EartHeart
il cuore della terra
(performative installation)
Premiere 2022 | Mirabilia Festival
The performative installation of the EartHeart project is the synthesis of a 6-month research in which the dancers of EgriBiancoDanza, individually, immersed themselves in different ecosystems experimenting on their body the power and fragility of nature. Raphael Bianco's choreographies are conceived, in their relationship with sound and music, together with the composer Gianluca Verlingieri. He electronically elaborated the sound ecosystems explored and recorded in the field by his students of the METS – Cuneo Music Conservatoire, recomposing them in two ways: the first more evocative and interior, where the starting soundscapes are distant, faded into a staff inspired by the effects opticians of the mirage and of the Fata Morgana; the second more concrete, exciting timbral and rhythmic components more identifying of the ecosystems themselves and their relationship with the human being. And the audience, according to the authors idea, will have to spread the music in the hall, literally wearing it thanks to mini speakers, and moving in the installation space, creating multiple and unpredictable combinations of sound materials that will affect the dance action in real time. The choreography conceived by Raphael Bianco is based on the trnsmission of the experiences from the collegues that where in the landscape end the one that stay in the studio, by creating unique experiences becoming collective truth. In this installation, the sound of various environments is therefore at the center of an event in which the audience is an active part of the performance and is a crucial element for the modulation and remodeling of space, sound and choreographic action.
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Concept and choreography: Raphael Bianco
Assistant to the choreography: Elena Rolla
Artistic Advisor: Chiara Castellazzi, Miikka Ryytty, Dan Tchekpo Angbetou
Music: Gianluca Verlingieri
Take of sounds in the landscape: Marco Barberis, Simone Giordano, Letizia Ambrosetti (METS students - Department of Electronic Music of Cuneo)
Setting concept: Raphael Bianco, Mario Bianco, Anna Borgna
Maitre de ballet: Vincenzo Galano
Dancers: EgriBiancoDanza Company
supporters and partners
The EartHeart project received the contribution of the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation as part of the “ART ~ WAVES. For creativity, from idea to scene "which looks at the consolidation of the creative identity of the territories through support for programming in the field of performing arts and contemporary creative production, combining research, production, supply and distribution in an ecosystem logic for strengthen the artistic vocations of the area.
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and the contribution: MIC - Ministero della Cultura, Regione Piemonte, TAP - Torino Arti Performative, Fondazione CRT, Fondazione CRB, Fondazione CRC.
project partner: Mirabilia Festival, CROSS Festival