stefano Simmaco, Damiano Scavo and Benjamin Britten 

dramaturgy Sergio Campisi 

costumes and textiles Gabriella Palomba 

video Eros Brancaleon 

in collaboration with ocram dance movement and MEV (Centro Culturale) 

produced by Scenario Pubblico – centro di rilevante interesse nazionale 

‘I believe in the future resolution of these two states, dream and reality, which are seemingly so contradictory, into a kind of absolute reality, a surreality, if one may so speak.’ 

André Breton, Manifesto of Surrealism

Sognare – Fase RAM is an immersion into a dreamlike world inhabited by two entities: the sleeper and the echo of their sleep. Through a waltz of movements and a sharing of thoughts and emotions, the two influence and shape one another, evoking the profound intimacy of an inner dialogue.

The creative research draws on Max Ernst’s Surrealist practice of generating hypnagogic images: a meditative process that captures visions experienced on the threshold of sleep, where memories and lived experiences converge freely, beyond any established logic, to create a liminal dimension with a cartoon-like aesthetic.

Sognare – Fase RAM is a vision in constant metamorphosis, a resonance that unfolds and forms connections within a subjective constellation, travelling along the shifting boundaries of the unconscious.

Damiano Scavo

Damiano Scavo is a young dancer and performance maker whose work centres on contemporary dance. Since 2017, he has danced for ocram dance movement, with whom he began a choreographic partnership in 2021, supported by Scenario Pubblico. Since 2023, he has been a dancer for Compagnia Zappalà Danza. His training includes programmes and research pathways such as Biennale College Danza – La Biennale di Venezia (compagnie marie chouinard), MoDem Pro (Compagnia Zappalà Danza), Nuove Traiettorie XL | Network Anticorpi XL, Dancescapes – In a Landscape and the Incubatore per Futur* Coreograf* C.I.M.D. His creations since 2021 include Cactus, presented at the Premio Prospettiva Danza Teatro and Florence Dance Festival; Sovraccarico, a participatory project presented at ISOLA, Farm Cultural Park and Teatri Riflessi Festival; Il Giullare, presented at Scenario Pubblico; and Sognare – Fase RAM, a work in progress that will be hosted in an artistic residency in Mexico City in 2026 in collaboration with FIDCDMX and La Infinita Compañía.

Scenario Pubblico

Since 2002, the year in which the choreographic centre was founded, Scenario Pubblico has been committed not only to dance production but also to programming, presenting guest artists, artist residencies, education and the promotion of dance. In 2022, with its designation as a CRID (Centro di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale per la Danza), the value of the Company's work was formally recognised. Today, it serves as an artistic and cultural centre dedicated to choreographic research and to fostering cultural development across the region, and is widely regarded as the beating heart of Catania's contemporary dance scene. Throughout the years, Scenario Pubblico has consistently worked to build a network that supports the artistic and cultural growth of Catania and its citizens.