BLEAH!!! is a word that bursts into space, a sound-gesture already carrying meaning. In the visual poem of the same name by Lucia Marcucci, that sound detaches from the mouth to invade the page: no longer just to be heard, but to be seen, read, inhabited. A comment that becomes a work of art.
Starting from this suggestion emerges the encounter between Annamaria Ajmone (dancer and choreographer) and Laura Agnusdei (musician and saxophonist), here collaborating for the first time. Together, they take Marcucci’s imagery as a point of departure—an ignition for a dialogue moving through bodies, instruments, breaths, and everyday objects.
On stage, dance plays and music dances: roles are overturned, boundaries dissolve. Sound choreographs space, movement reshapes and multiplies it, creating ever-changing acoustic and affective architectures. Saxophone, drums, bodies, and breaths build meeting grounds in constant transformation.
At the center, a console with vinyl records becomes a safe room, a space to pause, listen to familiar tracks, and recombine them—commenting not only on the performance, but on the world itself.
The performance landscape pays homage to Lucia Marcucci’s poetic legacy, renewing its force by turning it into a living, sonic, collective experience.
Bio
Annamaria Ajmone is a dancer and choreographer. Her research focuses on the body as a plastic, ever-changing material, generating performances of different formats and durations, born out of encounters and collective processes. Her works have been presented at international festivals and institutions including La Biennale Danza (Venice), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), brut (Vienna), Pinacoteca Agnelli (Turin), Fog Triennale (Milan), as well as in Marrakech, Beirut, Ramallah, Singapore, and Los Angeles. In 2015 she was awarded the Danza&Danza prize as “Best Emerging Contemporary Performer.” She co-organized the platform Nobody’s Indiscipline (2016–2023) and curates the program of MOTELSALIERI. Alongside her artistic and curatorial work, she regularly leads workshops and transmission practices.
Laura Agnusdei is a saxophonist and electronic musician. Her research blends electroacoustic composition and improvisation, creating soundscapes where the saxophone remains the guiding voice. Her music weaves melody, timbral exploration, and layers of acoustic, digital, and analog sources. After her debut with Night/Lights (The Tapeworm, 2017), she released Laurisilva (2019), a sonic journey inspired by imaginary landscapes, and UBI CONSISTAM (2021), a site-specific project dedicated to Bologna. With Goro (Maple Death, 2023) and Flowers Are Blooming in Antarctica (2025), she continues to explore territories between post-exotica, spiritual jazz, and post-apocalyptic visions. Her works are presented in Italy and abroad.
Credits
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Concept, dance, music: Annamaria Ajmone, Laura Agnusdei
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Costumes: Fabio Quaranta
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Outside eye: Giada Cipollone
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Produced by: L’Altra Associazione, We-Start Centro di Produzione Piemonte Orientale, Bolzano Danza | Tanz Bozen, OperaEstate Festival (as part of the BoNo! project)
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With the support of: Triennale Milano, Fondazione Haydn di Bolzano e Trento
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In collaboration with: Ar/Ge Kunst
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Associated artist: Triennale Milano 2021–2024
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Inspired by the works of: Lucia Marcucci (visual poetry, sound poetry, cinepoetry)
