Rafael Candela Forrest

FAROUT

A body crossing the city, a gesture that alters its rhythms, an unexpected encounter that redefines the gaze upon the ordinary.

Forrest is an itinerant performance that comes to life in the public space, moving through streets, squares, and ‘non-places.’ It is a sudden passage that transforms the everyday into a stage, opening up possibilities for connection between the performer, the environment, and the audience—both those who choose to follow and those who witness it by chance.

Rafael Candela inhabits the urban architecture with a body in a state of continuous alertness and transformation, allowing himself to be shaped by noises, obstacles, glances, and presences. The action becomes play, poetry, dissonance: a micrology of movement capable of suspending the utilitarian function of space and returning it to a sensitive, fragile, and collective dimension.

On Saturday, October 18, the performance enters into a profound dialogue with the installation Arena Stadera, created by Fantastudio (Carolina Amoretti) and Sara Ricciardi.

In this site-specific reprise, one of the installation’s banners becomes an integral part of the choreography. Forrest invites the audience to an immersive experience that rewrites and gives new meaning to the neighborhood’s space through movement and presence.

Bio

Rafael Candela is an Italian-Brazilian artist based in Milan. His training includes the Venice Biennale Teatro, Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi, and the DanceWEB program at ImPulsTanz. As a performer, he has collaborated with Alexis Vassiliou, Nicola Galli, Simona Bertozzi, Fabio Cherstich, Ariella Vidach, Vittorio Pagani, Elisa Sbaragli, among others.

His research focuses on the relationship between body and urban space, exploring physical and perceptual presence in dialogue with the gaze of both intentional and accidental spectators. Forrest is his debut work, presented in contexts such as Triennale Milano, BASE, Festival Danza Urbana, Ammutinamenti, and the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris. In 2025, he has been selected by the INSITU Platform for artists in public space and by Nouveau Grand Tour (Le Centquatre, Paris).

Credits

Performance: Rafael Candela
Production: independent
With the support of: Triennale Milano, BASE Milano, Festival Danza Urbana, Ammutinamenti, Italian Cultural Institute in Paris
2025 Selections: INSITU Platform & Nouveau Grand Tour (residency at Le Centquatre, Paris)

  • Duration 30'

  • Starting point:
    Club Davide
    Via Francesco De Sanctis, 50


    Suitable for children from 6+


    Proximity and close-range interaction with the audience


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