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MICHELA PRIULI
ASSOCIATED ARTIST
Michela Priuli is a dancer, choreographer and Certified Gyrokinesis Trainer. In 2016 she graduated from the Dancehaus Accademia Susanna Beltrami. She then deepens her studies with international artists such as Johannes Wieland, Jos Baker, Ohad Naharin, Hofesh Schecther, Michaelis Teophanous, Marina Mascarell and many others. In 2023 she attended Bo.A.T. multidisciplinary professional training course and "I corpi e le voci della danza" advanced training course for young choreographersə. She worked in the Compagnia Susanna Beltrami from 2016 to 2020 and dances for famous choreographers such as Sita Ostheimer, Kristina Alleyne, Marigia Maggipinto, Paola Lattanzi, Annalí Rainoldi and Kinkaleri. Since 2021 she has been an associate artist of the National Dance Production Centre DanceHauspiù. Since 2021 she teaches at DanceHaus Hip Hop Dipartement and Accademia Kataklò.
CHOREOGRAPHY AND DIRECTION | MICHELA PRIULI
with | BARBARA ALLEGREZZA, NICOLÓ CASTAGNI
PRODUCTION DANCEHAUSpiù / 2022
duration 16'
"If one were to stop and listen to the work of roots, who could sleep?"
In all possible declinations of the word Roots, it evokes an action that intimately connects two or more elements and invokes multiple meanings: from rootedness in a place, to the relationship between the inside and the outside, from knowing one's own origins or those of a word, to nourishment and connection with Mother Earth.
The performance investigates precisely the dynamics inherent in this word and originates from the need to go deep into some of the laws that govern the body in order to know its sources, the desire to question the concepts of intimacy and relationship, and the decision to stop running away from one's roots. Through the relationship between the two protagonists and archetypes of the story, the two bodies merge almost to the point of creating one, and through subtle and deep listening they support each other to grow. They will rely on each other's arms, seek a firm but flexible rootedness and perform the most frightening "dance" in the world: the act of loving.
ROOTS
1° MOVIMENTO
CHOREOGRAPHY AND DIRECTION | MICHELA PRIULI
with | BARBARA ALLEGREZZA, NICOLÓ CASTAGNI E ANDREA PIRAS
PRODUCTION DANCEHAUSpiù
duration 26'
"There is a mask for family, one for society, one for work. And when you stand alone, you remain a nobody" [Luigi Pirandello].
This project is a reflection on man and family born during the period of isolation due to the COVID-19 emergency. The pandemic years have challenged the very figure of man who found himself alone in his true home, the body: the perfect place in which to welcome and somatize the different facets of our psyche, the seat of our cultural heritage, a social cage and home of the ambivalence of its possible meanings.
"1st movement" is a personal quest for representation of some of these ambivalences, a lens on relationships that can explode when placed in a dimension of captivity, an inner journey turned physical, in which three characters, become bearers and become archetypes of a humanity, and specifically of a family, with a multifaceted nature rich in nuances, details, light and shadow. Together they will revisit old memories from a dusty photo album, bringing to light past events of which they wear only useless grudges, youthful remorse and established prejudices until...
PHOTOS | M. BITTANTE