Arts and Entertainment

Amore e Merda: Theater de Regentes

(Tue 02 February 2010)

Theater de Regentes presents contemporary dance coreographer Giulia Mureddu in her performance of 'Amore e Merda' on Friday 5 February.

'Amore e Merda' deconstructs the body to a faceless reservoir of impulses and desires. Between physical sensations and social schemes, the bodies search for identity. In an attempt to satisfy their needs buried deep within, the bodies speak.

The work of Giulia Mureddu is characterised by multilayered performances in which disarming humor, theatrical and physical dance intermingle. As a choreographer Giulia investigates the point of intersection between abstract movement material and more theatrical expressions. Giulia approaches choreography as a game between structure and the freedom to improvise. Her stake with making a choreography is not the visual ordening of the body and the bodies in space, but the performer and the way he relates to his body, the interaction of mental and bodily activities.

The body is not always a dancing body in the work of Giulia Mureddu, but sometimes also just an everyday body: a reservoir of recognisable emotions, fears and desires (Giulia Mureddu).

'Amore e Merda' is the second in a series of 4 productions by Giulia, that will be produced and supported by Danswerkplaats Amsterdam in the years 2009 and 2010.

“Splendidly alternative and physical consideration of all the excitement, anxiety and transient joys that the burden of living (and, inevitably, dying) entails.” Dance Europe magazine, Donald Hutera.

When: Friday 5 February / 20:30 / Grote Zaal / € 15

Duration: 50 minutes

Extra! Lingual Body Workshop / Friday 5 February / 18.00-19.00 / Studio / € 10
Giulia Mureddu is to give a short workshop for advanced dancers entitled 'Lingual Body'. She shares her practice around the topic Lingual Body with the participants. Review and disorientation of the dancing body and its perception.

Discount: Participants in the workshop receive a € 5 discount on the normal price of the show 'Amore e Merda'.

Choreography: Giulia Mureddu and Goran Turnsek
Dancers: Giulia Mureddu, Goran Turnsek

www.giuliamureddu.com / www.danswerkplaats.nl