Contemporary dance performance at Piazza Rampi

winner of Premio Hermès Danza Triennale Milano
by and with: Ginevra Panzetti / Enrico Ticconi
sound: Demetrio Castellucci
light: Annegret Schalke
costumes: Ginevra Panzetti / Enrico Ticconi
flag waving coach: Carlo Lobina / Flag-wavers association of Arezzo
technical care: Paolo Tizianel
touring, promotion: Aurélie Martin
production management: VAN video documentation: Ettore Spezza
through the support of: Premio Hermès Danza Triennale Milano

AeReA is the first part of a diptych that focuses on an object which has always functioned in principle to express ideas of belonging and separation, marking the distinction between a hypothetical us and them: the flag. In constant proximity, as part of a single anatomy, humans and flags emerge from a thick darkness, becoming the only propulsive motor of images. Silvery grey, the flags are cleansed of signs and symbols, brought to their plastic essence. A zero point without connotations in which everything can emerge, begin or disappear. As if belonging to a near or remote past, spectral figures take form through a score of unveilings, evoking a close and ancient brotherhood between two textile objects, flag and shroud. The title takes two words that can be graphically overlapped and merged into a single term: Ara—AeReA. The first one, Ara, alludes to the place that in ancient times was dedicated to the sacrifice, here understood as a death-generating mechanism, inflicted as a gift on those invested with the highest power. The second term, AeReA (adj. air), indicates the physical quality of the flag, which achieves its greatest expression of power once hoisted, billowing in the air.

trailer – https://vimeo.com/373428884
video – https://vimeo.com/372927135 password: bandum
tour dates and info – http://panzettiticconi.com/AeReA