concept, direction, choreography, dance Silvia Gribaudi
co-direction and video Matteo Maffesanti
assistant and choreographic consultant Andrea Rampazzo
music matteo franceschini
lighting design Luca Serafini
styling Ettore Lombardi
dramaturgical consultant Annette Van Zwoll
artistic consultants Camilla Guarino, Giuseppe Comuniello
technical consultant Leonardo Benetollo
creative producer Mauro Danesi
production Zebra
co-production Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale (IT), La Corte Ospitale (IT)
Rum för Dans (SE), Le Gymnase CDCN – Roubaix (FR), What You See Festival (NL)
in collaboration with and supported by Operaestate Festival Veneto (IT)
with the support of MiC – Italian Ministry of Culture
Duration 60 min.
Isadora Duncan said that ‘the gesture is born from desire’. Which desires move our bodies? Into what forms do we cage them? Under what judgements? How can we revolutionise the way we look at bodies? In the solo Suspended Chorus, choreographer Silvia Gribaudi takes the stage all by herself. But she is not alone. From her desire for collectivity and togetherness the work revolves around a renewed dialogue with the audience. Acknowledging the space she shares with the audience, spectators are invited to transform themselves into a suspended, fluctuating, plural and necessary chorus. They become an essential part of the work. Influenced by female dance pioneers like Pina Bausch, Isadora Duncan and Anna Pavlova, Gribaudi reflects on the limits of her body in its fifties and finds joy in its possibilities. Suspended Chorus deconstructs contemporary codes of beauty and exposes the mortality of the human body while celebrating the power of the collective. Everyone is an integral part of it.