Performances Alternative Stage
19.07 | 19:00 & 20.07 | 22:00 | 55'
Kalamata Dance Megaron / Alternative Stage
ANDREA SALUSTRI
MATERIA
A choreography for several polystyrene shapes and one human.
MATERIA explores the possibilities of one material, polystyrene, until it becomes alive and the protagonist of the events on stage. The role of the performer shifts toward that of a facilitator, and the focus is constantly negotiated between object, manipulator, and manipulation.
A path leads and follows the material, from the hesitant movement quality of a delicate encounter to the loud soundscape of a self-sufficient apparatus, drifting between calmness and darkness, between discovery and destruction. The piece does not attempt to force a narrative, but rather lets the audience project their own onto the images presented on stage. Within a set score, objects are free to perform and take initiative.
“An object-theatre odyssey. Andrea Salustri gives polystyrene shapes a life of their own. A wordless performance somewhere between juggling and choreography.” – The Guardian
With the support of the Goethe Institut
- Creation & Performance: Andrea Salustri
- Lighting Design & Technical Direction: Michele Piazzi
- Technical Team: Michele Piazzi, Chamsedine Madec, Mattia Bonetti
- Sound Design: Federico Coderoni
- Original Music: Ah! Kosmos, Federico Coderoni
- Creative Advisors: Kalle Nio, Roman Müller, Darragh McLoughlin, Alex Lempert, Benjamin Richter, Matthias Buhrow
- Co-production: PERPLX
- Production Management: Migle Morkunaite
- Diffusion: Aurora Nova, Materialise
- Residencies: Chamäleon Berlin, L’Espace Périphérique – La Villette, La Maison des Jonglages, La Briqueterie CDCN du Val-de-Marne, cirqu’Aarau, Zirkusquartier Zürich, Katapult Berlin, HZT Berlin, kunstencentrum BUDA, PERPLX
- Further Support: circusnext European Platform co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, Chamäleon Berlin, cirqu’Aarau, circus re:searched, Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, TelepART programme of the Finnish Institute in Germany, The Sphere – a DAO for Live Art
ANDREA SALUSTRI
Andrea Salustri comes from Rome, where he learned contact juggling and fire manipulation, and worked as a street artist. He graduated cum laude in Philosophy from La Sapienza University in Rome, then moved to Berlin to pursue contemporary dance. He first completed the Dance Intensive program at Tanzfabrik Berlin, then earned a degree in Contemporary Dance and Choreography from HZT Berlin University. Andrea is a circusnext laureate artist.