KOR’SIA

On 26 April 1336, Petrarch undertook the ascent of Mont Ventoux. From this allegorical experience, the Tuscan poet returned determined to renounce false pleasures in favour of his spiritual life. For choreographers Mattia Russo and Antonio De Rosa, seven centuries later this lesson has lost none of its acuity. In view of the current degradation of the environment and of living together, the writer's injunction to abandon the old patterns of thought and conduct has even become a global emergency. In order to change the paradigm, to rediscover the founding values of our civilisation, to carry out philanthropic actions together and to put humanity and nature back at the centre, the Kor'sia collective proposes to climb the mountain again. Nine international performers, all under the age of 35, are the inspired actors of this symbolic journey.
The dance, but also the scenography and its lunar or natural landscapes, are in perpetual movement. Between reality and fiction, the lights draw a connected space, where everything becomes possible. Recreating Renaissance-inspired harmonies and electronic sounds, the sound space imagined by the young composer Alejandro Da Rocha opens the door to a promising future.


Kor'sia Collective

Based in Madrid, the collective was founded by Mattia Russo and Antonio De Rosa, in collaboration with Giuseppe Dagostino and Agnès López-Río.
Considering the arts, and more precisely the arts of movement, as the only representations capable of transmitting what underlies our societies, they create artistic devices, around the body, giving new access to ways of being and being in the world.
Among their latest works, GISELLE, IGRA (Games) and Velasquez take an original look at classical culture and its transmission.

Show less