COMPAGNIA BELLANDA (IT)
Idea and Choreography: Giovanni Gava Leonarduzzi
Choreography Assistant: Lia Claudia Latini
Costumes: Lia Claudia Latini
Dancers: Giovanni Gava Leonarduzzi, Lia Claudia Latini, Daniele Tenze
Lighting Design: Stefano Mazzanti
Assistant Lighting Design: Chiara Calfa
Sound Design: Maurizio Cecatto
Set Design: Enzo Mologni
Video: Francisco Montes and Brendan Canarie
From Plato’s story to the present day, there is a continuous tension in search of the
total, unique, complete body. From the “hermaphrodites” narrated in
Aristophanes’ speech, supernatural figures, in strength and shape, to our divided body.
The attempt at reunion, the tension towards completeness, the relationship
never completely “satisfied” because it is now impossible to return to being a
“single body”.
A perennial desire for reunion, a desire that animates and moves bodies.
From Plato’s specific story to the analysis of current society and the dynamics
of the relationships it contains: the difficulty of finding, maintaining and
cultivating a relationship as a couple in a society that pushes towards ever
stronger individualism which leads to less acceptance of the couple’s
“compromise”.
From here our moving figures are born where the two bodies, added together,
create a larger one.
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Un progetto realizzato con il supporto di Artisti Associati, ARTEFICI-residenze creative FVG; Ministry
of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Public Administration of the Republic of Slovenia
within the platform Neodvisni, City of Ljubljana – Department of Culture, City of Maribor –
Department of Culture, City of Nova Gorica – Department of Culture, Ministry of Culture and Media
of the Republic of Croatia, City of Zagreb- City Office for Culture, International Relations and Civil
Society, Region of Istria, Ministry of Culture of the Italian Republic, Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, GO!
2025 Nova Gorica – Gorizia European capital of culture, City of Gorizia, Fondazione CaRiGo.
In coproduzione con PAN-ADRIA network (EN-KNAP Productions/ŠpanskiBorci Cultural Center from
Ljubljana, Slovene National Theatre from Nova Gorica, Moment from Maribor, Croatian Cultural
Center from Rijeka, The Zagreb Youth Theater/Zagreb Dance Center from Zagreb, Mediterranean
Dance Center from San Vincenti and ArtistiAssociati from Gorizia; Hangartfest Pesaro.
