by Nicolò Abbattista and Christian Consalvo
“POPoff” describes human most ancient traditions and rituals, showing a tribe that moves at the frantic rhythms of pizzica and taranta, where the people explore on their own the environment and the others.
Food plays a central role in the pièce, being a double metaphor of the ground and the social ritual of the meal. Food marks our days and introduces us to the daily life relationships, as the wheat, ancient symbol of rebirth and fertility, becomes the common thread which weaves the relationships between the characters and Nature and, at the same time, represents a death trap for the man who goes into.
A “matriarchal” history is outlined on these coordinates. The woman assumes, overturning the initial situation, a prevailing position with respect to the man, immersed in a sort of family rite in which the “females” find themselves recalling but also reproaching the events related to their personal history.
YEAR
2015
DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER
NICOLÒ ABBATTISTA
MUSIC
Faraualla, Ludovico Einaudi
LIGHTS
NICOLÒ ABBATTISTA
DURATION 50” for 8 DANCERS
ORIGINAL CAST
Samuele Arisci, Mirta Boschetti,
Susanna Pieri, Giorgia Varano,
Eleonora Mongitore, Carmen Perfetto,
Christian Consalvo
PREMIERE
June 21st, 2015 @ Teatro Auditorium – Rho (MI)
