"Graces" - Silvia Gribaudi Contemporary Dance Performance

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The Italian Cultural Institute & Beirut Physical Lab in Collaboration with Zebra Production presents an award-winning humorous contemporary dance performance: "Graces"

Graces is a project inspired by The Three Graces, a sculpture created by Antonio Canova between 1812 and 1817. The work draws from mythology: Zeus’ three daughters – Euphrosyne, Aglaea, and Thalia – radiate splendor, joy and prosperity. Three male figures – Giacomo Citton, Matteo Marchesi, and Andrea Rampazzo – take the stage in a space and time suspended between the human and the abstract: a place where male and female meet without roles and dance to the rhythm of nature itself. They perform together with the author Silvia Gribaudi, who likes to define herself as ‘author of the body’ because her poetics elevates imperfections to an art form with a direct, cruel, and empathetic comic style without any boundaries among dance, theater, and performing arts.

Over the past ten years, Silvia Gribaudi has been questioning gender stereotypes, female and male identities, and the concept of virtuosity in dance and daily life, expanding beyond clichés and appearances.

“With generous humor and radical empathy, the Italian choreographer Silvia Gribaudi elevates notions of human imperfections into an art form beyond clichés and appearances. Drawn from the sculpture The Three Graces (Antonio Canova 1812-1817) – representing Zeus’ daughters Euphrosyne, Aglaea, and Thalia – the three male performers together with Silvia search for new meanings of the word ‘grace’. With dance and text, but most of all with warmth and lightness, the performance reveals a core of our humanity.”

Winner of Danza&Danza 2019 award ‘Italian Production of the Year’
Winning Project of the action CollaborAction#4 2018/2019
Selected by NID Platform 2019
Finalist Rete Critica 2019 award (Italy)

Choreography: Silvia Gribaudi
Dramaturgy: Silvia Gribaudi and Matteo Maffesanti
Performers: Silvia Gribaudi, Giacomo Citton, Matteo Marchesi, and Andrea Rampazzo
Light Design: Antonio Rinaldi
Assistant Technician: Theo Longuemare
Technical Director: Leonardo Benetollo
Costumes: Elena Rossi
Production: Zebra
Co-production: Santarcangelo dei Teatri

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Beirut Physical Lab

Beirut Physical Lab (BPL) is a central hub for contemporary dance and physical theater in Beirut, serving as a focal point for local and international artists to connect, exchange ideas, and collaborate, fostering a rich and safe creative environment in the country.

BPL aims to nurture the next generation of physical performers. We are dedicated to provide young/emerging artists educational and performative opportunities to explore and refine their skills. Through a series of workshops and educational programs, we cater for both emerging professional performers and individuals interested in discovering and exploring movement. We aim to expand these art forms within our local context finding the relation between our culture and the global contemporary scene. We are working on fostering collaborations with international contemporary dance programs and festivals to create pathways for our community to engage with educational and performative opportunities on a global scale.

BPL collaborates with both local and international artists to create performances that not only give voice to various causes but also deepen the audience's understanding and appreciation of contemporary dance and physical theater. Hoping to present a new perspective of these art forms in the local scene.

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Al Madina Theater

Beirut, Lebanon

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Italian Cultural Institute

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Collectif Kahraba

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