Concept, direction and choreography: Giulio D’Anna
Co-created and performed by: Francesco Barba, Mees Borgman, Lana Coporda, Tiana Hemlock-Yensen, Anastasiia Liubchenko, Pavlos Marios Ktoridis, Maciej Sado and Isadora Tomasi.
Location : Melkweg, Amsterdam
Date : 3rd of November 2013
We all have in our memory a failed relationship, something that did not work out. Love with family, friends, lovers. We sometimes share those thoughts, express our regrets or fears to somebody else. And we often realize that we are not alone, other persons have lived similar experiences. How do we love, how different it is in every relation ship ?
In
his last piece OOOOOOOO, Guilio D'Anna succeded in creating a sort of
Museum of Broken Relationships (Zagreb) on stage. He challenges the
limits of what is comfortable and what is private, exposes the desire
to share personal experiences or memories and creates the atmosphere
of a certain ritual which the audience can be part of. Nominated for
the Nederlandse Dansdagen Maastricht 2013, and winner of the
“Anticorpi
XL Collaboration”, it has been shown in Italy (Milan, Teramo) and
the Netherlands (Utrecht, Rotterdam, Amsterdam) during the year of
2013.
One
piano on stage. As they enter one by one the space, we get to know
who the eight performers are. What they like, what they fear.
Standing close to the black and white intrument, they sing a song
explaining how many are single, in love, straight, their age,
nationalities, etc.
The
lyrics are transformed in text, appearing in the back. “Seven of us
have problems with the way they look”. “Six of us want to get
married”. “Huit think abortion is a fundamental human right”.
Sentences on a screem, the performers are going forward or backward
in response. It allows the audience to understand what they carry
with them. Still, there is a rythm, a melody, created by themselves
by humming.
Some
are more singers, some more dancers, some still students in SNDO,
ArtEZ, or the Mime school in Amsterdam. Guilio D'Anna played with
such an interesting variety of performers and choreographed a sort of
modern music-hall, reflecting on the youth of our society.
All
in underwear, talking or moving about their bad love experiences, the
performers expose their vulnerability in many different artistic ways
but always in a very honest performativity. The physicality they use
can be very intense and controled, but not a perfect execution of
technical steps, more a research of translating situtations into
movements.
The
piece has stayed in my mind and even in my body for some weeks. I
believe it is so truthfull that it really can talk to anybody. It is
about a concrete fact. Love in our society nowadays. Slapping their
own bodies in rythm with an amazing natural energy, seeing their skin
becoming red, singing loudly “I don't mind the pain!!” over and
over, smilling to eachother, … everything was very full of life. I
felt the joy of sharing and the hope of youth. It rises many
questions and memories about our own personal story.
I
will advice this performance to life lovers.
Do
I love to love ?
Do
I live for love ?
Do
I feel love ?
I
will advice OOOOOOOO to an audience who like to get close to what
happens on stage, to have the feeling of sharing a precious, intimate
moment. When I left the theater this day, I felt those butterflies in
my belly, those which make you feel happy, or in love.
Check and enjoy the trailer of OOOOOOOO and the website of Guilio D'anna to get
to know his work better !!
Written by Léa Vinette
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