invention and direction Matteo Maffesanti
assistant director Irene Cordioli
with Jessica Pasetto, Mirko Tomezzoli, Teresa Noronha Feio
soundscape Davide Pachera
choreographic consulting Andrea Rampazzo
dramaturgical consulting Elisabetta Consonni
light design Luca Serafini
styling Luciana Gastaldelli
costumes Il Giracose
conversations Beatrice Bresolin
stage photos Anna Kushnirenko
curation Carlo Cordioli
organisation Giulia Conforto
administration Claudia Casalini
production Cultural Association Zebra / Elevator Bunker
co-production Operaestate Festival Veneto
with the support of Logistica uno s.r.l.
project partners La Corte Ospitale, FDE Festival Danza Estate

National Premiere

Flamingo, the new show by the Elevator Bunker collective, is built around the idea of how the gaze is transformed when the known escapes its expected form and, at the same time, reflects on the mechanisms of judgement that emerge when what seemed known is presented as other. In the attempt to pursue an identical, as a response to a norm imposed by an external director, the plurality, the diversity of desires manifest themselves: everything is the same but different.
The choreographic structure is a modular sequence of eight actions, repeated several times. The repetition opens up the possibility of variations and interferences of rhythm, dynamics, presences and meanings in a potentially infinite sequence of possibilities of identities and relationships.

Elevator Bunker is an artistic collective supported by the cultural association Zebra.
It was born in 2008 from an idea by Davide Pachera and Matteo Maffesanti as an active response to the desire for artistic research in the field of cognitive disability. Since 2013, with the support of Operaestate Festival Veneto, the collective has realised the performances Shoe and Bestiario Universale. These projects mark an important moment in its artistic history and anticipate the deepening that characterises subsequent works. Elevator Bunker is part of Europe Beyond Access Italia, a network that promotes accessibility and inclusion in the performing arts, raising awareness, sharing good practices and encouraging the participation and leadership of artists and cultural workers with disabilities. In 2023 he realised the performance Delivery, produced by the cultural association Zebra and co-produced by Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Vicenza, with the support of Operaestate Festival Veneto and La Corte Ospitale.