Compagnia Abbondanza/Bertoni | C’È VITA SU VENERE

by Michele Abbondanza and Antonella Bertoni
with Antonella Bertoni
sound elaborations by Orlando Cainelli

Michele Abbondanza describes the performance as follows: ‘Near
of its own death the Phoenix builds the nest: there it burns
completely and from its ashes generates the new egg. The ensuing festive enthusiasm declines into a consumerist
pink explosion, which flows into an exhaustion and emptying
of the character, exhausted and surrounded by the remains of his actions.
Only the performer remains, abandoned under the costume: it is
the time of unveiling, of revealing the possible fragility of those who
hiding behind a mask, behind a veil and even behind her own face.
her own face. To see who is looking at her and judge who is judging her’. What will be the ultimate metamorphosis of this creature?

Followed by a dialogue with Cristina Grazioli, University
of Padua
Starting from the suggestions evoked by C’è vita su Venere Cristina
Grazioli, in dialogue with Antonella Bertoni, will propose some reflections on motifs such as metamorphosis, mixing of species, identity rebirth, in their relationship with the body and the stage.