Ruth

Francesca Cola
Selection Rêve Show


Synopsis

Ruth is a performative and participatory experience that invites communities to explore a "becoming-with" across species. Inspired by the Navajo ball game, the two moments (the workshop and the performance) foster a non-consoling dialogue between art, philosophy, and nature, inviting us to rethink the relationships between humans and non-humans in a perspective of balance and sustainability.

Company

Francesca Cola is a d ancer, choreographer, and freelance author, Francesca Cola intertwines movement, visual art, and technology in a transmedial poetics that investigates the relationship between body, sound, and the imaginary. Graduated in DAMS with a thesis on contemporary theater, she began her career as a synchronized swimming athlete, then moved on to contemporary dance. She trained with internationally renowned masters and collaborated with companies such as Teatro del Lemming and Compagnia Berardi Casolari. She produces in Italy and abroad, winning the "Dante Cappelletti" award in 2013 with the performance "In Luce". Her works are hosted in prestigious festivals and spaces such as the Prague Biennale of Performing Arts, Unidram Potsdam, the Castromediano Museum in Lecce, the Reggia di Venaria and NU Festival, Performa Festival, Fondazione Sandretto. She collaborates with various organizations including the University of Turin, Lavanderia a Vapore EDN member and Fondazione Paideia, developing projects of dance and inclusive performance. She is an assistant to community projects led by Virgilio Sieni and Julie Stanzak. Francesca Cola's research focuses on an intergenerational semiotics that intertwines the performative ritual, investigating relationships through the body, visual art, and sound codes. The moving body dialogues with sound maps, images, and cultural stratifications, placing her in the field of transmedia contemporary arts.

Organising and collaborating people or organisations

  • Concept: Francesca Cola
  • Live soundscape: Paola Lesina
  • Performance: Francesca Cola e Paola Lesina
  • Light Design: Bianca Pizzimenti
  • Production: Associazione Didee Arti e Comunicazione. Artistic residency under the curatorship of Margine Operativo, sponsored by Rete Ecoritmi // Fondazione Roma Tre Teatro Palladium, Eticae, Margine Operativo // Funded by the Ministry of Culture – Next Generation EU.


Projects details

Status: Seeking performance circuit

Web of the project: https://www.francescacola.com/works

Additional documents: 

Market of reference: International

Disciplines: Movement, Music

Scale of the show: Medium format

Location for the project: Site specific

Recommended audience: All audience

Interests:  Community, Ecology, Experience, Rural, Periphery



Teaser


Peaceful Places
Margherita Landi e Agnese Lanza