“Materia“ – Choreography for Several Polystyrene Shapes and One Human / Andrea Salustri (Italy/Germany)

Creation & performance: Andrea Salustri

Light design & technical direction: Michele Piazzi

Technical team: Andrea Parolin, Andreas Harder

Sound design: Federico Coderoni

Creative advisors: Kalle Nio, Roman Müller, Darragh McLoughlin, Alex Lempert, Benjamin Richter, Matthias Buhrow, Mariagiulia Serantoni

Diffusion: Pearl Herbert – Aurora Nova (visame pasaulyje), Niamh Moroney (Belgija, Airija), Valentina Barone (Italija), Monika Citvaraitė-Lansbergienė (Baltijos šalys)

Co-production: PERPLX

Residencies: Espace Périphérique – La Villette, La Maison des Jonglages, Cirqu’Aarau, Katapult, Zirkusquartier Zürich, La Briqueterie CDCN du Val-de-Marne, kunstencentrum BUDA, PERPLX

Further support:  European Platform circusnext co-funded by the EU programme Creative Europe, Chamäleon Productions, Cirqu’Aarau, circus re:searched, Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, TelepART programme of the Finnish institute in Germany

This performance has been selected by the international Creative Europe project "The Sphere", presented at Plartforma festival together with Lithuanian Dance Information Centre.

Duration: 55 min.

Location: @Small Hall at Klaipėda Drama Theater (Teatro str. 2)

Attention! Flashing stroboscope light is used in the show

RECOMMENDED for families with children from 6 years old and fans of object theater

“Materia” explores the possibilities of one material, polystyrene, to the point it becomes alive and the protagonist of the events on stage. The role of the performer shifts towards the one of the facilitators, and the focus is constantly negotiated between object, manipulator, and manipulation.

A path leads and follows the material from the hesitating movement quality of a delicate encounter to the loud soundscape of a self-sufficient apparatus. Drifting between calmness and darkness, between discovery and destruction. The piece tries not to force a narrative but rather let the audience project their own narrative on the images presented on stage. Within a set score, objects are free to perform and take initiatives.

Andrea Salustri comes from Rome, where he learned contact juggling, fire manipulation, and has been working as a street artist. He graduated cum laude in Philosophy at La Sapienza University in Rome, then decided to move to Berlin to pursue an education in contemporary dance. He first completed the Dance Intensive program at Tanzfabrik Berlin, and successively obtained a degree in dance and choreography at HZT Berlin University. Andrea is the laureate artist for “Circusnext” 2018-2019. https://andreasalustri.com/

 

Photo: from the company archive