Simona Bertozzi
"A magical evocation of a dialogue between muscles and notes in search of a balance beyond the boundaries of events."
"A magical evocation of a dialogue between muscles and notes in search of a balance beyond the boundaries of events."
"Bertozzi's choreography immortalizes a pantheon of possible acts of trust, almost as if to free each character's disposition from the choreographic grid."
"Bertozzi's choreography immortalizes a pantheon of possible acts of trust, almost as if to free each character's disposition from the choreographic grid."
"It is a splendid work by two dissimilar bodies that do nothing to assimilate each other..."
"It is a splendid work by two dissimilar bodies that do nothing to assimilate each other..."
"Simona Bertozzi creates with Marta Ciappina a light dance, euphonically edgy, harmonically asymmetrical."
"Simona Bertozzi creates with Marta Ciappina a light dance, euphonically edgy, harmonically asymmetrical."
"[...] becoming a “whirlwind and vault,” imaginatively evoking the animal world without ever lingering in pose."
"[...] becoming a “whirlwind and vault,” imaginatively evoking the animal world without ever lingering in pose."
"An interesting map of female communities across the country could emerge..."
"An interesting map of female communities across the country could emerge..."
"The stage is filled with women of different ages who mingle with four dancers..."
"The stage is filled with women of different ages who mingle with four dancers..."
"Almost without realizing it, the audience gradually ceases to be an audience and becomes a sentient community..."
"Almost without realizing it, the audience gradually ceases to be an audience and becomes a sentient community..."
"A precise, timely, crystal-clear choreographic dramaturgy, strongly political..."
"A precise, timely, crystal-clear choreographic dramaturgy, strongly political..."
"Attending this show is a gift for the senses, the body, and the voice."
"Attending this show is a gift for the senses, the body, and the voice."
"Within the choreographic framework of Le Palestriti anatomies burst open, turning the performative space into a porous and hybrid territory"
"Within the choreographic framework of Le Palestriti anatomies burst open, turning the performative space into a porous and hybrid territory"
“Simona Bertozzi’s new work, Onde already seems to be among the unmissable pieces of this summer."
“Simona Bertozzi’s new work, Onde already seems to be among the unmissable pieces of this summer."
“An essay […] on how expressive research in contemporary dance can rest on dramaturgical foundations that are barely perceptible, yet capable of provoking deep questions.”
“An essay […] on how expressive research in contemporary dance can rest on dramaturgical foundations that are barely perceptible, yet capable of provoking deep questions.”
“Dance becomes an exploration of body and space, an intimate dialogue that takes shape through touch..."
“Dance becomes an exploration of body and space, an intimate dialogue that takes shape through touch..."
“An essay […] on how expressive research in contemporary dance can rest on dramaturgical foundations that are barely perceptible, yet capable of provoking deep questions.”
“An essay […] on how expressive research in contemporary dance can rest on dramaturgical foundations that are barely perceptible, yet capable of provoking deep questions.”
“How much inventiveness, vitality, and sensitivity in this choreographic work by Simona Bertozzi — in the silences, in the physical surges, and in the whispers. We are empathically with these young women, until the very end.”
“How much inventiveness, vitality, and sensitivity in this choreographic work by Simona Bertozzi — in the silences, in the physical surges, and in the whispers. We are empathically with these young women, until the very end.”
“[…] but instead they share it, for instance in the celebration of a victory, thus constituting themselves as a group, as a community that traverses the universe and becomes a model for others as well.”
“[…] but instead they share it, for instance in the celebration of a victory, thus constituting themselves as a group, as a community that traverses the universe and becomes a model for others as well.”
“A study […] of how expressive research in contemporary dance can rest on barely perceptible dramaturgical foundations and yet unleash profound questions.”
“A study […] of how expressive research in contemporary dance can rest on barely perceptible dramaturgical foundations and yet unleash profound questions.”
"Onde takes shape through a performative, choreographic, and musical practice that opens up to the present of bodies reaching out and floating"
"Onde takes shape through a performative, choreographic, and musical practice that opens up to the present of bodies reaching out and floating"
