Coproduction OE - National Premiere

by and with Francesca Santamaria
sound Ramingo
technical direction Giovanni Di Capua
text collaboration Domenico Volontè
styling Elena Luca
costume design Adriano Popolo Rubbio
co-production CodedUomo, Operaestate Festival Veneto
with the support of Carrozzerie N.o.t., ATCL Lazio
as part of the residency τέχνη - téchne 2024, Lavanderia a Vapore
part of the selected works of the Vetrina della giovane danza d’autoreeXtra 2023 by Network Anticorpi XL

The Greek word for body appears in Homer only to refer to the corpse. It is this corpse, therefore, or rather, it is the corpse and the mirror that teach us (who have, that is, taught the Greeks and now the children) that we have a body […]. M. Foucault

HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE CASE OF PERMANENT DAMAGE is a choreographic X-ray. A report that reveals a non-utopian body, the functioning of an imperfect machine, the gears of a corruptible organism. It is an exploration of a textual and sonic archive, linked to injuries and debilitations, that investigates the theme of physical and emotional pain post-trauma. In an aseptic “operating” room and over sounds stemming from the reversal of The Dying Swan, a movement sequence and the body of a dancer are vivisected.
What lies hidden within a “performing” body?
Does it make sense to survive?
To what extent?
At what cost?

Francesca Santamaria is a dancer and author active in the performing arts. After completing her dance education at Balletto di Roma, she continues her formation between Milan and the Venice Biennale. From 2019 she dances, among others, for Roberto Zappalà, Moritz Ostrushnjak, Amos Ben-Tal, Manfredi Perego, Alexandra Pirici. In 2021 she creates and interprets SHIFTING TOOLS, a Screendance work presented and awarded at national and international festivals. Since 2022 she’s part of Incubator for Future Choreographers – CIMD.
In 2023 she is co-author and soloist performer of Tutte le Immagini Scompariranno co-created with Company Fannibanni’s and RMX, a full length piece realized with Pietro Angelini and Vittorio Pagani. Since 2024 she is an Associate Artist with CodedUomo and in the same year she debuts with COME SOPRAVVIVERE IN CASO DI DANNI PERMANENTI, selected for the Showcase of the Young Author’s Dance 2023(IT). Alongside her authorial path, she interacts with academic research: she graduates from the Sapienza University of Rome in Performing Arts with a thesis on the dramaturgy of dance and since 2021 she participates in several projects with the ASAC of the Venice Biennale.