Insel

The island as the perfect metaphor for isolation. With Insel, Ginevra Panzetti and Enrico Ticconi, counted among Italy's most interesting dance makers, create a state of detachment – an immersion in the deep layers of the self.

A thin strip of sand falls from the sky, like in an hourglass. New ground is literally forming on the stage area. Although at first the castaways seem to care only about themselves and express themselves with force of power, in an interplay with their shadows a shared ritual emerges: from isolation to connection. Is this the rise of a new community?
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The sound creation of texts recited in Italian is supported by chants by tenor Gavino Murgia, who specialises in the traditional cantu a tenore, a polyphonic singing technique from Sardinia's pastoral culture. Thus, an ancestral voice that vibrates the earth and sets its temporary inhabitants in motion seems to come from the island itself.

Panzetti and Ticconi create dance steeped in political, historical and philosophical reflection on the symbolism of tangible places. After the garden, the town square and the city, it is now the island's turn. "The castaway's collision with a desert island is what each of us experiences when we dive into ourselves and encounter our dark side."

choreography, visual design, voices Panzetti / Ticconi
performers Sissj Bassani, Efthimios Moschopoulos, Aleksandra Petrushevska, Julia Plawgo
musical composition Demetrio Castellucci
music and voice Gavino Murgia
light design Annegret Schalke
costumes Werkstattkollektiv
headdresses, prop, graphics Ginevra Panzetti
texts taken from The Tempest by W. Shakespeare, The Book of Disquiet by F. Pessoa, Notes from Underground by F. Dostoevsky
psychoanalytic theoretical studyDaniela Frau
technical direction on tour Michele Piazzi, Annegret Schalke
manager, distribution Aurélie Martin
Italian administration Federica Giuliano (VAN)
German production management Sofia Fantuzzi
logistics Eleonora Cavallo (VAN – Panzetti/Ticconi GbR)
production Panzetti / Ticconi GbR (DE) – Associazione Culturale VAN (IT)
financed by Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe (DE)
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co-production Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer (DE) // JUMP network (formed by Oriente Occidente, Festival MILANoLTRE, I Teatri di Reggio Emilia, Lavanderia a Vapore/Piemonte dal Vivo, Marche Teatro/Inteatro Festival, Orbita, Scenario Pubblico / Centro di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale, Teatro Comunale di Vicenza, Teatro Stabile dell’Umbria) (IT) // Torinodanza Festival / Teatro Stabile Torino – Teatro Nazionale (IT) // Julidans Amsterdam (NL) // Pact Zollverein (DE) // Le Manège, scène-nationale – Reims (FR) // Le Pacifique – CDCN Grenoble Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (FR) // network Les Petites Scènes Ouvertes with the sponsorship of Caisse des dépôts (FR) // Centre Chorégraphique National de Nantes within the framework of Accueil Studio (FR) // CCNR / YUVAL PICK within the framework of Accueil Studio (FR) // Fuori Margine Centro di Produzione di Danza e Arti Performative della Sardegna (IT)
artistic residency program Centre Chorégraphique National de Nantes (FR) // Lavanderia a Vapore/Piemonte dal Vivo (IT) // Kinosaki International Arts Center (Toyooka city) (JP) // TEN Teatro Eliseo Nuoro (IT) // Le Pacifique – CDCN Grenoble Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (FR) in partnership with CCNR / YUVAL PICK (FR) // Oriente Occidente (IT) //Chorège – CDCN Falaise Normandie (FR) // Scenario Pubblico / Centro di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (IT) // Le Manège, scène-nationale – Reims (FR)