Marco D'Agostin First Love
location
time
45 min
category
- Dance-Theatre
-
21h00
-
15h00
Originally performing as a dancer and performance artist, Marco d’Agostin embarked on his own creative journey in 2010, brilliantly easing his way up to the front line of Italy’s stage landscape. His repertoire, which speaks to a deep interest in the role and functioning of memory, currently includes a dozen pieces, including the widely praised duo Avalanche (2018). With First Love (2018 as well), Agostin pays an offbeat tribute to his childhood idol, cross-country ski champion Stefania Belmondo, who received three medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. A teenager at the time, he went cross-skiing himself. With the movements he once performed still ingrained, he now reinterprets onstage the 15 km event where Stephania Belmondo delivered her most outstanding and gold-winning performance. This unclassifiable piece slaloms freely between theater, dance and performance, both artistic and athletic. Equally funny and emotive, it’s an invitation to meditate on the passage of time and the desire to push one’s limits.
Jérôme Provençal