Dance
Teatro Ristori
60 minutes
by and with Marco D’Agostin
sound, graphics LSKA
texts Chiara Bersani, Marco D’Agostin, Azzurra D’Agostino, Wendy Houstoun
lighting Giulia Pastore
set design Simone Spanghero
scientific consultancy The Nigel Charnock Archive, Roberto Casarotto
dramaturgical consultancy Chiara Bersani, Claudio Cirri, Alessandro Sciarroni
technical consultancy Eleonora Diana, Luca Poncetta, Andrea Sanson, Paola Villani
movement coach Marta Ciappina
technical director Paolo Tizianel
care, promotion Damien Modolo
organisation, administration Eleonora Cavallo, Irene Maiolin, Paola Miolano
production VAN
co-production
KLAP Maison pour la danse à Marseille, Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, CCN2-Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble, ERT – Emilia Romagna Fondazione
with the support of
Points communs, Nouvelle scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise et du Val d’Oise, Centrale Fies, CSC/Centro per la Scena Contemporanea (Bassano del Grappa), Marche Teatro/inTeatro Festival, the WorkRoom (Fattoria Vittadini), Teatro Comunale di Vicenza, L’arboreto – Teatro Dimora | La Corte Ospitale ::: Centro di Residenza Emilia-Romagna, ARTEFICI.ResidenzeCreativeFvg di ArtistiAssociati
photo © Andrea Avezzù
Marco D’Agostin has created a secular, pop-inspired tribute to Nigel Charnock, the dancer and choreographer who passed away in 2012. ‘Best regards‘ is the letter D’Agostin writes to someone who will never reply. It is an invitation to sing together a nostalgia that concerns us all – those of us who did not arrive in time to say what we wanted to say. In the shadow of time running out, and under the light that Nigel continues to cast upon the stage, D’Agostin unfolds a blank sheet of paper before our eyes and asks us: How does one begin an impossible letter?
