SEQUOIA

choreography

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When we enter a forest we can easily sense that something is hidden from our ability to observe and understand. It is something extraordinarily indefinable. We feel that it exists but we cannot grasp it. Sequoia wants to investigate and contemplate this “something” which we humans perceive in contact with trees, woods and forests, but we cannot define.

The music track created ad hoc contains the electrical information of a sequoia, that I sampled at a particular moment with PlantsPlay - a device that allows users to sample the trees biorhythms - and that the music composer reworked into sound.

Credits:

Author and choreographer: Matteo Mascolo

Dancers: Alessia Tagliabue, Chiara Esposito.

Time: 15' minutes

Music: Davide Nardelli

Sponsor: PlantsPlay by Edoardo Taori, Olfattiva, Vaia and Settore Nazionale Forest Bathing.

Supported by: Sala Nera (Tempio del Futuro Perduto) and Dare To Share Collective (as part of the residency program "Road to Nowhere 24/25").

Performance:

DAP Festival 2024, Pratiche Parallele 2024, Festival Nutida 2025, Scena Natura 2025, Rassegna Esplorare 2025, Siena in Danza 2025.

Open calls won:

Road to Nowhere 2024-2025 by DTS Collective

Esploratori della Danza 2025 by Compagnia AltraDanza