as part of Fabbrica Europa 2024
In this work, the 5 Ws (Who, What, Where, When, Why) are the questions that move the creative process that Nunzia Picciallo explores with interdisciplinary practices connected to the use of the body: through movement, repetition, painting, the author and performer dissociates herself from the memory of the binarism of the dance and form, to free themself from the canon of the norm, seeking a genderless physicality, allowing themselves to be overwhelmed by a chaotic movement, to free themselves from the canon of the norm and the limit of the binary.
W AM I is a constant practice, a hybrid and fluid experience that continues to change over time. The paintings created during the performance become part of the archive and the “remains of a performance” collection.
Nunzia Picciallo is a multidisciplinary artist born in Italy. Her creations span dance, performance and visual arts. The investigation that characterizes her work is seen as a mutable and continuous exploration of the foundational dynamics between the body and the system/space. Consequently, the performative act becomes the possibility to open up diffuse dialogues and invites a presence beyond the surface and image. Her creations are presented internationally, and she received various awards and recognitions: Third Prize Performance at the 27th International Solo Tanz-Theater Festival in Stuttgart, SAI Festival Award, Masdanza Award, Incentive Award for Choreographic Writing at Cortoindanza 2023; selected artist for the Stray Birds Dance Platform 2023 and for the Showcase of Young Author Dance in 2022; winner of the Circle Contemporary Dance Contest 2021. Alongside her performative practice she gives movement workshops and Gaga movement language classes, bringing together dance professionals and people from diverse backgrounds.
concept, creation, performance, visual: Nunzia Picciallo
music: Nunzia Picciallo – Marcal
executive production: Equilibrio Dinamico
supported by Big Factory, Associazione Culturale Ri.E.S.Co. – Network Internazionale Danza Puglia, Fuorimargine Sardegna, Tersicorea T.Off
realized with the support of Movin’up spettacolo – performing arts 2023/2024
promoted by MIC Italian Ministry of Culture – Directorate General for Performing Arts and GAI – Associazione per il Circuito dei Giovani Artisti Italiani insieme con Regione Puglia – TPP Teatro Pubblico Pugliese and GA/ER – Associazione Giovani Artisti dell’Emilia Romagna
photo: Isabella Stechel-Marceddu, detail
