May 29 /Thursday/, 7 pm
Plovdiv Drama Theatre - Chamber Hall
Apres tout
Gipsy Raw - France
Manon Mafrici & Pasquale Fortunato
Manon and Pasquale question the notion of time. Тhey spend hours learning, trying, correcting themselves, trying again... A time that they do not count, reflecting today the value of their dance. Unlike time, which has no limit, the dancer has one. This is why today "the time of a dream", they wish to offer a breath of fresh air to their audience. Apres Tout is the perfect marriage between Paco's breakdancing and Manon's hybrid style. A show rich in emotion and technicality!
Gipsy Raw is a professional Franco-Italian dance company based in the North of France in Valenciennes. Manon Mafrici and Pasquale Fortunato, choreographers of the company, want to encourage their artists, coming from varied backgrounds, to combine their differences to create a unique dance full of emotions!
Manon Mafrici is a ultidisciplinary dancer, she started dancing with classical and jazz. Manon wants to break away from academic codes and meets hip hop dance. She worked with the international company ARTMOVE CONCEPT, directed by Soria Rem & Mehdi Ouatcheck. We can find her in pieces like "Fli" (2019 - 2020) or even "Anopas" (2021 - 2022). Shortly after, she joined Hervé Koubi's international company for the play "Odyssey" (2020 - 2021). She also discovers the world with her group Visual Maker, an alliance between artists creating a choreographic universe through visuals. This led to the creation of ORIGAMI and a tour in 2020 in Japan.
Pasquale Fortunato (Paco Power) was born into a family of dancers. He grew up and evolved in the family dance school: Scarpette Rosa. He became one of the most influential bboys in Italy. Pasquale has been a professional dancer since the age of 18 for numerous international companies. In the musical "Notre Dame de Paris", he has been the main bboy since 2012. He has been working with the Hervé Koubi for 3 years in performances such as "Les nuits Barbares", "Ce que le jour" and "Odyssey". For the past year, he has been dancing with Kader Attou's Accrorap company for the shows "Allegria" & "The Roots".
Apres tout was presented at:
DIALOGUES COMPETITIONS at the theater of "CHAMPS ELYSÉES" 2022
GALA memorial of Carla Fracci in Cervia, Italy, 2022
FESTIVAL KARAVEL (FRANCE), 2022
FESTIVAL "KALYPSO" (FRANCE), 2022
33eme REUTEULEU FESTIVAL (LYON), 2023
FESTIVAL "CORPS & GRAPHIES", BONDUES, 2023
INTERNATIONAL DANCE COUNCIL, GREECE ATHENS, 4 to 9th July 2023 and 2024
FESTIVAL J2K, (Bretagne Laval), 2023
LES HIVERNALES DE LA DANSE (BRUXELLES), 2024
LUGAR FUTURO, (PORTUGAL), 2024
CASA FOOLS, (TORINO, ITALIA), 2024
FESTIVAL CIC BUNY & NUOVA YORK, (BURGOS, SPAIN), 2024