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Graces, by Italian choreographer Silvia Gribaudi, is a sculptural, pop piece that investigates the various shades of a concrete and insolent beauty, one that can overturn all beauty standards. Performed by Gribaudi herself, alongside with Siro Guglielmi, Matteo Marchesi, and Andrea Rampazzo, Graces shines with virtuosity and humor, the joy of the unconventional and unexpected.

Graces is inspired by the neoclassical sculpture The Three Graces. The sculpture was created by Antonio Canova between 1812 and 1817, as the universal benchmark of beauty, proportions, and measure.

In Graces a new concept of “grace” is unveiled. Unveiling is meant as “uncovering to show for the first time” and also as “taking off a veil”, that is, digging into what is superficial, looking for the roots. What is beauty? How does it show itself? The Three Graces are an aesthetic canon of beauty, but first of all they embody joy, splendour, and prosperity.

In a game between reality and fiction, the performance dances through time, following the score of classical music by Vivaldi and Strauss, the electronic score by Matmos, and the hypnotic experimentation by Koudlam. It accompanies the viewer through a path that does not clarify, but rather further complicates the relationship and nature of these characters. Where and how does the viewer’s gaze rest?

The work is part of the international Side Step Festival organised by Zodiak 12.-20.02.2022.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE FESTIVAL ON THE ZODIAK WEBSITE