LA SOSPESA
Solo dance & visual performance, 2019
© Dario Prinari
La Sospesa is the portrait of a woman submerged by her thoughts who tries to escape the rational by reconnecting herself to her origins, her roots, the earth. Hair conveys a duality that oscillates between control and abandonment, between the rational and the unconscious, between the masculine and the feminine, as well as, with a more metaphysical look, between spirit and matter. This space of tension that is being created is the symbolic reflection of an increasingly superficial and rapid society where spaces overlap, where new identities appear where time becomes schizophrenic and bodies are exhausted. From this observation, the necessity is to find a deep connection with one's own body, by contacting one's own instinct as well as one's own animality.
Between performative installation, theatre and dance, with a touch of madness, La Sospesa exposes the modest nudity of a woman.
NOTES
La Sospesa is an "evolving" project that adapts itself to performance spaces, such as: theatres, galleries, museums, alternative and non-conventional spaces. The Sospesa can be played in two formats: 40' long form (2 performers); 20' short form (1 performer).
As intimate work, La Sospesa requires interactive proximity with audiences, immersing them into a contemplative space that induces an emotional and perceptual experience.
Concept, choreography & danse Francesca Saraullo
Performative action Carolina Van Eps, Francesca Saraullo
Sound design & Live Electronics Federico Dal Pozzo
Light design & Technical direction Eleanor Bryce
Installation & Manufacture Estelle Bibbo, Francesca Saraullo
Advisor Carolina Van Eps
Set design Eleanor Bryce, Estelle Bibbo
Video Nasrine Kheltent
Technical collaboration Alexis Pfrimmer
Outside eye Marc Vanrunxt, Tijen Lawton
Thanks to Gisela Rosa Fantacuzzi, Nora Virgili Garcia
Time 40’ (long form) - 20' (short form)
PARTNERS
Charleroi-danse; Kunstencentrum BUDA; WSB (workspacebrussels); WOLUBILIS; BRASS – CC Forest; De School van Gaasbeek; La Bellone (Performing Arts House of Brussels); Iles asbl-Artist Project Suitecase; Summer Studios Brussels; ISAC (Higher Institute of Arts and Choreographies) & AEsP (Art in Public Space) in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels | BE
ACS Abruzzo Circuito Spettacolo in collaboration with Network Anticorpi XL | IT
teaser, La Sospesa, in black box, December 2017
BUDA arts center, Kortrijk, Belgium
teaser, La Sospesa, in white box, November 2018
MAGFEST ITALIA, Spazio Matta, Pescara, Italy
teaser, La Sospesa, in gallery, May 2018
Espace Beaurepaire Gallery, Paris, France
teaser, La Sospesa, alternative space, May 2018
Temp studio, collective residency, Lisbon, Portugal
teaser, La Sospesa, Contemporanea017Liquida, May 2017
Auditorium Diocleziano, Lanciano, Italy
VIDEO AROUND LA SOSPESA
Art video documentary
Francesca Saraullo speaks about her work “La Sospesa”
Art video, La Sospesa in Schèmes Urbains, 2017
Dance film realised by Nasrine Kheltent, Liege, Belgium
“In a time, in a space ... indefinite interrupted, suspended. A jellyfish floats forward like a tightrope walker balancing on a wire. A woman is manipulated by what lies outside her, or she does it to herself. She engages in a play where roles are reversible, where she gradually frees herself from real and imaginary threads. A series of intimate landscapes interweave to evoke a personal and archaic memory made by images, sensations and emotional states.”
BLACK BOX
@ Luc Depreitere, BUDA arts center, Kortrijk, Belgium
WHITE BOX | GALLERIES | UNCONVENTIONAL THEATER SPACES
@ Luciano Onza, Auditorium Diocleziano, Lanciano, Italy
@ Jean-Yves Bernardin, Espace Beaurepaire gallery, Paris, France
@ Dario Prinari, La Raffinerie Charleroi danse, Brussels Belgium
RESEARCH STEPS
@ Philippe Graton, Komplot, Brussels, Belgium
@ Christian Di Egidio, Electra Creative Arts, Teramo, Italy
@ Dario Prinari, La Raffinerie Charleroi danse, Brussels Belgium
DATES
Past
2018
December 7-9
Verbi: mill-bieb ’il ġewwa, art exhibition
Valletta Contemporary gallery, Valletta, Malta
November 25
MagFest ITALIA
Spazio Matta, Pescara, Italy
July 26-27
PLACES - SURFACES FESTIVAL
Palazzo Cà Zanardi, Venice, Italy
May 18
Collective exhibition
gallery “Espace Beaurepaire”, Paris, France
May 22
OpenDay Tempstudio art exhibition
Temp studio, Lisbon, Portugal
WORKING STAGES
2017
December 15
Showing of the final residency
BUDA arts center, Kortrijk, Belgium
2016
April 27
Residential showing
Les Brigittines as part of WSB’s residencies, Brussels, Belgium
2015
June 13
Researching showing
Platforms 2015 DCJ DansCentrumJette, Brussels, Belgium
June 5-6
Researching showing
Théâtre de La Balsamine in collaboration with ISAC, Royal Academy of Fine arts of Brussels, Belgium