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Continuous transformations: Damien Jalet's Vessel reveals the underworld at Torinodanza

Vessel
© Yoshikazu Inoue
Vessel
© Yoshikazu Inoue
Vessel
© Yoshikazu Inoue
Vessel
© Yoshikazu Inoue
By Silvia Poletti, 12 September 2022
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“strange knots of flesh, limbs and torsos gradually expand themselves into the space”
Reviewed at Fonderie Limone Moncalieri, Moncalieri on 9 September 2022
Programme
Vessel (Damien Jalet)
Performers
Kohei Nawa, Set Designer
Yukiko Yoshimoto, Lighting Designer
Aimilios Arapoglou, Dancer
Nobuyoshi Asai, Dancer
Pascal Marty, Dancer
Ruri Mitoh, Dancer
Jun Morii, Dancer
Astrid Sweeney, Dancer
Naoko Tozawa, Dancer
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Silvia Poletti
Silvia Poletti

Silvia Poletti was a professional dance writer, contributing to the culture pages of the daily news www.sole24ore.com and Corriere della Sera/Corriere Fiorentino and collaborated to specialist magazines such as Danza &Danza, Tanz, Dance International. She prepared essays and conferences about dance for the principal Italian festivals and opera houses and was lecturer of History of Dance at the Urbino Carlo Bo University and Venice Ca’ Foscari University. She was the author of the monography ‘John Neumeier’ (Palermo, L’Epos 2004).