The winners of the Prospettiva Danza Teatro International Award 2024 are Catarina Casqueiro and Tiago Coelho
The winner of the Prospettiva Danza Teatro 2024 – 15th edition Prize is the choreographic project MATOMARI NO NAI by Catarina Casqueiro and Tiago Coelho. Heartfelt congratulations to all participants and in particular to the other three finalists selected by the commission!
In the Sala Ridotto of the Giuseppe Verdi Theatre in Padua on Sunday 12 May the winner of the PREMIO INTERNAZIONALE PROSPETTIVA DANZA TEATRO 2024 was proclaimed, promoted by the Culture Department of the Municipality of Padua with the contribution of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo in collaboration with the Circuito Multidisciplinare Regionale Arteven and the artistic direction of Laura Pulin and Eleonora de Logu. These are the four finalist choreographers who presented their works in the presence of the jury and the audience: Manuela Vittoria Colacicco (ITALY) with the choreographic project Kontakte, Alessandra Ruggeri/Misanga (ITALY) with the choreographic project HÀ-BI-TUS, Catarina Casqueiro and Tiago Coelho (PORTUGAL) with the choreographic project Matomari No Nai, Beatriz Mira and Tiago Barreiros (PORTUGAL) with the choreographic project Cafè.
The prize consists of a contribution to the production amounting to 5,000 euros, a one-week creation residency within the spaces of the Prospettiva Danza Teatro Festival and the presentation of the finished work in the 2025 edition programme – the prize is financed by the Fondazione Cariparo.
JURY EVALUATIONS
The commission also awarded an artistic residency to HÀ-BI-TUS by Alessandra Ruggeri/Misanga, for the duration of one week at Scenario Pubblico – Centro di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale in Catania, and gave a special mention to Beatriz Mira and Tiago Barreiros with the project Cafè. The Audience Prize was awarded to HÀ-BI-TUS by Alessandra Ruggeri/Misanga.
– Kontakte by Manuela Vittoria Colacicco: the commission appreciated the intention to seek new spaces of challenge between human and scenic bodies, in dialogue with a refined electronic musical score.
– HÀ-BI-TUS by Alessandra Ruggeri/Misanga: of the work, whose central element on stage draws on memories and references from the artists’ personal experience, activating multiple imaginaries, the commission appreciated the originality of the movement vocabulary and the power of the interpretation.
– Matomari No Nai by Catarina Casqueiro and Tiago Coelho: the commission appreciated the way in which the creation emphasises the search for a choreographic and compositional identity that transcends the virtuosic skills of the two authors, highlighting in particular the development and research perspective aimed at exploring multiple roles beyond the boundaries of genre.
– Café by Beatriz Mira and Tiago Barreiros: the commission recognised the value of turning new eyes to the bodies on stage and the way in which the two extraordinary performers, through their sensitivity, explore surprising dynamics in relation to an evocative musical score.
The commission was composed of Emanuele Masi (Italy), Artistic Director of the Bolzano Danza Festival and of the Equilibrio Festival; Roberto Casarotto (Italy), Co-Director of Aerowaves Europe; Didier Deschamps (France), Artistic Director of the Festival de danse de Cannes; Michele Di Stefano (Italy), Artistic Director of Buffalo – Teatro di Roma; Alessandro Bevilacqua (Italy) – Artistic Director of Festival Danza in Rete – Vicenza/Schio; Laura Pulin (Italy) – Artistic Director of Festival Prospettiva Danza Teatro; Eleonora de Logu (Italy) – Artistic Director of Festival Prospettiva Danza Teatro and performer; Benedetta Bruzzese (Italy) – Programming and coordination of Arteven Circuito Multidisciplinare Regionale special projects.