REGGIO EMILIA — The project Hofesh Shechter, which is included in the calendar of the Open Festival of 2015, is a collaboration between the Maramotti Collection, Max Mara and The Foundation of Theatres and provides a unique site-specific performance in the areas of collection (Nov. 3 to 5 - four reruns) and an Italian premiere of the show deGeneration at the Teatro Cavallerizza (Nov. 7 to 8). 

  The synergy between these three parties began in 2009 with the involvement of the Trisha Brown Dance Company and it has aimed to revive a dialogue between visual art and dance education. 

  The show deGeneration consists of three parts: Cult (2004) and Fragments (2003), two of the lesser known works of Shechter, as well as the award-winning Disappearing Act (2015). 

  The main themes of Cult (2004) are the power games within society and the struggles they produce. Fragments (2003) is a duet that explores the intimate relationship between a man and a woman, alternating between seriousness and irony, power games and seduction, pragmatism and sensuality. Disappearing Act (2015) takes up the motifs of the two earlier pieces in a more collective momentum based on a creation of 2012, which has been specially adapted to and inspired by the young performers of the newly formed Junior Shechter.

November 3 to 5 (Festival Open 2015)

Maramotti Collection

A Site-specific Performance

Premiere

Tuesday, November 3, 20:30

Wednesday, November 4, 16:30 and 20:30

Thursday, November 5, 20:30

choreography by Hofesh Shechter

starring Shechter Junior

November 7 to 8 (Festival Open 2015)

Teatro Cavallerizza

deGeneration

Saturday, November 7, 20.30

Sunday, November 8th, 18:00

choreography and music by Hofesh Shechter

starring Shechter Junior

  Tickets are for sale on the website www.iteatri.re.it and at the ticket office of the Teatro Municipale Valli (days and opening hours on the site www.iteatri.re.it)