Agora Coaching Project – foto Nicola Stasi
On December 6, the young talents of Agora Coaching Project perform for Danza in Fonderia in Reggio Emilia.
Double performance on Saturday, December 6:
6:00 PM
8:30 PM
The protagonists of the evening are the dancers of Agora Coaching Project, an advanced training program promoted and supported by the MM Contemporary Dance Company and A.S.D. Progetto Danza of Reggio Emilia, under the artistic direction of Michele Merola and Enrico Morelli.
Founded in 2010, the program is gaining wide recognition within the European dance community and boasts collaborations with internationally renowned teachers and choreographers.
MOVETOPIA
Coreography by Massimo Gerardi
Choreography: Massimo Gerardi
Music: Jan Satler, Franz Liszt (performed by Mikhail Pletnev)
Performers: Agora Coaching Project
Duration: 20 minutes
Like many utopias set on islands or within isolated communities, MOVETOPIA expresses the desire to distance oneself from the complex and often problematic reality of the world. This can be interpreted as a metaphor for the attempt to create ideal conditions in which people can live in harmony, free from the interference and conflicts that arise in larger societies.
MOVETOPIA represents a journey toward a new society and a distant place. The different “stations” are characterized by specific moods, conveyed both through the modus operandi of the dance and through the musical context. These two elements influence one another and strive to reach a state of harmony.
Within this dynamic interaction between dance and music, a creative narrative unfolds, guiding the audience through a path of emotional discovery.
DI TANTI ROMEI, DI TANTE GIULIETTE
Coreography by Michele Merola
Choreography: Michele Merola
Music: Apparat, S. Prokofiev
Live music and vocals: Natalia Abbascià
Lighting: Gessica Germini
Performers: Agora Coaching Project
Duration: 40 minutes
Di tanti Romei e di tante Giuliette celebrates youth and its ability to be absolute in everything — in love and friendship — pure and untamable, with passions lived without defenses, powerful dreams that are total and temporarily eternal. The young dancers involved in the performance embody and reveal this passion and, through an intertwining of paths, stories, and bodies, they tell us about themselves but also about us as spectators.
Our task is to guide these young people through a tragic, powerful, endless story that still today speaks of passion and freedom. A story told for centuries in theatre and cinema, rewritten, interpreted, and adapted countless times — yet, in every version, it never loses its timeless beauty.
Speaking of love in the era of virtual communication, of fast consumption of everything — in an age where a simple text message could start or end a relationship — means restoring dignity and strength to Love. Today, much is said about violence, hatred, betrayal, and love that turns violent and often kills, but far less is said about the poetry of love, its delicacy made of gestures, tenderness, glances, and words.
Equally relevant today is the generational clash: the world of young people, made not only of love but also of hatred, violence, friendship, joy, and celebration, and the adult world, driven by greed and prejudice — a world the young inherit, continuing it like Tybalt, or breaking it like Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s young characters are youths who suffer: Juliet suffers from not being heard by parents unable to show her love; Benvolio suffers in his loneliness, taking refuge in friendship; and a multitude of young people wander the city, fighting against a world that has no space for them. Written centuries ago, these young people do not seem far from those of today.
The choreography created by Michele Merola for the young dancers of the training project thus gives shape to a powerful message: love, take part, lose yourselves, fight, and defend your beauty.
