Graces_Silvia Gribaudi

Graces is a project inspired by “The Three Graces”, a sculpture created by Antonio Canova between 1812 and 1817. The work draws from mythology: Zeus’ three daughters —Euphrosyne, Aglaea, and Thalia— who radiated splendour, joy and prosperity. Three male figures take the stage in a space and time suspended between the human and the abstract: a place where male and female meet without roles, and dance to the rhythm of nature itself. On stage, there are three male performers —Siro Guglielmi, Matteo Marchesi, Andrea Rampazzo— together with the author Silvia Gribaudi, who likes to define herself as ‘author of the body’ because her poetics elevate imperfections to an art form with a direct, cruel and empathetic comic style without any boundaries between dance, theatre and performing arts.

Over the past ten years, Silvia Gribaudi has been questioning gender stereotypes, female and male identities, and the concept of virtuosity in dance and daily life, expanding beyond clichés and appearances. Graces was realised thanks to the critical, visual and directorial support of Matteo Maffesanti (director, social theatre operator and videomaker) who followed through the entire artistic process with Silvia Gribaudi, with several working phases involving workshops for local people inspired by the choreographic material developed in the project.

Winner of Danza&Danza 2019 Italian Production of the Υear award
Winning CollaborAction#4 2018/2019
Finalist Rete Critica 2019 award. Selected by NID Platform 2019

Choreography: Silvia Gribaudi
Dramaturgy: Silvia Gribaudi and Matteo Maffesanti
Performers: Silvia Gribaudi, Siro Guglielmi, Matteo Marchesi, Andrea Rampazzo
Lighting design: Antonio Rinaldi
Technical director: Leonardo Benetollo
Costumes: Elena Rossi
Production: Zebrac
Co-production: Santarcangelo Festival
Supported by: MiC – Ministero della Cultura, Italian Ministry of Cultural Affairs

The performance is presented within the frame of the 15th Open House Festival by Dance House Lemesos, in collaboration with the Rialto Theatre.

Tickets: € 10 / 8