The artists wish to deliver their interpretation of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. They aim to create a performance expressing the complexity of the relationship between the author, artwork and its audience, using choreography, music and visual art. Intrigued by the structure of the book and the use of the language, while considering the historical context rather than its narrative, they base their work on the parallels between Dante, who writes about his era by putting himself as the main character, and their desire to speak about modern day society using their bodies and dancing themselves. The roles of Dante, Virgil and Beatrice are exchanged among the actors on stage questioning the social context, using their skills in contemporary, commercial and ballet dance.
Inspired by the book of which has three chapters, the choreographers want to create a piece in three parts:
#duointention This is a moment structured around the ‘transition’. As Dante addresses the transition from life to death in his book, Antonino and Fabio wish to work on the transition between an existing choreographic piece and its new interpretation.
#duodivin: This is a duet that highlights the relationship between Dante Alighieri and his work at the moment where he was actually writing it, and the one when he delivered it to the audience. Fabio interprets both Dante, the writer and Virgil, the guide, in the role of the partner supporting Antonino, who on pointe-shoes, interprets the work itself, Dante the character and Beatrice with her ethereal presence.
#duohandmade : The choreographers thought of staging a piece of Visual Art to emphasize the importance of the hands and the contact in their choreographic language, echoing the importance of calligraphy at the time when Dante wrote his comedy, to which they collaborated with French Artist, Nicolas Clauss.
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