DANCE ME TO THE END OF THE WORLD

For the third and final performance of the “UNLOCK THE CITY!” project – dedicated to the relationship between theatre and city, Sotterraneo has developed a project set out over two complementary levels: a book of performative exercises to be freely carried out in the Corvetto-Porto di mare area, and a guided performance that, taking its cue from the exercises in the book, offers spectators a series of theatrical events within the district.
The book and the performance will be launched simultaneously through a recreational and proactive thought-in-action experience, a moment in which the geography of the city converges and the very concept of limit and boundary is, at least for a few hours, suspended, interweaving displaced actions and urban micro-events through a collective exploration that culminates in a blend of DJ set and theatre.
We meet in an afternoon in late spring, walking to the boundaries between the many worlds of Corvetto; we drift apart, lose ourselves, reunite and dance as the sun sets over South Milan. It will be like agreeing to meet up for the end of the world, so as not to have to face it alone. Then, true to its ephemeral character, the performance will vanish. The book, however, will remain for future use by anyone who wants.

Credits

created and directed by Sotterraneo
technical coordination Marco Santambrogio
with Claudio Cirri, Lorenza Guerrini, Daniele Pennati
and with the students of Scuola di Teatro Luca Ronconi del Piccolo Teatro di Milano Samuele Cattaneo, Salvatore Celauro, Emanuele De Barbieri, Gaia Fecarotta, Walter Franci, Issouf Montell Kone, Isabella Maria Loi, Veronika Lukianenko, Mimì Dario Marchianò, Matteo Monai, Laura Palmiotti, Gabriele Peirani, Tarek Tomei
production Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa
in collaboration with  Corvetto Street Basket Academy
Thanks to Milanosport, Centro Polifunzionale Polo Ferrara, Residenza Marie Curie – Politecnico di Milano, Fucine Vulcano APS
Thanks also to Cooperativa La Strada

The show forms part of the European project

UNLOCK THE CITY!  is a project of Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa with Politecnico di Milano (Italy) | Teatre Lliure (Spain) | Teatrul Tineretului (Romania) | Toneelhuis (Belgium) | Østfold University College & Norwegian Theater Academy (Norway) | The Academy of Performing Arts, AMU (Czech Republic)

Sotterraneo is part of the Fies Factory, associate artist at Piccolo Teatro Milano and is resident at Teatri di Pistoia