The hand has long been thought of as a conduit of power, transforming invisible energy into the world of form. The Latin term MANIFESTUS (clear, manifest) includes precisely the word manus (hand).
Manifesting is the way to say ‘I AM THERE’, it is the moment in which we catch together a fleeting stretch of reality, caught in the act, and present it to the evidence of the public, the square, others. There is no break between thought, gesture and imagination: hands create, mould both matter and ideas, they are the distinctive organ of mankind emancipated from the constraints of the animal world. They are faces without eyes, but seeing and speaking.
This project develops a choreography for a group of three dancersə: an abstract form of representation, through non-narrative references and the codes of some street dance practices (tutting, fingering, popping, waving, vogueing, flexing etc.), defining an articulated energetic space in constant change to manifest itself by dancing in the flow of the present.
Concept, choreography, direction: Jacopo Jenna
Choreography collaboration: Mattia Quintavalle aka SLY
Dance: Simone De Giovanni, Petra Audrey Mangoua Youaleu, Phex Sound: Alberto Ricca / Bienoise
Technical direction and lighting: Mattia Bagnoli
Organisation: Luisa Zuffo
Production: KLm-Kinkaleri, Le Supplici, mk
With the support of: OperaEstate Festival, MilanOltre Festival, Fabbrica Europa
Duration: 40′