Le Palestriti | Falling into dance, with Isadora
About this event
Simona Bertozzi presents two works in a single evening, both exploring the body in motion: a community of female athletes and a study in homage to Isadora Duncan.
Le Palestriti was created as part of Athletes, the project through which the choreographer investigates the relationship between dance, sport and vocality. Inspired by the Roman late-imperial mosaic of the Palestriti at Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily, the work brings to the stage a rare representation of female athletic competition in antiquity: not only individual beauty and strength, but a community coming together and recognising itself through a collective experience.
2027 marks 150 years since the birth and 100 years since the death of Isadora Duncan. Falling into Dance, with Isadora is the new project dedicated to the American dancer: a work that will take shape through a research and composition process developed over the two-year period 2026–2027. This first public sharing introduces some of the key elements of the creative process through notes, quotations, physical practices, musical materials and brief “choreographic molecules”.
Presented together in the same evening, the two works bring to the fore central elements of Bertozzi’s artistic research: shared gesture, the relationship between body and music, and movement as a living experience.
Lenght Le Palestriti: 50 minuts
Lenght Falling into dance, with Isadora: 25 minutes
Artistic Data
Le Palestriti
project and choreography Simona Bertozzi
vocal preparation Meike Clarelli
created with and performed by Arianna Brugiolo, Federica D’Aversa, Paola Drera, Valentina Foschi
original music Meike Clarelli, Davide Fasulo
light design and technical assistance Rocío España Rodríguez
costumes Simona Bertozzi, Katia Kuo, Cristiana Suriani
organisation Francesca Proietti
press office and communication Michele Pascarella
administration Roberto Berti
production Nexus 2025
with the support of MiC, Emilia-Romagna Region, Municipality of Bologna
with the support of Festival Danza Estate
in collaboration with Almastudios Bologna
Falling into Dance, with Isadora
first study: presentation of the creative process
concept and choreography Simona Bertozzi
with Simona Bertozzi, Arianna Brugiolo, Fabio Caputo, Federica D’Aversa, Luca Tomaselli, Paola Drera, Valentina Foschi
music by Frédéric Chopin, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Aleksandr Scriabin, and others to be confirmed
lighting Rocío España Rodríguez
historical/theoretical dialogue Elena Cervellati – University of Bologna
archive consultancy Ariadne Mikou
organisation Francesca Proietti
press office and communication Michele Pascarella
administration Roberto Berti
production Nexus Factory
with the support of MiC – Ministry of Culture, Emilia-Romagna Region, Municipality of Bologna
Istantedanza – Dancing the present
in collaboration with ATER Fondazione and Regional Dance Forum
with the support of the Emilia-Romagna Region
as part of Infìnita – Landscapes of Dance
photo from Le Palestriti by Luca Del Pia
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