giù

stava giù la bambolina,
non si muoveva da tanti anni
sopra il suo corpo saltellavano un sacco di persone
un uomo in cravatta saltellava più degli altri
era seguito da un omone in gonnella particolarmente agitato
il continuo saltellare non lasciava in pace la bambolina
che avrebbe voluto alzarsi e dire la sua ma non poteva

un giorno la bambolina si ruppe
le persone continuarono a saltellare
senza accorgersi subito dell'accaduto
poi fu data la notizia
tutti si fermarono
il loro giocattolo non funzionava più
stettero buoni per un po'
poi se ne andarono a cercare un altro giocattolo
su cui saltellare

n.b.- il titolo di questa istantanea si ispira alla poesia "L'istituzione-branco" di Wu Ming 1.

senate house

My journey to London was busy as usual. I was welcomed by the snow and a wintery weather. I went a few times to Senate House Library where I found books and articles to help me sructure a thorny topic of my research. I also went to see a couple of exciting performances of which I hope I will be able to speak in future posts.

bringing carmen back to spain

My essay "Bringing Carmen back to Spain: Antonio Gades's Flamenco Dance in Carlos Saura's Choreofilm" has been published on Dance Research (vol. 26, n. 2, Winter 2008). The myth of Carmen is one of my obsessions and I am very happy about this publication. It was hard work.

data di scadenza

Un gruppo di ragazze fuori da uno stabile. Fa un freddo cane.
Quando ti scade il contratto?
Domani.
Te lo rinnovano?
Non lo so.
Che farai?
Aspetto.
Una accende una sigaretta, è la terza di fila.
Sei contetna di questo lavoro?
Sì, abbastanza.
Speri nella riconferma?
Certo.
Che farai se non ti chiamano?
Non lo so.
Cercherai da un'altra parte?
Sì, forse.
Vuoi una sigaretta?
No, non fumo.
La pausa è terminata, le ragazze tornano nello stabile.

Infra

Other extracts from Wayne McGregor's Infra:

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2

3

London (flash-back) - 2

Two McGregors for one. Two for one. Two performances in one day. A cool marathon. A visual feast for a dance scriber. The chance to see two works by Wayne McGregor performed by two different companies: Random and the Royal Ballet. It happened on November 2008 and it was very interesting. I saw Entity performed by Random Dance Company at Laban and, a couple of hours later, Infra (in collaboration with visual artist Julian Opie) as one of the three performances danced by the Royal Ballet for its Triple Bill at the Royal Opera House. Both were engaging works, both expressed McGregor’s vision and both were beautifully danced. However, the Royal Ballet performance stroke me as more fluid. McGregor’s style is asymmetric, with lots of torso and arm movements. The Random dancers seemed to have an earth-bound quality that did not go well with McGregor’s style (even though Random is his company), while the Royal Ballet dancers, probably due to their strong classical background, were quite aerial and his dance approach emerged as wonderfully done.

martha graham (quotes)

No one invents movement; movement is discovered. What is possible and necessary to the body under the impulse of the emotional self is the result of this discovery; and the formalization of it into a progressive series of exercises is technique.

1941