Simona Bertozzi | ATHLETES – Padova

Project in collaboration with Spaziodanza Padova
project and choreography by Simona Bertozzi
with Arianna Brugiolo, Federica D’Aversa, Paola Drera, Valentina Foschi
with the participation of Rossella Borgo, Giulia Calore, GianFilippo Cappiello, Mariangela Casara, Giacomo de Logu, Kristina Emelianenko, Maria Elisa Favaro, Adriana Ficarra, Maria Rosa Franzin, Benny Gervalla, Serena Ghiraldo, Laura Greggio, Paola Lazzaretto, Angela Mancini, Enza Minozzi, Luca Olivetto, Eliana Maria Pasquali, Anna Parnigotto, Paola Pranzo, Cesare Potti
vocal preparation and singing by Meike Clarelli
tennis gesture coach Giacomo de Logu
original music by Meike Clarelli, Davide Fasulo

Athletes is a project that interweaves dance, sport and vocality
exploring the athletic gesture as a form of resistance and
transformation. At the centre is a heterogeneous community of
people who through movement and collective practice
create alliances and unprecedented forms of chorality. The choreographic research is inspired by the mosaic of the Palestriti of Villa del Casale, in Piazza Armerina, depicting ten female athletes intent on practising sport and its celebration. Athleticism, often associated competition and extreme physical performance, is here
reinterpreted as a space of discovery accessible to all bodies, thanks to the gesture and its radiance in the performative act