International Festival of Contemporary Theatre
Programme
I’ll do, I’ll do, I’ll do
31.08. 14:00, K.K. fon Stricka villa, Aristida Briāna iela 9 | Free
Behind the image of the satanic, anthropophagic, magical and violent sabbath, it is possible to glimpse the distorted echo of an ecstatic cult dominated by a mysterious night goddess connected to a ceremony for the fertility of the soil. If possession is often considered as the visitation of a divine entity among human beings, ecstasy on the contrary is a journey of celestial ascension or infernal descent of the human soul out of the body.
From this concept of a body “in spirit,” comes the idea of a choreography that weaves the threads of an imagined Sabbath.
Artists in conversation – Art is Young
Dewey Dell is formed by siblings, sons and daughters of Italian artist Romeo Castellucci, and their families. They have been performing together for over ten years and have become a highly professional Italian dance group. In conversation with local young artists Artūrs Čukurs, Beate Poikāne and Katrīna Dūka they will discuss the expectations of their generation, visions of the future and how they can be achieved in art. The conversation is part of a series of ten events organised by the Embassy of Italy in Riga titled Caffè Young Italy. The project aims at showcasing Italian emerging talents in different fields and fostering dialogue among young Italian and Latvian creative communities.
ACCESSIBILITY
Unfortunately, the performance venue is not wheelchair accessible
ABOUT ARTISTS
Dewey Dell is an Italian dance and performing arts group active since 2006 and now composed by Teodora Castellucci, Agata Castellucci, Vito Matera, and the musician Demetrio Castellucci.
The choreographic research – continuously inspired and nourished by the images of art history and the behaviors of the animal kingdom – brings forward its own path of bold confrontation with archetypes and narrative frames drawn from the ancient world, with the intention of turning the model into a cast for pouring out a current and new essence. Dewey Dell has created dance works that intersect different art forms, pursuing other lines of experimentation in music performance, video and visual art.
Over the years Dewey Dell has collaborated with different artists such as visual artist Yuichi Yokoyama, theater director Kuro Tanino, graphic designer Clio Casadei, musician Massimo Pupillo (Zu), vocalist Attila Chsihar (Mayhem), sculptor Matteo Lucca and audiovisual installation collective Transforma among others. Since 2006 Dewey Dell has created many works, in particular the show “Sleep Technique – A Response to the Chauvet Pont d’Arc Cave” (2017) has been nominated at the prestigious German prize Der Faust Theaterpreis for the choreography and “Le Sacre du Printemps” (2023) won the Danza&Danza award as the best Italian dance production in 2023.
CAST
Performance by: Dewey Dell
Choreography: Teodora Castellucci
Assistant to choreography: Agata Castellucci
Original music: Demetrio Castellucci
Dramaturgy, light design, technical direction: Vito Matera
Video documentation: John Nguyen
Organization and production: Dewey Dell
Supported by: Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo, Emilia-Romagna Region and Societas, Teatro Comandini, Embassy of Italy in Riga & programme “Caffè Young Italy”
31
August
14:00
Free
