h 15:00 INFERNO a pezzi #1
h 17:00 INFERNO a pezzi #2
h 19:00 INFERNO a pezzi #3
as part of the Fabbrica Europa 2025 festival
Inferno (Hell) in Western culture is the place which more than others has inspired preachers, illustrators, painters, sculptors, storytellers, directors, musicians. It is the place of atonement for moral and material faults where the wicked are punished and good triumphs over evil. It is the place of subversion and chaos in the representation of which everything can coexist. However, a depiction of evil as the undisputed kingdom of a sulphurous devil with a tail, horns and pitchfork would be hardly credible today.
Hell is here, and it may look a lot like Heaven. It is what pushes us to make every effort to be more attractive, more intelligent, more powerful, more just, stronger, smarter, more responsible, more humble, which pushes us to compete for moral, social, economic and emotional gratifications. Hell is the inevitability of desire, the condemnation of perpetual competition in search of pleasure.
Hence the idea of Inferno, a tragedy in the form of comedy – seductive, pleasant, engaging, bright and fun – on the intrusiveness of the ego; both one’s own and others’.
As the title suggests, in the version that Roberto Castello brings to the stage at Fabbrica Europa, Inferno will be broken into pieces: INFERNO a pezzi #1, INFERNO a pezzi #2, INFERNO a pezzi #3. Highlighting the work of the performers, it will be presented just as it was created in the rehearsal room—the setting in which the choreographies exist in their optimal condition.
Roberto Castello is one of the pioneers of contemporary dance in Italy. With ALDES, the association that he directs, he produces performances and curates the project SPAM! – rete per le arti contemporanee, which hosts artistic residencies and multidisciplinary dance, music and theatre programmes in the province of Lucca. He taught digital choreography for 10 years at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan and is the creator of “93% – materials for a nonverbal politics”, a platform for reflection, discussion and exchange on nonverbal language. In 2021, Altreconomia published his Trattato di economia – Riflessioni semiserie sulla dimensione economica dell’esistenza, written with Andrea Cosentino. He also participated in the publication of the volume Nel Migliore dei mondi possibili. Intorno all’opera di Roberto Castello by V. Valentini, C. Pirri and V. Vannucci, ed. Ephemeria. He has always fought for a fair, efficient and sustainable performing arts system. UBU Award in 1985, 2003, 2018, 2022.
choreography, direction: Roberto Castello
in collaboration with Alessandra Moretti
dance: Martina Auddino, Erica Bravini, Riccardo De Simone, Susannah Iheme / Ludovica Messina, Nicola Cisternino, Alessandra Moretti, Giselda Ranieri
music: Marco Zanotti in collaborazione con Andrea Taravelli
fender rhodes: Paolo Pee Wee Durante
costumes: Desirée Costanzo
audio mixing: Stefano Giannotti
audio mastering: Jambona Lab
thanks to Mohammad Botto and Genito Molava
INFERNO is a co-production by ALDES, CCN de Nantes within ‘accueil-studio’, supported by Ministère de la Culture / DRAC des pays de la Loire, Romaeuropa Festival, Théâtre des 13 vents CDN, Centre Dramatique National Montpellier, Palcoscenico Danza – Fondazione TPE
With the support of the showcase RESISTERE E CREARE by Fondazione Luzzati Teatro della Tosse, ARTEFICI.ResidenzeCreativeFvg / ArtistiAssociati
With the support of MIC / Direzione Generale Spettacolo, REGIONE TOSCANA / Sistema Regionale dello Spettacolo
In 2022, INFERNO was awarded the UBU Prize for Best Dance Performance.
photo: De-Da Productions
