MANBUHSONA
2020
Company
IVONA
Choreography
Pablo Girolami
Dancers
Clementine Herveux, Lou Thabart, Samuele Arisci, Guilherme Leal, Pablo Girolami
Music
Urubu feat J. Abramovay, Geju, A Macaca & Peter Power, Holed Coin, Alim Qasimov, Fargana Qasimova, Troja, Nico Sun & Slow Nomaden, Acid Arab feat Radia Menel
Costume
Emuska
Lighting design
Angelo Tauro
Duration
60 minutes (25min site specific version)
Premiere
25th October 2020 – Festival Visavi, Gorizia
Co-production
– House of IVONA;
– Festival Oriente Occidente – CID Rovereto;
– Production center Twain – Tuscania;
– DANCEHAUSpiù, Milano;
– Amis du MDC – Melinda Stampfli Neuchâtel (CH)
With the support of
– Ville de Neuchâtel (CH);
– MIC (Ministero Italiano della Cultura)
‘’Manbuhsona’’ is an evolution. A couple to a community, a day long trip to a life journey.
It’s a one way ticket to our origins. We will need to find our instinct back, research into our past in order for our foundations to be solid and stable.
A journey in time and space that will connect our roots to our future. Personal challenges will be overcome and relationships will be created aiming to build a symbiotic community. We will immerse ourselves in nature and be inspired by the beauty of our surroundings.
The performance starts with a sense of disconnection. Each dancer connects with their personal life and their individual somatic response to the fear of the unknown. In this way, the personality and singularity of each dancer is exposed. From this situation, the dancers are brought to progressively increase their awareness and proximity between each other. Then, the journey begins.
Even though one cannot yet understand the purpose of this trip, one becomes aware of the united path. The dancers begin to slowly fuse their physical qualities with the music’s rhythms to orientate the group toward homogeneity. There is less space for egoism and personality and more space for generosity. One begins to feel a sense of stimulation and pleasure that is communicated and passed between the members of the community.
A celebration takes place to mark the journey we accomplished. A ritual where total freedom and excitement occurs.
Note:
The work can be adapted at various indoor, outdoor and site specific venues.
The cast of the piece is not bound to gender.