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Day 2_ Aerowaves Dance Festival Luxembourg

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Immerse yourself in an unforgettable evening of dance at the second Aerowaves Dance Festival Luxembourg, featuring two captivating performances: "No more Version" by Fernando Lopez and "Un Discreto Protagonista" by Damiano Ottavio Bigi and Alessandra Paoletti.

Damiano Ottavio Bigi et Alessandra Paoletti

Un discreto Protagonista

"Un discreto Protagonista" by Damiano Ottavio Bigi and Alessandra Paoletti is a captivating performance that explores the concept of the "discreet protagonist". Through enchanting movements and evocative imagery, Bigi and Paoletti take you on a journey of transformation and introspection. Dive into a world of intrigue and mystery where hidden forces that influence our lives come to life. Prepare to be transported into a universe of beauty and profound artistic reflection in this fascinating piece.

Biographies
Damiano Ottavio Bigi | From the Rome Opera to the company of Dimitri Papaioannou, passing through various French companies and having been part of the TanzTheater Wuppertal for many years, with the presence of its creator: Pina Bausch. Damiano Ottavio Bigi is a dancer, actor and performer. The encounters of his career have led him to confront completely different creative universes and experiences, enriching and inspiring him in his personal work as a choreographer, teacher and designer. In 2016 he won the "Capri Danza International Award" and in 2020 the "Golden Ball Award for Dance". 
Alessandra Paoletti | Alessandra Paoletti's career is part of a physical theater that leads her to approach dance-theatre. A graduate of "Silvio D'Amico", she trained by meeting artists such as A.Knapp, T. Ostermeier, JA Stanzak. She alternates work as an actress with directors such as J.Muller (Fura dels Baus), J. Sanchis Sinisterra, R.Garcia, and as a director collaborating in the staging of L.De Bei's show "Le matin dix à four" (Le Maschere del Theater and Golden Grail), to pursue his own creations for the Municipal Theater of Istanbul, where he worked for several years until censorship, and for independent productions.

Credits
With: Damiano Ottavio Bigi and Lukasz Przytarski
Sound composition: David Blouin
Lighting design: Evina Vassilakopoulou and David Blouin
Lighting design: collaborator Amador Artiga Tuset
Co-produced by: TORINODANZA Festival, ONE DANCE WEEK Festival – Plovdiv, Compagnia Simona Bucci/Degli Istanti
With the support of: 2WORKS / DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU, il FUNARO / Pistoia, Fabbrica Europa / PARC Performing Arts Research Center – Florence, „AUF GEHT'S“ / Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein Westfalen, Quarticciolo Theatre-Library – Rome

Fernando Lopez

No more Version

How to dance "El Amor Brujo" today without falling into a spell, a spell or a trap? How to do "El Amor..." with or without quotes, in uppercase or lowercase, with or without charm? How do you do it without dancing it every time it's been danced, or at least some of them? Is it possible to do "Love..." without repeating the gestures of those who have done it before? Isn't that precisely the spell of "Love..."? In what way, body after body, year after year, name after name, do we repeat, believing we are doing it for the first time, somehow believing in the originality of our gesture? Backer and philosopher Fernando López does “El Amor…” allowing himself to be penetrated by Falla to smear the score with words and gestures that remind us that the wizard of Love has to do with making us believe in its uniqueness and irreplaceable.

Biography
Since 2009, he has been leading his own company in the field of contemporary flamenco, having created more than ten shows where dance, words and music intertwine, surpassing all labels. In his creations he has had the participation of artists such as Álvaro Romero, Jero Férec, Belén Maya, La Chachi, Carmen Muñoz and Isabel Do Diego, among others. Likewise, he has been requested as artistic director and advisor by choreographers such as Olga Pericet, Belén Maya, Juan Carlos Lérida, José Manuel Álvarez, Poliana Lima, Carmen Muñoz, etc. Among other distinctions, he received the prize for best dancer in the El Álamo competition (2010) and the DanceWeb grant (2013) from the ImpulsTanz festival in Vienna. Since 2020, he has been a member of the Academy of Performing Arts of Spain and a visiting professor at various Spanish and French universities, where he offers theoretical and practical workshops focused on research-creation and gender issues in dance.

Credits
Direction, choreography and interpretation: Fernando López
Music: Manuel de Falla
Dramaturgy; María de la O Lejárrega & Gregorio Martínez Sierra

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Informations

Fernando Lopez “No more Version”

www.lrparrafernando.com/

Damiano Ottavio Bigi et Alessandra Paoletti “ Un discreto Protagonista”

www.compagniadegliistanti.it/portfolio_page/paoletti-e-bigi/