June 14 /Friday/, 7 pm
Plovdiv Drama Theatre - Chamber Hall
Official Closing
Double Bill: I have seen that face before / Crisalide
I Vespri - Italy
This guest performance is supported by the Italian Cultural Institute in Bulgaria
I have seen that face before
Choreography / Concept: Giovanni Insaudo
Dancers: Sandra Salietti Aguilera, Hèlias Tur-Dorvault
Camera / Video / Editing: Alfonso Fernandez Sanchez
Costumes and light design: Giovanni Insaudo
Drammaturgy: Giovanni Insaudo & Giulia Menti
Production Manager: Giulia Menti
With the support of: Tanz Labor / Roxy Theater ULM, Twain_Direzioni Altre
I have seen that face before is a deep dive into the performer's inner
world, exploring the delicate moment between the end of a performance, the return of the
dancers and the meeting with the audience. It asks the question: is it really a conclusion, or are
the bows themselves a performance in themselves, an integral part of the performance? Does the
performer have the possibility to detach himself from the performance, or is being observed as an
extension of it?
Crisalide
Choreography, concept, costumes: Giovanni Insaudo
Dancer: Sandra Salietti
Video: Gianfranco Bastianelli
Retreating inside its shell, on itself, isolated from its environment for an indefinite time; reliving
nothing every day. Is something secretly happening? Is an invisible development taking place?
Is something small emerging, whose body only takes wings after countless metamorphoses?
CRISALIDE examines the pupa before it becomes a butterfly and the many parallels with the conceptual
phase of any creative process, as does the uncomfortable but potentially fertile state of a
quarantine: much happens, but you see absolutely nothing!
How can such an invisible metamorphosis, which a butterfly pupa undergoes, be represented on
the body of a dancer?
Giovanni Insaudo is an Italian choreographer who founded an auteur collective in 2020 to explore and develop his own artistic language in the search for his unique stylistic and distinctive identity in movement. Giovanni started choreographing while dancing with various companies, including Dantzaz Konpainia, Balletto dell'Esperia, Gärtnerplatz Theater and Luzerner Theater. He has performed his creations at numerous international choreographic festivals and competitions in countries such as Spain, Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Greece, Denmark, Israel and others. Over the years, Giovanni has not only created works for his collective, but has also contributed to productions for renowned companies and theatres, including Aterballetto, Konzert und Theater
St.Gallen, Theater Trier, Tanz Luzerner Theater, Gärtnerplatz Theater, Theater Nordhausen, Balletto
dell'Esperia, Dantzaz Konpainia, Nuova Balletto di Toscana, Eko Dance Project, Hung Dance
Taiwan Company and others.