DANCE FOR AN IDEAL CITY: THE DOCUFILM THAT TELLS THE MICRODANZE

First Screening: Cinedanza Festival / Drama Teatro, Modena – 6:00 PM

Dance for An Ideal City is the docufilm that stems from the MicroDances project, aiming to explore the possibility of narrating the contemporary city through dance. Conceived by Gigi Cristoforetti and brought to life by director Daniele Costa and art critic Nicolas Ballario, it will be screened for the first time on Sunday, October 29th at 6:00 PM, at Drama Teatro in Modena, as part of the international festival Cinedanza.

Cinedanza, now in its fifth edition in 2023, stands as the first international competition and festival in Emilia Romagna entirely dedicated to videodance. The festival takes place in Modena, spanning between the FMAV School of Advanced Training and Drama Teatro, featuring a program that alternates screenings, meetings, and dialogues.

In recent years, the MicroDances have traversed Europe, connecting the city of Reggio Emilia to European capitals. Born with the idea of exploring urban spaces through contemporary dance, these choreographies, with a maximum duration of ten minutes, are performed in urban spaces and institutional locations, seeking close contact with the audience.

From the museums of Athens to the city parks of Brussels, from Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome to the outskirts of Reggio Emilia, Dance for An Ideal City is a video narrative that traces the stages of this journey that began in 2021 with An Ideal City, the urban art project co-financed by the Creative Europe program of the European Union, in partnership with Les Halles de Schaerbeek in Brussels and the Greek National Opera Ballet in Athens.

Premiering the docufilm showcases different ways of experiencing dance within public spaces and through different languages, through interviews with artists and curators including choreographer Angelin Preljocaj, art historian Angela Vettese, visual artist Gianmaria Tosatti, art curators Nadja Argyropolou and Costanza Meli, and FND/Aterballetto director Gigi Cristoforetti.

It’s a work that explores the possibility of reinterpreting urban spaces through these small danced fragments, interpreted by both Aterballetto and Greek National Opera Ballet dancers as well as amateur dancers, revealing a landscape of infinite variables and the design of movement that takes place in a conceptual environment and can therefore be used in a non-traditional way.

From an idea by Gigi Cristoforetti
Author Nicolas Ballario
Directed by Daniele Costa

A production of National Dance Foundation / Aterballetto

Featuring (in order of appearance)

Gigi Cristoforetti – Director of the National Dance Foundation / Aterballetto
Costanza Meli – Art historian, curator, and researcher
Angela Vettese – Art historian and critic, IUAV-Venice professor
Gian Maria Tosatti – Visual artist
Angelin Preljocaj – Choreographer
Nadja Argyropolou – Independent curator

Choreographies

– NEAR LIFE EXPERIENCE by ANGELIN PRELJOCAJ
– SHELTER by SAUL DANIELE ARDILLO
– KEPLER by DIEGO TORTELLI
– EPPUR SI MUOVE by FRANCESCA LATTUADA
– PENSIERI DI CARTA by HÉLIAS TUR-DORVAULT
– PLATFORM02 by INA LESNAKOWSKI
– INSIDE by NORGE CEDEÑO RAFFO
– THE WOUND / ARCHIVE OF WESTERN IMAGES by PIETRO MARULLO
– TURN THE TIDE by ROBERTO TEDESCO
– AFTERIMAGE by PHILIPPE KRATZ
– STRÔMA by GIOVANNI INSAUDO
– FORGET ME NOT by KONSTANTINOS RIGOS
– FANTASMAGORIA by MARKELLA MANOLIADI
– KNIGHT RIDER by YANNIS NIKOLAIDIS
– bodies. ever. Stitches by CECILIA BENGOLEA
– HARPY by MICHALIS THEOPHANOUS
– BUTTERFLY by YORGOS PAPADOPOULOS
– BLUE TITS by LENIO KAKLEA
– ACTIVE MOTIVATION by ELENA KEKKOU

Camera Work

Camera 1: Daniele Costa
Camera 2: Valeria Civardi
Camera 3: Nikos Papangelis
Sound design and mixing: Mauro Martinuz and Alberto Paolini
Studio: Bottega Sonora (Bassano del Grappa)
Mastering: Federico Pelle
Studio: Basement Group (Vicenza)
Editing and post-production: Daniele Costa
Producer: Lisa Rebellato

Curatorial Project: Fabio Ferretti
Organization and Communication: Elettra Cicirello (organization), Raffaele Filace (Communication), Stefania Catellani (Press Office)

A project by National Dance Foundation / Aterballetto – Reggio Emilia in partnership with Les Halles de Schaerbeek – Brussels and Greek National Opera – Athens, co-financed by the CREATIVE EUROPE program of the European Union.

MICRODANCES is a production of National Dance Foundation / Aterballetto in coproduction with PALAZZO MAGNANI FOUNDATION – REGGIO EMILIA

Scientific Committee of An Ideal City: NADJA ARGYROPOULOU, PAULINE DE LA BOULAYE, COSTANZA MELI

Directors: GIGI CRISTOFORETTI (National Dance Foundation / Aterballetto), CHRISTOPHE GALENT (Les Halles de Schaerbeek), KONSTANTINOS RIGOS (Greek National Opera Ballet)

Acknowledgments

For the recordings in Athens, thanks to Acropolis Museum, National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST), Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Greek National Opera
For the recordings in Brussels, thanks to Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Bruxelles environnement, Molenbeek 1080, Tour & Taxis, Parckfarm
For the recordings in Reggio Emilia, thanks to the Municipality of Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia Città senza Barriere

Published On: 27 October 2023

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