In CATALOGO, we follow M., a dancer who has decided to leave the stage behind. We meet her on her final day in the rehearsal studio. As the moment of farewell draws closer, her body becomes a living catalogue of movements, encounters and different choreographic languages.

CATALOGO grew out of an original idea by Marta Ciappina, Marco D’Agostin and Damien Modolo. For the project, four distinctive voices from the Italian and international dance and performance scene were invited to contribute: Silvia Gribaudi, Francesca Pennini / CollettivO CineticO, Sotterraneo and Emio Greco | Pieter C. Scholten.

Their commission comes with a special rule: the makers create their contribution for Marta without meeting her beforehand or working with her in the studio. A kind of choreographic blind date. Four different artistic worlds turn their gaze towards the same body, without knowing exactly what will emerge from the encounter.