Dublin Dance Festival: Marco D’Agostin presents
“Dear N, you were too much.” With these words, dancer Wendy Houston opened her farewell letter to friend and colleague Nigel Charnock, a few days after his death.
Best Regards, by Italian dancer and choreographer Marco D’Agostin, is a touching tribute to his late mentor. It’s a letter written to someone who will never answer. A dance in the shadow (or light) of Charnock – pioneering performer and co-founder of British dance company, DV8 Physical Theatre.
D’Agostin met and worked with the irrepressible Charnock in 2010. Inspired by his hyperkinetic and explosive performances, this encounter was to change the way D’Agostin thought about dance and its possibilities forever.
Best Regards is an exercise in memory. It’s an invitation to the audience to consider: what would you write to someone who will never read your words? It’s D’Agostin’s way of saying: “Dear N, I wanted to be too much too”.
Accessibility
Please note that this show contains flashing lights.
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Credits
Created and performed by Marco D’Agostin
Sound & Graphics: LSKA
Texts: Chiara Bersani, Marco D’Agostin, Azzurra D’Agostino, Wendy Houstoun
Lighting: Giulia Pastore
Set building: Simone Spangaro
Scientific Advice: The Nigel Charnock Archive, Roberto Casarotto
Dramaturgical Advice: Chiara Bersani, Claudio Cirri, Alessandro Sciarroni
Technical Advice: Eleonora Diana, Luca Poncetta, Andrea Sanson, Paola Villani
Movement Coach: Marta Ciappina
Technician: Paolo Tizianel
Promotion: Damien Modolo
Organisation & Administration: Eleonora Cavallo, Federica Giuliano
Producer: VAN
Coproducers: KLAP Maison pour la danse à Marseille; Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis; CCN2-Centre chorégraphique national de Grenoble; ERT – Emilia Romagna Fondazione
Biographies
Marco D’Agostin is an Italian artist active in the fields of dance and performance, winner of the UBU award as best performer under 35. He is associate artist at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.
His work questions the role and functioning of memory, and focuses on the relationship between performer and spectator. Dance, a complex geography in which sounds, words and movements constantly collide, tends towards the emotional compromise of the ones who perform and the ones who watch.
After training with internationally renowned masters (Yasmeen Godder, Nigel Charnock, Rosemary Butcher, Wendy Houstoun, Emio Greco), he began his career as an interpreter, dancing for, among others, Claudia Castellucci / Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio, Alessandro Sciarroni, Liz Santoro, Iris Erez, Tabea Martin.
He presented his works in many European festivals and venues (Rencontres choréographiques int. de Seine-Saint-Denis, Théatre de La Ville in Paris, Les Brigittines in Brussels, The Place Theater in London, Sala Hiroshima in Barcelona, Tanzhaus Zürich, Schaubühne in Leipzig, SESC Pompeia in Sao Paolo, Santarcangelo Festival, Romaeuropa, VIE Festival, Torinodanza, OperaEstate, among others).
Press
“A jewel.” Le Monde
“(An) unstoppable firework of skill.” La Stampa
“A smart and melancholic piece, subtle and passionate.” paneacquaculture (I)
Funding
Best Regards is supported by: Points communs, Nouvelle scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise et du Val d’Oise; Centrale Fies; 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.
Supported by Dunne & Crescenzi.
Dublin Dance Festival is proudly supported by the Arts Council and Dublin City Council.
Project Arts Centre is proudly supported by The Arts Council and Dublin City Council.
Disclaimer
Please note that this show contains flashing lights.