concept, choreography and direction Marta Bichisao e Vincenzo Schino| performers Samuel Nicola Fuscà, C.L. Grugher, Luca Piomponi, Simone Scibilia | sound Dario Salvagnini | administration Marco Betti | production OPERA BIANCO | coproduction Fondazione Royaumont (Parigi) and PINDOC | support and artistic residencies: Teatro Cantiere Florida (FI), c.u.r.a. Centro umbro di residenze artistiche/indisciplinarte, URA Residenze Teatrali Umbre (PG), Masque Teatro (FC) residenze artistiche 2019, Teatro La Cartiera/ KOMM TANZ 2019 (TN), Vorrei fare con te quello che la primavera fa con i ciliegi 2020 – residency and hosting project for choreographic creations by L’Arboreto – Teatro Dimora | La Corte Ospitale – Centro di Residenza Emilia-Romagna | Teatro Petrella di Longiano (FC), progetto CURA: Teatro Akropolis (GE) and Residenza IDRA (BS) | project promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – Directorate General for Country Promotion, in collaboration with the Directorate General for Performing Arts of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, as part of the “Vivere all’italiana sul palcoscenico” project.
JUMP! faces the problem of human rhythm in dialogue with the rhythm of the world. Dance is the answer to a question which is implicit in the environment that surrounds us: how to keep walking even as everything is collapsing?
Fall, jump, suspension.
We use the clown as a metaphor for the human condition. Buster Keaton continuously modifies his body and the physical laws governing it in function of a persistent march. He exploits disasters to nourish the rhythm of his gags. Pure dance in harmony with the movement of the world. In this sense, his figure is totally contemporary. We chose to work starting from an empty space, from a pair of performers working on physical comedy, slapstick, and gags. Upon this rhythmic fabric, two dancers seek the geometric essence of a graceless movement, free from form. The difference in languages within the same space creates a rhythmic dialogue, like musicians with different instruments playing the same symphony. A continuous counterpoint between concrete actions and abstract movements. The fall, if viewed upside down, becomes a jump, an attempt to fly.
