Between January and February 2020 Pablo Girolami and Giacomo Todeschi were guests at Oriente Occidente Studio with the company IVONA for the development of the performance Manbuhsa.
By involving artists from Germany, Portugal and Spain, Pablo Girolami's first creation as an independent artist is now extended to a wider duration with an evolution of the choreography.
The concept of the research is based on the idea of urban exodus and the exploration of insecurity and the feeling of being trapped by the latent negativity of urbanisation. From this conflict, a feeling of trust develops and leads to an educational relationship, aimed at personal reflection and self-discovery.
In movements and choreographic elements there is extensive research into certain images of 'animal courtship'. The dance reminds us of cranes, whose bodies react simultaneously to the impulses given to each other, the agitation and precision recall the peacock spider.
There is thus an inspiration from the essence of human daily and urban movement, but the quality of instinctive and wild animal movement is also taken up.
During the residency there was a sharing moment for critics and operators and a workshop open to the students of the Liceo Coreutico Bonporti of Trento. At the end of the residency, in collaboration with Mart Museo d'arte contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto and Centro Culturale S. Chiara, a presentation of the work was held in the museum, open to the public as part of the Aperitivi in Danza program.
Manbhusona was presented in its final form as part of the program of Oriente Occidente Dance Festival 2021. On the same occasion, an excerpt from it, Migrazioni, was also presented in an open-air version.
For me, dance is rhythm, it's seduction. I think we humans didn't invent dance. I think nature, especially animals, invented this fantastic art that is dance. To communicate.There is this instinct, this spontaneity in dance, which attracts me very much.
- Pablo Girolami
