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Dance performance by Francesca Rita Saraullo, 2024
 
O of opening, orgasm, origin.
Alone on stage, Francesca sets in motion the indecipherable, unspeakable and sometimes contradictory things contained in our pelvis. The raw choreography is accompanied by a poetry lines projected in real time: textual fragments collected during somatic experiments centered onto the pelvis. Her body also dialogues with a video-collage evoking collective imagination of the pelvis through anatomy, biology, nature, religion, daily life, mythology, and archeology. Choreography, text and image merge to create a landscape where human and other-than-human merge to celebrate this bodypart which seems to links us to an origin we share with all lifeforms. 
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Concept, choreography & performance Francesca Saraullo  
Dramaturgy & text  Alice Van der Wielen-Honinckx 
Light design & Stage management Eleanor Bryce / Joseph Iavicoli
Sound Clelia Patrono 
Video Francesca Saraullo
Costume Berenike Corcuera
Artistic advice Ilaria Orlandini, Hélène Gautier
Choreographic advice Stéphanie Auberville
Outside eye Silvia Pezzarossi
Partners Gruppo E-Motio, Campo, Danspunt, VIERNULVIER, Escale du Nord – CC d'Anderlecht, GC De Rinck, PARTS Summerstudio's; Le Vaisseau - Tourna, Florian Metateatro, SpazioMatta. 
 
Dates
May 26 2024, showing of OFFestival, Garage29 Brussels.
September 27 2024, premiere Florian Metateatro, Pescara, Italy.
October 27 2024, Troglodytes, Atelier 210 Brussels.