kawabate/edoardo sansonne

001 → fàtico

contemporary dance composer/music production/performer

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FÀTICO is a choreographic and musical project where singing and dancing mark the time of three orations.
On stage, there are two performers equipped with a microphone in contact with their skin, an extension of the body, serving as a trigger point for an almost physical connection with the audience, thanks to the tool provided by the vocal act.

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Here, singing is not an act of spontaneity but the result of a modification, integration, and enhancement of the encyclopedia of this corporeality. In the words that mark the times of the choreography, references to nature and the senses give way to memories in their mental space before dissolving into the words of the ritual. Proceeding through connections and collisions between the sonic and choreographic materials, a secular discourse on sacredness is composed, asking the audience to let themselves be directed: the phatic listens!

PRESS

"An act akin to meditating out loud, finding words from pursued, beloved authors (...) Fàtico seeks to uncover the archaic and its various mysterious levels, recreating that sense of belonging to a community. Intense and inexplicable, Fàtico sees Russolillo herself on stage weaving the score, supported by a figure who, off to the side, amplifies her postures like an echo in transparency..."
Paolo Ruffini - Liminateatri

"It is difficult to describe the experience of watching Irene Russolillo's Fàtico. This work defies categorization and offers powerful impressions... Could it be the call of a griot of the third millennium to their people, urging them to listen so that they can preserve and pass on the very essence of the community? (...) We gently lose ourselves in this exquisite experimental creation. Enchanted by the mysterious and otherworldly Fàtico, we truly wish that the captivating song of the siren Russolillo never ends."
Carmelo A. Zapparrata - Hystrio

"Fàtico is a pure, pulsating, and enchanted meditative act stretched out over time and space. Russolillo's performance explores choreographic and vocal material with rigor and mystical beauty. We receive an enveloping emotional wave, an 'other' dimension of listening, which opens the mental space and reaches the heart..."
Giuseppe Distefano - Danza & Danza Magazin

"In Russolillo's Fàtico, her vocal research is the central aspect of her choreographic and spiritual universe, where the connection between voice and body, during an intense construction of presence, nourishes every moment of her performance with rare authenticity."
Ariadne Mikou - Springback Magazine

CREDITS

Project, Choreography, Vocal Writing, Performance: Irene Russolillo

Sound Creation, Vocal Writing, Performance: Edoardo Sansonne/Kawabate

Lighting Design: Valeria Foti

Costume Creation: Marta Genovese

Collaboration on Vocal Dramaturgy and Vocal Coaching: Patrizia Rotonda

Texts: Ladan Osman, Adam Zagajewski, Annamaria Ortese, David Thoreau, Irene Russolillo

PRODUCTION

Production: ORBITA | Spellbound – National Dance Production Center of Rome

With the support from Cango – Center of Relevant Interest for Dance Virgilio Sieni and National Choreographic Center/Aterballetto

With the support of TRAC – Theatres of Contemporary Artistic Residencies in Puglia

And the valuable collaboration of SPINTIME Labs

TOUR
12.09.2024 - Lucca (IT)
25.06.2024 - Danzare il Tramonto, Bologna (IT)
10.05.2024 - Azioni in Danza, Barletta (IT)
18.02.2024 - Equilibrio, Roma (IT)
04.02.2024 - Aterballetto, Reggio Emilia (IT)
20.01.2024 - Cango, Firenze (IT)