Solo “What Happened in Torino” was created in the early 2013 and premiered at the International Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival in Stuttgart in March, 2013 where it was awarded first prize for both dance and choreography. The work focuses on the relationship between the body of the performer and the act of being on stage, in a struggle between the search for presence and the feeling of being trapped. Andrea in this work deals with the Gaze of the other, and on how it affects his way of being. Being watched as a trigger for pleasure but also as a petrifying force that holds him on place, under the lights, against his will. Dramaturgically the piece evolves around a text inspired by an Italian TV sale woman from the 90’s placing the work in a very precise context, however not dictating the aesthetics of the movements or costumes.
“Trop” is a solo work. It deals with the power balance relationship that is established in the performative act between the performer, the audience and an outside world made of symbols and images peeping into the stage through their own unique channel. The tension between these elements informs the movement and the action on stage. When is the performer in charge and when is he not? When is he in power and when is he controlled? And can he find intimacy, silence and peace despite the crushing pressure? This piece is short journey through a forest of messages and information where the body stands as an anchor in between, the one tangible reality that possess his own will, needs and desires. A one man show where flesh and bones are the real talker.