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SPECIAL K

choreography, concept and performance Davide Tagliavini 

dramaturgy Rosa Maria Rizzi 

video dramaturgy Cinzia Pietribiasi 

produced by Compagnia Artemis Danza  

with the support of supportER (an initiative of Rete Anticorpi Emilia-Romagna), ResiDance (a residency programme for choreographic creations by the Anticorpi XL Network), Centro di Residenza della Toscana (Fondazione Armunia Castiglioncello and CapoTrave/Kilowatt Sansepolcro), IRA Institute as part of the IRA Residencies Programme and Consorzio PUGLIA CULTURE 

supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Emilia-Romagna Region – Department of Culture 

Special K is a famous cereal brand, an aircraft used during World War II, the slang term for Ketamine and a single by Placebo. But above all, it is the way I like to think of Kate Bush, the guardian of my desires and mother of my most colourful dreams. Free, dancing, sharp and multifaceted, Kate Bush was an important guide who inspired the joy of being oneself. Her art spanned music, dance and the creation of imaginary worlds, and with her charisma and playful approach, she showed how to recognise our deepest yearnings and honour them. Having grown up among a generation of great British artists encompassing The Cure, Joy Division, David Bowie and New Order, and through collaborations with great masters like Lindsay Kemp, Bush presents herself as freely vulnerable and proud, radiant and magical. This research explores the idea of Special K starting from the question: ‘What makes something special?’ The result is a journey at the intersection of autobiography and pop-rock culture, accompanied by a video dramaturgy that plays with images, culminating in an unexpected road trip. 

Davide Tagliavini

Davide Tagliavini is a choreographer, dancer and performer. In 2025, he was selected for the SupportER programme (Anticorpi ER) and ResiDance programme (Anticorpi XL Network). In 2024, he created his first solo That’s All, selected for the Vetrina della Giovane Danza d’Autore and presented at MilanOltre, Bolzano Danza, Festival Danza in Rete, Visavì Dance Festival, Festival Inequilibrio, Kilowatt Festival, Festival Danza Estate, Fisiko!, Pesaro Danza Focus, Festival Cento Scale and others. In 2024, he worked on the operas L’elisir d’amore at the Teatro Regio di Parma and Tristan und Isolde at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, directed by Daniele Menghini. He works in children’s theatre and, with the Gruppo Ibrido collective, won the CollaborAction Kids open call with the project L’arte di volare (2027) and the BUGS open call with the project AiAiAi Pinocchio! (2025). He worked with Marina Abramović as a performer in 2019 for the exhibition The Cleaner in Florence. He teaches the OVER Limited course in collaboration with Fondazione Nazionale della Danza.

Compagnia Artemis Danza

Artemis Danza, founded in France in 1994, relocated to Italy in 1997. From 1998 to 2007, it was hosted as company-in-residence at Teatro Due, the Teatro Stabile of Parma and Reggio Emilia, and from 2014 to 2019 at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Today, alongside creations by Monica Casadei, the company has produced and promoted works by young artists and organised training initiatives, focusing on both professional specialisation for dancers and audience engagement. Over the years, choreographer Monica Casadei has developed various creative research paths inspired by the great opera tradition and the masters of Italian culture. During the 2022–2024 three-year period, the central theme of her creations was gender violence, with the works Corpi Violati, Private Callas and Puccini’s Opera. Voci di donne. In 2025, Stabat Mater premiered, selected for NID Platform 2025, and in 2026, Verdi/Shakespeare – Trilogia della Brama debuted at the Teatro Regio di Parma.