Bio
“I want to start from dance as an inexplicable, unjustifiable practice—something to be felt, lived, and moved through; to shape it as a complete, perhaps ancient, experience.
To give space to the exquisite knowledge that is being in the body—knowledge that needs no context—imagining what it would mean to free it from the tight grip of theory, of framework, of justification.
A funeral for all the things we can no longer bear.”
Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin is an Italian artist of Armenian descent working within the fields of dance and live performance. Her practice unfolds through movement, text, video, choreography, sound, and gatherings, exploring the relationships between language, care, writing, belonging, and divination. She is the creator of Pleasure Body, a traveling space dedicated to pleasure and rest, presented in international contexts such as Harvard, Gropius Bau, Sophiensaele, and Saison Foundation Tokyo.
Credits
by Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin
with: F. De Isabella, Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin, Lele Tori
Dance: Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin
Texts: Giulia Crispiani, Giorgia Ohanesian Nardin
Writing collaboration: F. De Isabella, Lele Tori
Movement guidance and support: Elena Giannotti
Dramaturgical questions and support: Jamila Johnson-Small
Costume design and making: Max Simonetto naturaviolenta
Soundscape: F. De Isabella
Light design: Giulia Pastore, Elena Vastano
Technical direction and production: Elena Vastano
Vocal coaching: Giulia Impache
Care, management, and production: Giulia Traversi
Organization and logistics: Eleonora Cavallo
Administration: Federica Giuliano, Paola Miolano, Irene Maiolin
Communication: Giuseppina D’Alessandro
Photos: Roberta Segata courtesy of Centrale Fies
Video: Luca Chiaudano video editing F. De Isabella
Produced by: Associazione Culturale VAN
With the support of: Ministero della Cultura, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Centrale Fies, Santarcangelo Festival, BASE Milano, Lavanderia a Vapore (as part of the Lavanderia a Vapore choreographic residencies project), Le alleanze dei corpi ZEIT, CCA Glasgow (in collaboration with Take Me Somewhere)
Special thanks to Alessio, Leo, Stefania, and all the people who took part in FUORIPIOVE
A project by Associazione Culturale VAN
