Stuporosa by Francesco Marilungo, a co-production by Fabbrica Europa, winner of the 2024 Ubu Award for Best Dance Performance, on stage in Castrovillari as part of the 25th edition of Primavera dei Teatri.
Five bodies in motion, a cry that becomes poetry. An ancestral lament that transcends time and space, telling the story of human suffering with the power of a ritual.
Between dance and song, Stuporosa is an emotional journey that explores pain as a universal language.
On stage, fragility transforms into strength, mourning becomes community, and the body tells ancient stories that belong to us all.
It is an invitation to reflect on how, through mutual support and sharing, we can overcome our most intimate crises.
An experience that strikes deep chords, leaving behind traces of hope.
Francesco Marilungo is a choreographer and performer After graduating in Engineering and a research period at the Von Karman Institute in Brussels, he attended the DanceTheater Atelier at Scuola d’Arte Drammatica Paolo Grassi in Milan. Since 2010 he has studied/worked with internationally renowned dancers and choreographers – Lisa Kraus and Elena Demyanenko (Trisha Brown Dance Company), Julie Anne Stanzak, Juliana Neves and Quan Bui Ngoc (Les Ballets C de la B), Masaki Iwana, Gabriela Carrizo (Peeping Tom), Yasmine Hugonnet, Jan Fabre, Gisele Vienne and Romeo Castellucci. He has worked as a performer for Enzo Cosimi, Mara Cassiani, Antonio Marras, Jonathan Burrows/Matteo Fargion and Alessandro Sciarroni. Parallel to the activity as a dancer, he has begun his own authorial journey, focusing his research on creating atmospheres as the result of the juxtaposition of images structured on multiple levels of representation. In 2013 he created his first solo, Emily, and in 2014 he was selected by Anticorpi XL network for “Vetrina della Giovane Danza d’Autore” with Siegfried. His work Paradise premiered at Danae Festival 2015 and was selected by Anticorpi XL network for “Vetrina della Giovane Danza d’Autore” 2016. New Horizon, a project supported by the European network Open Latitudes, made its première at Danae Festival 2016. Love Souvenir, awarded the Inteatro Festival call and NEXT 2017-2018 announcement by the Regione Lombardiay, premiered at Inteatro Festival 2018. His work, Party Girl, was awarded the Premio Prospettiva Danza 2020 and Cross Award 2020 and was selected by NID New Italian Dance Platform 2021. Stuporosa premiered at Short Theatre in Rome in 2023 and began an international tour. In 2024, the piece was presented in the Programming section of the NID Platform and won the 2024 UBU Award for Best Dance Performance. The choreographer’s new project, Cani Lunari, is the winner of the CollaborAction Award – Anticorpi XL Network and will premiere in September 2025.
direction and choreography: Francesco Marilungo
with Alice Raffaelli, Barbara Novati, Roberta Racis, Francesca Linnea Ugolini, Vera Di Lecce
music and vocal coaching: Vera Di Lecce
space and light design: Gianni Staropoli
costumes: Lessico Familiare
production: Körper | Centro Nazionale di Produzione della Danza
co-production: Fabbrica Europa
with the support of IntercettAzioni – Centro di Residenza Artistica della Lombardia
and Short Theatre Festival, Fuori Programma Festival, Teatro Akropolis &
Dracma Teatro – Progetto CURA, Did Studio, Base Milano, Qenhun
photo: Monia Pavoni
