16 october 2024

Pupo
Sofia Nappi
KOMOCO, Sosta Palmizi

Wednesday 16 October 2024, 8.30 P.M.
Nova Gorica, SNG Slovensko Narodno Gledališče Nova Gorica

Pupo

National Premiere
Sofia Nappi
KOMOCO (IT), Sosta Palmizi (IT)


Concept and choreography: Sofia Nappi with the performers Arthur Bouilliol, Leonardo de Santis, Senne Reus, Glenda Gheller, India Guanzini, Paolo Piancastelli, Julie Vivès  
Choreographer assistant: Adriano Popolo Rubbio
Sound design: Ed Mars, Sofia Nappi                
Lighting design: Alessandro Caso        
Costumes: Judith Adam
Co-production: Burghof Lörrach (DE), Danse Danse Montreal (CA), ecotopia dance productions (DE), Escher Theater (LU), MART Foundation (US), ROXY Ulm (DE), Sosta Palmizi (IT), Tanz Köln (DE), Theater Winterthur (CH), Tollhaus Karlsruhe (DE)
Supported by: ResiDance – Network Anticorpi XL (IT), Centro di Residenza della Toscana (Capotrave/Kilowatt e Armunia) (IT), Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Colonia (DE), MiC-Direzione Generale Spettacolo, nell’ambito del programma di residenze internazionali della NID Platform (IT)            
Duration: 55 min
Photo credit: Thomas Schermer  

In Italian, Pupo refers to both the child and the puppet: Nappi’s new piece is inspired by Pinocchio, the wooden puppet who would so much like to be a real boy. The focus is on the metamorphosis of the puppet: how does this transformation take place? How does the naive child grow up and no longer allow himself to be manipulated by others? The Collodi’s world-famous children’s book inspired the young Italian choreographer to create a modern coming-of-age story, through which fairy-tale characters such as the fox and tomcat, the talking cricket and the blue fairy also haunt in associations.

Sofia Nappi is choreographer, artistic director and co-founder of KOMOCO, an international dance company based in Italy, in collaboration with A. Popolo Rubbio and P. Piancastelli. As independent choreographer she creates for internationally renowned dance venues (La Biennale Venezia, Scottish Dance Theatre, Göteborg Opera, NDT 2, to name some) and her works have been received in the major dance events in Europe and overseas. She also unfolds in the field of research and professional training.

interview

Have you been to Gorizia before?
If yes: one thing you look forward to doing again
If not: one thing you hope to find

No, I’ve never been before. I heard it is a crossroads of traditions, cultures and influences, given its strategic location. I am very curious to dive into its colours and scents.

If you could give a piece of advice to yourself as a child, what would it be?
Allow yourself the sun in your eyes and the soil in your little hands. Breathe in the forgotten scent of a mother's breast and the sweetness of fruit. You are enough. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

If you had the power to change the world you live in, what would you start with?
From here. From what I do with the artists of KOMOCO and different institutions abroad... Creating a space/time where people sit together. A ritual, a pause, a moment to breathe and connect.

How did you first come across dance?
Through music. By studying classical piano, I developed a great love for music and danced from a young age. As for professional dancing... Through travelling. During a year-long school experience in Canada, I discovered that dance could be my total means of expression.

Complete the sentences with only one word:
Dance can: open
Dance is: everything that moves and makes move
Dance will be: the starting point and means to something else

What was the spark that originated the idea for your performance?
Meeting the new members of Komoco after the expansion of the group. Their character brought back to reality childhood memories of one of my favourite but also feared books.

And now, tell me why I should come and see your performance:
Pupo is fire, passion, tenderness, sensuality, joy and energy. A boy as simple as wood, who encounters an evil society and plunges into the experience of life in a distant attempt to become flesh. If you want an experience that allows you to 'feel', the artists will lead you into a personal and subjective whirlwind of emotions.

A project by:

In partnership with:
SNG Teatro Nazionale Sloveno di Nova Gorica

With the support of:
Ministero della Cultura / Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia / Io sono FVG
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Gorizia

In collaboration with:
Comune di Gorizia / Comune di Cormons / Comune di Gradisca d’Isonzo / ERPAC / APT / Ente Regionale Teatrale del FVG / Fondazione Palazzo Coronini Cronberg onlus Goriški Muzej / Confcommercio Imprese per l'Italia Gorizia Kulturni Dom Gorica / Kulturni Center Lojze Bratuž Palazzo del Cinema-Hiša Filma di Gorizia / PAN ADRIA network / TIARE Shopping

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