Matteo Carvone: ICARUS

In the organizer's words:

ICARUS is a choreographic solo about ascent, hubris and fall.
Based on the myth of Icarus, Matteo Carvone explores the human urge to transcend boundaries - blinded by the desire to fly ever closer to the sun.the body enters a state of permanent tension: it stretches, oscillates, risks falling.

But who will dance when we are extinct?
What will remain of our dances?

Between archaic power and radical fragility, a flight emerges that is both liberation and threat - a last dance in the awareness of its own finiteness.

On 21.05. there will be an audience discussion following the performance.

Choreography & artistic direction: Matteo Carvone
Dramaturge: Francesco Cocco
Sound: Camilla Metelka Dance: Cristian Cucco

This project was supported by the Bavarian State Association for Contemporary Dance (BLZT), ORBITA | Spellbound - Centro Nazionale di Produzione della Danza, and the Goethe-Institut. Our special thanks also go to Tanztendenz and Schwere Reiter Munich.

This work was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.