PREMIERE SCREENING OF 'ANATOMY OF THE NATION'Presented by the authors June 30, 2018, at MAMbo, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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This video artwork (15min) was created as part of the 2017 Bologna Social Practice Lab and Pedro Lasch’s Abstract Nationalism series in the iconic setting of Bologna’s Anatomical Theater. Co-directed by Rossella Mazzaglia and Massimo Carosi, it includes a new choreography by Cristina Rizzo, sound work by Mathias Hinke, and camera/editing by Rita Maralla, Teresa Sala, Benedetta Manzi, and Michael Blair. Performers include Antonia Casedei, Laura Colomban, Antonella De Francesco, Laura Gibertini, Yancen Guo, Margherita Isola, and Rossella Mazzaglia. The work was produced with the support of Archiginnasio, Danza Urbana, Fondazione Gramsci, Academy of GH&CT, Scuola di letter e beni culturali, and Teatro Anatomico staff.
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Rossella Mazzaglia (Italy) teaches at the University of Messina and at the University of Bologna. Her research focuses on Italian and North-American contemporary dance and theatre, social theater and community dance. She wrote books on American Movements (Judson Dance Theater. Danza e controcultura nell’America degli anni Sessanta), post-modern dance (Trisha Brown; and Trisha Brown. The invention of space with Adriana Polveroni); Italian contemporary dance (Virgilio Sieni. Archeologia di un pensiero coreografico) and the relations between dance and space (Danza e Spazio. Le metamorfosi dell’esperienza artistica contemporanea). |