concept, choreography and performers Sarah Baltzinger, Isaiah Wilson
producers and support TROIS C-L | Maison pour la danse, Ministère de la Culture Luxembourgeois, Cité Musicale-Metz, Fondation Indépendance, Département de la Moselle, Ville de Metz, Tipperary Dance Platform

with the support of the Kultur | lx - Arts Council Luxembourg

National Premiere
Aerowaves 2024 Selection

Megastructure is a performative dance duet whose pieces are continuously disassembled, researched, tested and reinvented. Co-creators and performers Sarah Baltzinger and Isaiah Wilson on a bare stage, supported only by their incredible range of physical abilities, seem to deconstruct their bodies, eyes fixed on the audience, impassive, while the rest of their bodies move in all possible directions. They fly across the stage, as if controlled by an external force, staring at us, unimpressed, controlling their bodies as if they were a construction set with unlimited combinations. They display a physicality bordering on the impossible and, finally, they exchange an affectionate kiss as they let the audience go, a last tenderness in an otherwise painful existence.

voice and effects Noemi Fiorucci
electric guitar Michele Zanasi
Farfisa organ, sampler and bass synth Giulio Stermieri
drums and electronics Francesca Remigi
production BACÀN
co-production Operaestate

National Premiere

ASSEMBLAGGI refers to the practice of assemblage in which a three-dimensional artifact is produced by putting together objects of various origins; in this case the compositions proposed collect musical materials from all four musicians, prompted by contemporary social issues felt as imperative. The title of the concert is homonymous with that of the upcoming album born from BIT, the fourth artistic residence BACÀN and held in 2024 between Vicenza and Bassano.

by and with Anna Basti
cover photo Fabio Artesi

What happens if ballet is stripped of its whites, bars, bows, mirrors, tips, wood, repertoires, forced smiles? What happens if it is poured into the spaces of the city? If it becomes an instrument for all possible and imaginable bodies? With Le classique c'est chic we move within the urban landscape, maintaining the structure of the typical ballet class, but declined in the furnishings and spaces of the city. Bassano is rethought as an enormous space for diagonals and manèges, where classical technique is available to all, as a magnificent tool for understanding the body.

choreography Andrea Costanzo Martini
performers Francesca Foscarini, Andrea Costanzo Martini
lyrics Francesca Foscarini, Andrea Costanzo Martini

National Preview

What is the price of entertainment at all costs? And how much is a performer willing to give in exchange for the love of the audience? With lightness, irony and a lot of imagination this work aims to explore what lies behind the glossy image of those who dance: hard work, power dynamics and limits imposed by advancing age and a weakening body. Andrea Costanzo Martini's artistic research explores the extreme physicality and theatricality of the performative act, analyzing the balance of power between dancers and spectators during a show, playing with the expectations linked to dance. Divided into three parts, the creation is inspired by the world of competition horses, observed in various moments of their lives. The horse as a loved and admired animal, but also caged and mistreated. Symbol of freedom, beauty and strength. Like a ballerina.