SPANDA

Anna Kushnerova and Sofia Kovarich experiment and inquire into making BODY into INSTRUMENT. Jack Davey creates metallic body limbs for the movers who will meet in the wild, body-based symphony they call SPANDA.

𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺. 𝘕𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘱, 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.

Anna Kushnerova and Sofia Kovarich

Visual artist and performer Anna Kushnerova (UK/Russia), and movement artist and founder of spazio500, Sofia Kovarich (Italy) met at the Himalayan Butoh school and since have shared an ongoing practice in the Butoh dance, co-creating and exploring body based acts.

Their collaboration at Fivizzano27 was inoculated after having met Emilia at Spazio500, a space for artistic research in Trentino. Fivizanno27’s hospitality became an opportunity to meet again.
For their 9 day stay in Eastern Rome, Anna Kushnerova and Sofia Kovarich have called upon a group of artists and dancers from different parts of the world. Michelle Anay Woods will come from Belgium, where she co-founded a performance and event space Table Dance and will work with mediums of foods and cookery. Pierre Antoine Vettorello (Belgium/France) will join us as a dancer bringinging his experience as a maker of garments embodying militancy, hostility and poetry. Anastasia Freygang will explore non-linear forms of narrative through sound and the present body. Eleonora Salvato (Italy) will join us to dance.

Concept, organization: Anna Kushnerova, Sofia Kovarich
Metal bodies: Jack Davey
Acoustic narrative: Anastasia Freygang
Fivizzano27, Roma