VENOM VELVET
Choreography and concept
Interpreter
Music
“Sin Rumbo” – Arca
About
There is no violence more effective than seduction. Not the declared, carnal, obvious kind, but the sophisticated, silent, almost ritualistic form that enters another person’s space without asking permission.
Venom Velvet is born from this contradiction: softness as a device of control. Giacomo Castellana’s body does not seduce to be loved. It seduces to govern distance, to manipulate perception, to transform desire into a political territory.
Arca’s sound universe becomes an organic and unstable matter: pulse, deformation, electronic intimacy.
The stage is crossed by a cold, almost surgical red. Not the red of passion, but the red of restrained tension, decadent luxury, and a beauty that already contains its own threat.
Venom Velvet does not portray a character, but a state of presence: a body that uses seduction as an architecture of power.
Costume Concept
The costume becomes a psychological extension of the character: a second skin crossed by crimson shades, black shadows, and transparencies that evoke seduction and danger. The vertical line along the back suggests control and vulnerability at once, while the ornamental textures around the neck and shoulders create an almost ritualistic image, suspended between decadent luxury and a predatory creature. Red does not represent passion, but tension. An elegant body that seems to slowly dissolve within its own orbit.
“Soft as desire. Deadly as silence.”
ENTWINED FIGURES
Choreography and concept
Interpreters
About
I am fascinated by the way forms—bodies, living beings, nature—transform over the course of existence, in a constant flow between form and dissolution, continuously changing without ever settling into a fixed identity.
Entwined Figures, created specifically for the DAP Festival, emerges from this research and focuses on the encounter between two distinct figures that, by intertwining, give rise to ever-changing shapes—like clouds in motion or tree roots extending through the ground.
At the core of the work lies the tension between individuality and relationship. At times, the two bodies emerge as a single figure, only to separate again, in a continuous play of transformation.
Where arms and legs intersect, overlap, and rotate together, a kind of anatomical dance takes shape—highlighting the body and its parts.
THE BALLROOM
Choreography and concept
Dancers
About
The Ballroom draws inspiration from the composed grace, fluid lines, and circular waltz movements. In this piece, two female performers take the lead roles, echoing the waltz's traditional imagery while rewriting its narrative. The choreography explores a new balance between strength and delicacy, structure and freedom, lightness and obsession.
MOTHER TONGUE
Choreography and concept
About
“Mother Tongue is a meditation on the longing to be understood. A portrait of fractured language and history, this work speaks to ballet as a transcendent form of expression.”
