SHUT UP! & TOXIC LOVE
International Live Tour 2024
„Manipulation, control and submission. These are the elements that Shut up! and Toxic Love have in common. They are the stories of those who have to fight against abuse and weakness, without interruption. The need to feel bigger in the impossibility of feeling understood but also the story of those who seek answers, in a love that has effects similar to those of drug addiction.“
dance, dance/performance
SAT 07.09.2024
8:00pm — 9:00pm
Premiere
Frankfurter Autoren Theater e.V. in der Brotfabrik Bachmannstr. 2-4 60488 Frankfurt am Main
Manipulation, control, and submission are the central themes of the multi-award-winning works „Shut up!“ and „Toxic Love“ by the emerging Italian choreographer Francesco Biasi. Produced by AlphaZTL Compagnia d’Arte Dinamica from Brindisi, Italy, these works tell stories through impressive dance performances of people who continuously fight against abuse and weakness; of the unfulfilled desire for strength and understanding; and of the diverse, multifaceted, and complex relationship dynamics of our time.
On Saturday, September 7, 2024, we invite you to get to know the work of AlphaZTL on a practical level through a workshop from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
Reservations for the workshop must be made separately via the following link: https://www.fat-web.de/reservierung-beim-fat/
Starting at 8:00 PM, the performances of SHUT UP! & TOXIC LOVE will be presented, followed by an artist talk.
Registration
Shut up! & Toxic Love
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SHUT UP!
Dancers: Simona Semeraro & Giulia Petti
Duration: 25 minutes
Shut Up! is a performance born from the need to represent the duality of mankind, the coexistence of opposing realities united in an ongoing struggle. ‘Who do you think you are? You think you are stronger, right? If being stronger for you means manipulating other people’s minds and controlling what doesn’t belong to you, you are on the wrong path. But what is wrong and what is right? Shut up!’ Silence the beliefs that delude you of a power you do not and cannot have, make yourself vulnerable and lost, malleable and real. What is real?’ Shut Up! is the struggle against others, the illusion of everyone’s perception of themselves, a perception that creates real limits. Insecurities and weaknesses that are projected onto the other, but reflect the fiction that has been created. It is in this context that the study of the other’s weaknesses and shortcomings to fill one’s own and feel full, and fulfilled, fits in. The need to feel greater in the impossibility of feeling understood.
TOXIC LOVE
Dancers: Francesco Biasi & Davide Dibello
Duration: 15 minutes
What is the mind of an addict hiding? Love and addiction have similar effects, thrashing in a mixture of euphoria, desire and submission. But can love clean up the drugs in circulation? Toxic Love is the story of two young people in search of answers, in precarious balance, united by the dim hope of redemption. Their life goes on repetitive, without an apparent future or an event that could put an end, for better or for worse, to their dramatic situation.
Direction and Choreography: Francesco Biasi Production: AlphaZTL Compagnia d’Arte Dinamica Coproduction: Compagnia Fabula Saltica – Associazione Balletto Città di Rovigo
financed by SIAE Per Chi CREA 2023 and the Italian Ministry of Culture