© Stefano Ricci
Show
Tu non mi perderai mai Liberamente "inspirato" dal Cantico dei Cantici
Running time: 45'
A protagonist of European dance for more than three decades, after twenty years Raffaella Giordano turned to young choreographer and author Stefania Tansini to re-interpret one of her most mysterious and elusive solos, Tu non mi perderai mai, inspired by the Hebrew text of the Song of Songs. At play is the difficult handover from one body to another, in a choreographic journey that can and must derail with unexpected outcomes, sensory tenderness, and surprising challenges. Stefania Tansini gracefully tackles this work of transmission, which becomes a reciprocal gift and allows us to discover a borderland where the vitality of a new narrative appears.
Raffaella Giordano has always focused on observing the world with rawness and disarming innocence. She trained as a student and performer with Carolyn Carlson and Pina Bausch, co-founding the Sosta Palmizi collective in 1985. From 1986 she began her personal research journey, giving life to numerous choral and solo works and receiving various awards including the Ubu Special Prize with the show Quore, per un lavoro in divenire (2000). Over the years, she has worked on theater, opera, and film projects with several contemporary directors and authors: Baricco, Ronconi, Martone, Tiezzi, and Di Costanzo (L’intrusa, 2017 Nuovo Imaie Award as Best Breakthrough Actress). Strongly committed to education, she promotes and directs studio projects for raising awareness and developing body art and has supported numerous contemporary authors on multidisciplinary writing journeys over time. Since 1994, she and Giorgio Rossi have been running the Associazione Sosta Palmizi in Cortona, a reference and support organization for Italian contemporary dance.
Stefania Tansini, dancer and author, is the winner of several awards including the 2022 Ubu Award as Best Performer Under 35. Her productions explore the body’s ability to transform and modify itself, including through the use of the voice. Her works have featured in numerous festivals, such as FOG, Romaeuropa Festival, Festival di Sant’Arcangelo, Festival Gender Bender, Festival La democrazia del corpo, and Festival Interplay. A graduate of the Accademia Paolo Grassi, she has worked as a dancer for Romeo Castellucci, Cindy Van Acker, Simona Bertozzi, Luca Veggetti, Enzo Cosimi, and Ariella Vidach. She dances for Motus and with other artists. She is an associate artist with Brescia-based Fondazione Teatro Grande.
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Credits
Coreographies: Raffaella Giordano
Danced by: Stefania Tansini
Light Design: Gianni Staropoli, Maryse Gaultier
Sound design and electroacustic composition: Jòhann Jòhannsson
Costumes: Beatrice Giannini
Technical execution: suono - Andreas Froeba; lights: Alessia Massai, Maria Virzì
Production: Sosta Palmizi (2025)
Co-production: Triennale Milano Teatro, Fuorimargine Centro di produzione di danza e arti performative della Sardegna, Fondazione Teatro Grande di Brescia, Centro di Rilevante Interesse per la Danza Virgilio Sieni