Animal Science
by Sayoko Onishi
Site-specific Butoh performance by worldwide known choreographer and performer Sayoko Onishi, music by Tony Lloyd.
Mesh
The work of Matteo Levaggi combines the double influence of Balanchine and Cunningham and adds an astute topical touch to this solid theoretical/esthetic base. Like his contemporaries Benjamin Millepied, Christopher Wheeldon, Wayne MacGregor, and before them Angelin Preljocaj, he bears the legacy of these masters in his genes. Mesh, a show specially created for the Centro Pecci of Prato, captures both movement, film projections, sound effects, and scenic elements. The choreography creates a link between the dancing body and nature, which is represented here by objects/junk, creating an atmospheric, visionary landscape. With these emotionally-charged elements, we meet again on stage the “artistic couple” Matteo Levaggi and Elisabetta Guttuso, who made their debut at the 21st Milan Triennale at the Pirelli Hangar Bicocca in the piece Yvonne, with the Ensemble Sentieri Selvaggi.
role. head of programming - theatre and dance
sector. performing arts workshop and performance
date. 2017
venue. Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art, Prato (Italy)
Playlist for the End of the World
Choreographic project for young dancers by Elisa Pagani (Compagnia DNA), with the collaboration of OPUS Ballet directed by Rosanna Brocanello. The one-week workshop for young contemporary dancers is not only training for the young generation, but also an opportunity for the museum public to see the creative process in its making. A figure, like Dante's Virgil, accompanies the public through the exhibition halls, leading them through the installations and scenic actions. The resulting performance is a collection of images, emotions, suggestions related to the theme of the end of the world, not in its universal sense, but in the intimate one, of human paths in their infinite folds and repercussions. After all, the history of the world is also our personal history. It exists in the faults of the earth's crust, in cosmic cycles, in the genetic evolution of a fetus, in the chemistry that keeps us alive, and is confused with the movements that our soul experiences daily from birth to death.
role. head of programming - theatre and dance
sector. performing arts workshop and performance
date. 2017
venue. Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art, Prato (Italy)


















