SWAN – VR moving bodies
(2021)
SWAN – VR moving bodies is a path dedicated to 5 spectators at a time, accompanied on a journey that leads to the experiential discovery of a virtual space between irony, fragility and grace. A poetic act of irreverent and liberating transformation.
The project is inspired by THE DYING SWAN, famous choreography by Michael Fokine and interpreted by Anna Pavlova in 1905-07, to music by Saint-Saëns. In her interpretation Anna Pavlova inserts movements into the choreography that are an expression of her feelings, making a revolutionary act for the dance of the time.
how can we continue to live the revolutionary act that was the Swan of the Pavlova? How does your body experience an intimate action immersed in Virtual Reality? How do you choose to carry out an action? a movement? How can we turn into a swan? what is a revolutionary movement?
SWAN – VR moving bodies is an intimate and light experience that uses virtual reality as a tool and not as an end.
SWAN – VR moving bodies (2021)
It was born from the meeting of the poetic researches that characterize the two choreographers:
Silvia Gribaudi performer and dancemaker who since 2008 has been working on dance, comedy and relationship with the public.
Margherita Landi has been a choreographer, dancer and anthropologist since 2014, dealing with research on the body and new technologies.
A project by Silvia Gribaudi and Margherita Landi
VR direction: Margherita Landi
performer: Silvia Gribaudi
Produzione GOLD, Bolzano Danza / Fondazione Haydn e Zebra Associazione Culturale. L’’esperienza è stata creata grazie a “SWANS NEVER DIE “ progetto Biennale ideato da Lavanderia a Vapore/Piemonte dal Vivo, Operaestate Festival Veneto e Centro per la Scena Contemporana CSC,Bassano del Grappa, Triennale Milano, Teatro Brescia, Torinodanza Festival Bolzano danza; “Memory in Motion. Re- Membering Dance History (Mnemedance)” – Università Ca’Foscari Venezia; Ecole Universitaire de Recherche CREATES e Centre Transdisciplinaired’Epistémologie de la Littérature et des Arts Vivants, Université Côte d’Azur.
photo credit: Andrea Macchia
SWAN – VR moving bodies
(2021)
SWAN – VR moving bodies is a path dedicated to 5 spectators at a time, accompanied on a journey that leads to the experiential discovery of a virtual space between irony, fragility and grace. A poetic act of irreverent and liberating transformation.
The project is inspired by THE DYING SWAN, famous choreography by Michael Fokine and interpreted by Anna Pavlova in 1905-07, to music by Saint-Saëns. In her interpretation Anna Pavlova inserts movements into the choreography that are an expression of her feelings, making a revolutionary act for the dance of the time.
how can we continue to live the revolutionary act that was the Swan of the Pavlova? How does your body experience an intimate action immersed in Virtual Reality? How do you choose to carry out an action? a movement? How can we turn into a swan? what is a revolutionary movement?
SWAN – VR moving bodies is an intimate and light experience that uses virtual reality as a tool and not as an end.
SWAN – VR moving bodies (2021)
It was born from the meeting of the poetic researches that characterize the two choreographers:
Silvia Gribaudi performer and dancemaker who since 2008 has been working on dance, comedy and relationship with the public.
Margherita Landi has been a choreographer, dancer and anthropologist since 2014, dealing with research on the body and new technologies.
A project by Silvia Gribaudi and Margherita Landi
VR direction: Margherita Landi
performer: Silvia Gribaudi
Produzione GOLD, Bolzano Danza / Fondazione Haydn e Zebra Associazione Culturale. L’’esperienza è stata creata grazie a “SWANS NEVER DIE “ progetto Biennale ideato da Lavanderia a Vapore/Piemonte dal Vivo, Operaestate Festival Veneto e Centro per la Scena Contemporana CSC,Bassano del Grappa, Triennale Milano, Teatro Brescia, Torinodanza Festival Bolzano danza; “Memory in Motion. Re- Membering Dance History (Mnemedance)” – Università Ca’Foscari Venezia; Ecole Universitaire de Recherche CREATES e Centre Transdisciplinaired’Epistémologie de la Littérature et des Arts Vivants, Université Côte d’Azur.
photo credit: Andrea Macchia
