as part of the Fabbrica Europa 2026 festival

Carusə | sine Sole sileo by Pierandrea Rosato is a solo that traverses the silenced dance of tarantism: an embodied practice in which movement becomes a transformative device, capable of converting trauma into vital energy.

The project investigates the symbols, rhythms, and generative processes of trance and possession dances, exploring what continues to persist within contemporary hauntology. At the center of the performance is a young male body: youth understood as porosity, an intuition not yet domesticated, a capacity to resonate with historical and affective memories that have not fully settled; masculinity as a device of displacement, reactivating a phenomenon traditionally associated with women as a ritual gesture and an act of prayer.

The body engages with the practice of endorcism, states of trance, and moments of static suspension, exposing itself as both vulnerable and generative, traversed by historical, political, and affective tensions that amplify the poetic force of the performance.
The musical dramaturgy arises from the entanglement between ancient operatic arias sung by female voices and the young contemporary male body: rather than accompanying movement, it interrogates it, creating a space of resistance, tenderness, and affectivity.

Carusə takes shape as a ritual suspended between the tension of the past and a possible future: an act of listening, responsibility, and resistance, in which the wound becomes a possibility for transformation and rewriting, and the young body becomes the ground upon which memory may be liberated.

Pierandrea Rosato is a dancer and choreographer based in Lecce. Graduated in Modern Dance from the Folkwang University of the Arts, he has worked with companies including Tanztheater Wuppertal / Pina Bausch, El Conde de Torrefiel, Gob Squad, FTS, and Zerogrammi.
In 2023 he became an associated artist of Sosta Palmizi and Koreoproject. He was selected for Vetrina della Giovane Danza d’Autore with the solo Infieri, received a research grant from Anghiari Dance Hub, and the Komm Tanz Award by Abbondanza/Bertoni for Light Leaks from a Black Moon.
In 2025 he received the Italian Ministry of Culture Grand Tour grant with the project BACO | by a childlike omnipotence. Recent works include Shining Bruises | a burnout’s dark-love story (finalist at the 2025 Prospettiva Danza e Teatro International Competition) and Carusə | sine Sole sileo (Winner of the IndipenDanse Find Danza & Interagendo Festival 2026 open call).
His research explores hauntology, memory, and power structures through the body as a site of transformation, passage, and embodied resistance.

by Pierandrea Rosato
with Gabriele Scarcia
music: “Il Pompeo: O cessate di piagarmi” by A. Scarlatti – performed by RenataTebaldi; “Come raggio di sol” by A. Parisotti, A. Caldara – performed by Teresa Berganza; “Selve amiche, ombrose piante” by A. Caldara – performed by Cecilia Bartoli; “Sposa son disprezzata” by A. Vivaldi, G. Giacomelli – performed by Leyla Gencer; “O mio babbino caro” by G. Puccini – performed by Montserrat Caballé
production: Koreoproject