Come Neve
choreography: Adriano Bolognino
music: For Now I Am Winter - Òlafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm, The Bottom Line - Òlafur Arnalds, Josim Costumes by Club dell’Uncinetto, Napoli
dancers: Rosaria Di Maro and Noemi Caricchia
duration: 28’
premiere: Festival Danza in Rete - Teatro Comunale di Vicenza, 2022
production: Körper, with the support of Orsolina 28, IIC in Oslo, Italian Embassy in Norway
The starting image is one of snow falling outside the window when you are a child. The feeling of comfort that comes from the sense of protection and warmth inside, combined with the magic of contemplating the whiteness outside. Before beginning the work on the bodies in movement, Bolognino identified the expressive quality in the costumes, involving a group of women who gathered in a "Crochet Club" during the pandemic. This ancient art served as an opportunity not only for collaboration and connection for these women, but also an opportunity for renaissance after a moment of deep darkness. It is said that crochet was born from the ability and imagination of a woman who, fascinated by the beauty and perfection of the snowflakes, decided to reproduce their wonder with a simple hooked needle and a cotton thread. So do the dancers, craftsmen themselves, who with their bodies and movement give life to something new, creative and original as a snowflake. Interweaving these elements and suggestions, Bolognino wants the spectator to be invaded with a sudden snowfall of bodies in movement, causing time to pause in a state of serene contemplation. This choreography was composed as if it were a crochet work: an intricate yet sophisticated plot, a conscious weaving that generates new forms.
Samia
choreography, concept: Adriano Bolognino
costumes: Rosaria Di Maro with works by Andrea Bolognino
music: Vito Pizzo
final track: A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Adios, Florida
lighting design: Gianluca Sacco
dancers: Rosaria Di Maro, Laura Miotti, Noemi Caricchia, Serena Pomer, Roberta Fanzini, Ines Giorgiutti
duration: 60’
premiere: Kungsbacka Teater, Rüm for dans – Sweden, 2023
co-production: Centro Nazionale di Produzione della Danza - Körper, Rum för Dans, Orsolina 28
supported by: Ministry of Culture, Region Campania, IIC Colonia, Hessisches Staatsballett, NID Platform
“Samia” begins with a true story, the one of Samia Yusuf Omar, the young Somali athlete who died in the waters of Lampedusa while trying to reach Europe to qualify for the Olympics. My research started from this story of a broken life and today will be delivered to the public through six bodies, all different from each other, because in our present, despite our fight for it, we are still not equal. Yet we all keep on yearning. We run. With this work, I cannot rewrite a life I did not live. I can contribute to remembering Samia Yusuf Omar and those who, like her, struggle every day for their dream, not just as a victim. But as people who are committed to choosing who they want to become. During the rehearsals, I worked with the performers on our desires and the limits the world places on them, to force the boundaries in and out of our bodies and try to pursue the freedom that self-determination gives. An achievement that, despite our privilege of looking at the sea, still remains a dream. Utopia.
Adriano Bolognino
Born in 1995 in Naples, Adriano Bolognino won the Danza&Danza Award 2022 as Emergent Choreographer. His new project “Samia” is the winner of the Rüm for dans co-production’s call. He creates new works for the Ballet Opera of Rome, Zfin National Company Malta, MM Contemporary Dance Company, Opus Ballet, Kayzer Ballet... He collaborated with etoiles Eleonora Abbagnato and Jacopo Tissi for the opening of Laura Biagiotti Fashion Show 2023 in Milan. In 2022 the Nitja Center in Oslo commissioned him a new work, “Come Neve”, in collaboration with Orsolina28, the Italian Embassy in Norway and the IIC Oslo. His works are selected for different platforms as: Aerowaves, Danza Urbana XL, Crossing the sea, Big Pulse Visiting Artists, MAS Danza. The project “Rua da Saudade” is one of the winners of “Call for Creations” 2021 by Orsolina28 and is also selected for NID Platform. In 2020 the Venice Biennale commissioned him a new work “Your body is a battleground/solo version” for the festival. With “RM94978 from Paris to Tenerife”, he won in 2019 the Award, Premio Prospettiva Danza Padova.
Everything works wonderfully, you can only admire so much scenic intelligence, interpretative care and compositional knowledge.
© Teatro e Critica
The Naples choreographer is absolutely one of the true protagonists of contemporary dance, in his magnificent design on technique and grace, continuously elaborated.
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