Suggestion, evocative power of dance and a magical location. “Vertigo 20” world premiere at the Pietrarsa Museum for the Napoli Teatro Festival.
Great return for the Israeli contemporary dance company Vertigo Dance Company al Naples Theater Festival. After the amazing success of last year with the shows zero e The birth of the Phoenix the choreographer Noa Wertheim created another site-specific performance to celebrate the company's twenty years: Vertigo 20.
To do so he chose the location as the National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa, the ancient railway located in the district of San Giovanni a Teduccio, on the border between Portici and San Giorgio a Cremano, a structure that immerses the visitor in the past, one of the first locomotives in our country built in 1840.
An extraordinary place between Vesuvius and the sea, between trains and old tracks that have united Italy to this day, made even more magical at sunset, when the rays of golden light make the surfaces shine, the waves of the sea and create the right atmosphere that accompanies the viewer to the theatrical enjoyment.
La Vertigo Dance Company, in addition to composing splendid choreographies of contemporary dance, he fine-tunes his performances by letting himself be inspired by the place where he will perform, as if to draw the right energy and the right "life" to bring on stage and to transmit to his audience, with the which creates an ever-changing dialogue, an ever-new interaction.
La Hall of the 500, which hosted the world premiere of the show last night Vertigo 20, was filled with spectators, eager to witness the new choreography that, in the words of Noa Wertheim:
“It unfolds from the real to the surreal, from the intimate to the theatrical, from the intangible to the tangible. The particular body language of the dancers will be able to offer a range of images ranging from vivacity to melancholy. It is a ritual process, a spectacular hourglass that measures the flow of time ”.
On stage there are twelve dancers that create the scene with their bodies, with the rhythm of their gestures, their impressive physical strength that at the same time makes them light. Only the shelves placed at various heights on the walls on which the dancers sit, from which they launch into physical and acrobatic virtuosity as if they were springboards. And a series of white balloons, placed by the dancers on stage at the end of the show, which give greater plasticity to the action and also greater visual appeal.
Choral moments, couple moments, or solos demonstrate their overwhelming ability to create the chorality of dance, in which synchrony alternates with asynchrony, while always pursuing the polyphonic harmony of the movements.
Le music by Ran Bagno, historical composer of the company, accompany the dancers almost to dictate their steps, helping to create the atmosphere suggested by their movements, hour of joy, hour of discouragement, hour of serenity, hour of upheaval. All to compose a collage of moments that transmit unique emotions and sensations to the viewer who manages to decode that magical and enigmatic language made up of gestures and movements, transporting it on a spiritual journey within oneself, through the power of dance.
Noa Wertheim has been carrying on for years the idea that artistic and cultural expression can contribute to social and environmental change, that dance can become a way to call every human being back to his true nature, to his contact with the world.
The performance leaves the viewer with unique sensations, the conviction of having traveled a very short trip in unknown territories, whose images and visions do not immediately vanish, indeed, remain in the memory, indelible and accentuated even by the beautiful sunset over the sea that the Pietrarsa Museum he gave to the spectators becoming an integral part of the show. It is the evocative power of this type of dance ...
Replicas tonight and tomorrow night at 20: 15.
