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”Once in a while we can talk about dance meant as art, an art which is able to restore the holy meaning of beauty. ”

Rafaella Sole, Tutto Danza

 

 

Description

Founded in 1994 and lead by artistic director, Mauro Astolfi, Ital'ys Spellbound Dance Company (Rome) is Italy’s premier contemporary dance company. The company’s unique vocabulary of expression is rooted in poetic, emotive, and dynamic bodies creating shifting geometries through space with equal amounts of athleticism and elegance.
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Mauro Astolfi's Biography

Mauro Astolfi, is the Artistic Director and Founder of Italy's Spellbound Dance Company. Astolfi’s chorographic vision is to continually develop works that equally embodies pure gestural expressiveness structured by classical technique and training. Poetry and precision are at the core of the success of Italy's Spellbound Dance Company. >more info

Repertory

Downshifting (2009) is a 40 minute work that occupies a space of great simplicity and sparseness. Directly commenting on personal choice and will, “Downshifters” are those who opt for another trajectory and imagine an alternative future in order to realize life more fully. It is a dance of pure, lush movement free from restraint and rich in passion and emotion.

Nafas (2006) has multiple meanings and cultural significances. In some Indian dialects it means breathing. Within the ideas of Sufism, Nafas is associated with freedom. In the Middle East, it describes the fullness, depth, and strength of a person's first breath at birth. The notion of breath and sequentially life is explored in this work that explores the milestones of life from birth through adulthood. The work is twenty minutes in length.

 

The Four Seasons

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Downloads and Links

Website: Italy's Spellbound Dance Company

 

 

 

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