A dance and photography site specific project for urban, natural or historical spaces.

A new direction for the Fondazione Nazionale della Danza/Aterballetto and seeks to establish a deep dialogue with local areas and the various performing and artistic disciplines.

The project concept is to compare the dimension – ephemeral by definition – of danced movement with the very fixed nature of its photographic representation, which fixes a given moment forever. They are two different ways of thinking about the body, of setting it in dialogue not only with space and time but also with the eye of the spectator.
A single dance frame in this context resonates for both a finite and infinite space of time.

This project that arose from collaboration between Fondazione Palazzo Magnani / Fotografia Europea 2018 inaugurated the new course taken by Fondazione Nazionale della Danza/Aterballetto based on the search for deeper dialogue with communities and different performing and artistic disciplines. At the same time, In/Finito takes a look at various cities and landscapes, providing a reflection on the relationship between dance and photography and an experimental path offered to young artists.

Six choreographers, all under 35, created micro-performances of 5-minute duration for single dancers set in either urban or natural spaces. The performances are captured by the lens of different photographers where it borns an exhibition from.

Choreographies Saul Daniele Ardillo, Damiano Artale, Hektor Budlla, Philippe Kratz, Roberto Tedesco, Diego Tortelli
Performers Arianna Kob, Ina Lesnakowski, Grace Lyell, Ivana Mastroviti, Giulio Pighini, Serena Vinzio
Music Fryderyk Chopin, Etta Jones, Jack Nitzsche, Mica Levi, Inga Copeland, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Isao Tomita
Staging coordination Carlo Cerri

Production Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto
Project born in partnership with Fondazione Palazzo Magnani / Fotografia Europea 2018

Reggio Emilia | Palazzo da Mosto | April 22nd-May 19th 2018

in partnership with Fondazione Palazzo Magnani
within Fotografia Europea 2018
Photographies by Toni Thorimbert

Capri | Villa Jovis | June 1st-2nd 2018

in partnership with Fondazione Capri
within X edition Festival di Fotografia a Capri
Photographies by Lorenzo Cicconi Massi

Bologna | Palazzo Poggi | October 8th-9th 2018

in partnership with Comune di Bologna, Università di Bologna and Progetto Europeo ROCK
within EnERgie Diffuse
Photographies by Associazione Terzo Tropico (Ivano Adversi, Pino Ninfa) and Spazio Labò Photography (Roberto Alfano, Laura De Marco, Giuseppe De Mattia, Carlo Favero)

Athens | Ancient Agorà | July 11th 2019

in partnership with Tempo Forte Italia-Grecia 2019
within Athens & Epidaurus Festival
Photographies by Costas Ordolis

Reggio Emilia | Palazzo da Mosto | 26-27 October 2019

within ‘Incontri a Palazzo
event programme by Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto and AlibertiLab, supported by Fondazione Manodori and Par.Co.
Photographies by Toni Thorimbert

Milano | Adriano Community Center | 23-24 November 2019

within Adriano Community Days – Festival del Quartiere Adriano
event is organized by Proges with the creative and managerial support of ShiftOn, and co-designed within the Lacittàintorno the urban regeneration program of Fondazione Cariplo
Photographies by Toni Thorimbert

Paris | Chaillot – Théâtre National de la Danse | 16 October 2020

Photographies by Toni Thorimbert

Tunisi | Ennejma Ezzahra. Centre des Musiques Arabes et Méditerranéennes | 26 may 2022

Photographies by Marianne Catzaras
In partnership with Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Tunisi

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