Move Off 15th Edition

MOVE OFF is an International Dance Festival organised by the MOTUS Company in collaboration with Castelnuovo Berardenga City Council in the frame of the permanent artistic residency of the MOTUS Company at Vittorio Alfieri Theatre in Castelnuovo Berardenga (Siena, Italy).

The fifteenth edition of the Move Off Festival is characterised by the presence of well established Italian and International companies as well as by young choreographers selected through 2023 MOVE OFF Call for Young Choreographers.

PROGRAM (APRIL-MAY 2023)

• 20 April 2023 9,15 p.m.

"Ultima Fermata" (translation: Last Stop)

MOTUS Company (Italy) within the project AVAT-ART for people with disabilities

In 2050, when our ecosystem reaches the point of no return on climate change starting a real environmental catastrophe, three survivors find refuge in a bus .........

Choreography by Martina Agricoli

• 05 May 2023 9,15 p.m.

"Fitting" choreography selected for 2023 MOVE OFF Call for Young Choreographers

Don’t judge a man if you did not walk for three moon cycles in his shoes
(Sioux proverb)
Shoes, in their form, function and aesthetics, tell us about the world, movements, intentions, migrations, and journeys.

Choreography by Nicholas Baffoni and Camilla Perugini

"Cappuccetto Rosso" (translation: Red Wood)

Atacama Company (Chile-Italy)

A performance, for youth and adults, about the journey of those who cross the wood to allow starting of life

Choreography by Patrizia Cavola e Ivan Truol

• 09 May 2023 9,15 p.m.

"Vedere te (1322)" choreography selected for the 2023 MOVE OFF Call for Young Choreographers

"When you look at me, you know, I would like that your eyes do as two eyes while
reading: from left to right, from right to left - for you to read to me, you know, I'd like to." Irene Paganucci

Choreography by Noemi Piva

"Down Memory Lane"

Branko Potočan & Fourklor (Slovenia)

The dance performance "Down Memory Lane" is designed as a journey through time and space, derived from the conversation of dance from the cofounders of the physical theatre group Fourklor (Branko Potočan and Jana Menger), which has been active since 1994 and has been developing its own style of dance since the very beginning.

Choreography by Branko Potočan