SWAN – VR Moving Bodies is a journey dedicated to 5 spectators at a time, guided through an experiential discovery of a virtual space blending irony, fragility, and grace. It’s a poetic act of irreverent and liberating transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project is inspired by “The Dying Swan,” the famous choreography by Michael Fokine and performed by Anna Pavlova in 1905-07, set to music by Saint-Sa\u00ebns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In her interpretation, Anna Pavlova infused movements into the choreography that expressed her feelings, performing a revolutionary act for dance at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How can we keep alive the revolutionary act that was Pavlova’s Swan?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How does your body experience an intimate action immersed in Virtual Reality?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do you choose to perform an action? A movement?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How can we transform ourselves into swans?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What constitutes a revolutionary movement?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SWAN – VR Moving Bodies is an intimate and light experience that uses virtual reality as a tool, not an end in itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It emerges from the intersection of the poetic research characterizing the two choreographers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Silvia Gribaudi, a performer and dance maker who has been exploring dance, comedy, and audience interaction since 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Margherita Landi, a choreographer, dancer, and anthropologist who has been researching body and new technologies since 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A project by Silvia Gribaudi and Margherita Landi<\/p>\n\n\n\n
VR video curated by Margherita Landi<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Performer: Silvia Gribaudi<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Production GOLD, Bolzano Danza \/ Fondazione Haydn e Zebra Associazione Culturale. L’\u2019esperienza \u00e8 stata creata grazie a \u201cSWANS NEVER DIE \u201c progetto Biennale ideato da Lavanderia a Vapore\/Piemonte dal Vivo, Operaestate Festival Veneto e Centro per la Scena Contemporana CSC,Bassano del Grappa, Triennale Milano, Teatro Brescia, Torinodanza Festival Bolzano danza; \u201cMemory in Motion. Re- Membering Dance History (Mnemedance)\u201d – Universit\u00e0 Ca\u2019Foscari Venezia; Ecole Universitaire de Recherche CREATES e Centre Transdisciplinaired\u2019Epist\u00e9mologie de la Litt\u00e9rature et des Arts Vivants, Universit\u00e9 C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
photo credit: Andrea Macchia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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