È pericoloso non sporgersi is a work that can be enjoyed only with virtual reality visors, which allows the viewer not only a close-up view, but also the impression of cohabiting with the performer in the scenic space, experienced at 360 degrees.
Of great interest is the setting that has been chosen: these are some rooms of the Museo di Storia della Psichiatria, housed in Reggio Emilia in the Lombroso Pavilion, one of the symbolic buildings of the San Lazzaro asylum complex.
Choreography and direction are by Francesca Lattuada, a visionary artist active in France.
The choreographer’s idea naturally starts from the historical memory with which the Lombroso Pavilion is imbued and leans on the ability of certain bodies to force, almost distort, the perception of reality. The performer is Lise Pauton, an extraordinary contortionist. Her metamorphoses are incessant and lead to the blurring of ordinary temporality, to the loss of the most concrete notions of spatiality (high-low, big-small, visible-invisible…).
The viewer experiences an immersion in a world in which all habitual references have vanished. A bit like what could happen to the guests of the Lombroso Pavilion.
The work is created on the occasion of the billboard Identità inquieta, a great choral work of the city of Reggio Emilia involving institutions and organizations of social, educational and cultural life, with the intention of offering a rich and varied calendar of cultural events to show visions on the infinite nuances of identity.
È pericoloso non sporgersi is inside the Virtual Dance for Real People project.
Direction and choreography: Francesca Lattuada
Music: traditional Korean music; “Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa” by Georg Friedrich Händel, performed by Francesca Lattuada
Costume design: Francesca Lattuada
Performer: Lise Pauton
Production: Fondazione Nazionale della Danza/Aterballetto
Co-production: Palazzo Magnani Foundation
Technological development and user experience design by Giulia Losi, Annalisa Mombelli (RE:LAB)
Video production & editing by Guido Acampa (Riot Studio)
Premiere: December 7, 2022, Chiostri di San Pietro, Reggio Emilia
In collaboration with Comune di Reggio Emilia / Musei Civici
Initiative realized at Chiostri di San Pietro as part of the Rete dei Laboratori Aperti of Emilia-Romagna, co-financed by European Funds – Por Fesr 2014-2020
Performance included in the program ‘Identità Inquieta’
ADALGISA RICOLETTI
Born X.
Lives near Reggio Emilia, presumably in a cave.
She feeds on berries and plants.
At 29, accused of stealing chickens, she stays 33 days at Lombroso Pavilion.
Testimonies from nurses, patients and doctors describe a discreet, sweet and quiet woman.
Adalgisa claims to be inhabited by four entities:
– The Winged-Man, age 35.
– The Infant, age 7.
– The Ageless Phantom.
– An unseen entity she sometimes calls the Beast sometimes the Light, who heals her and whom she heals.
The transformations inspire wonder and fright; Adalgisa’s body, habitually rigid, becomes disconcertingly flexible.
Premiere
Dec. 7, 2022 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Chiostri di San Pietro, Via Emilia a San Pietro 44/c, Reggio Emilia
Free admission
After Dec. 7, the installation can be enjoyed as part of the guided tour of the Chiostri di San Pietro in the ways and on the days and times indicated on the website: https://www.chiostrisanpietro.it/visita/servizi/
È pericoloso non sporgersi can also be seen at Palazzo Magnani until March 12, 2023 on Fridays and Saturdays from 3 to 6 p.m. (service reserved for visitors to the exhibition L’Arte Inquieta. L’urgenza della creazione), by reservation only.
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Participants in the Sunday guided tour can enjoy the viewers without reservation.
