CHIARA BERSANI

Chiara Bersani invites the audience and performers to embark on a journey into the lushness of an imaginary forest. In this mysterious setting, sounds and gestures gradually evolve into a language of their own. The work is developed through workshops with people with physical disabilities; in collaboration with these participants, Bersani explores how bodies with disabilities can coexist with nature. In doing so, she continues her profound artistic inquiry into the politics of the body and examines how self-constructed images interact with social narratives—how bodies dance.

Italian performing artist and choreographer Chiara Bersani explores the politics of the body and the way the images we create interact with societal narratives. Her research is grounded in the concept of the “Political Body” and the development of practices aimed at training presence and action. As an activist, she works to foster accessibility for artists with disabilities within the performing arts scene. In 2020, she co-founded Al.Di.Qua.Artists, a professional association for artists with disabilities.

Creation, action, text Chiara Bersani / Action Elena Sgarbossa / Sound dramaturgy Lemmo / Lighting and set designer, technical director Valeria Foti / Costume designer Ettore Lombardi / Dramaturgy Chiara Bersani, Giulia Traversi / Artistic advice Marco D’Agostin / Assistant and touring Simone Chiacchiararelli / Care and production for workshop Chiara Boitani / Promotion, curatorship, booking Giulia Traversi / Communication and press kit Dalila D’Amico / Video and photos Alice Brazzit / Logistic and organization, producer Eleonora Cavallo / Administration Chiara Fava 
Production corpoceleste c.c.0.0# / Coproduction Stronger Peripheries: A Southern Coalition. Tandem “Connecting Dots” L’Arboreto Teatro Dimora – Mondaino (ITA), Sardegna Teatro (Cagliari, ITA), Bunker (Ljubliana, Slovenia) supported by Creative Europe, Theaterfestival Boulevard (s-Hertogenbosch, NL), Carreau du Temple Etablissement culturel et sportif de la Ville de Paris (Paris, FR), Tanzhaus nrw (Düsseldorf, DE), Tanzt Im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer(Berlin, BE), Rosendal Teater (Trondehim, NO), DansIT (Trondheim, NO), Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix – Hauts–de-France (Roubaix, FR), Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER vzw / Arts Centre VIERNULVIER (Gent, BE), Snaporazverein (Samaden, CH), SPIELART Theaterfestival (Munich, DE), Fuorimargine Centro di produzione della Danza (Cagliari, ITA). Apap – FEMINIST FUTURES, a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union / With the support MiC – DIREZIONE GENERALE SPETTACOLO (ITA), Centrale Fies (Dro, ITA), Homo Novus Festival International Festival of Contemporary Theatre (Riga, LV), Santarcangelo Festival project included in the European project BE PART co-financed by the Creative Europe program of the European Union (Santarcangelo di Romagna, ITA), Skånes Dansteater (Malmö, SE), IntercettAzioni – Centro di Residenza Artistica della Lombardia (Milan, ITA). Project winner of Toscana Terra Accogliente, a project by R.A.T. Residenze Artistiche Toscane, in collaboration with Teatro Metastasio, Fondazione Toscana Spettacolo, Virgilio Sieni Danza, Fabbrica Europa. Creative residency in Officine Papage – Teatro dei Coraggiosi (Pomarance, ITA), Teatro delle Commedie (Livorno, ITA), Teatro Popolare d’Arte (Lastra a Signa, ITA)

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