Graces

Graces is a project inspired by The Three Graces,  sculpture created by Antonio Canova between 1812 and 1817.The work  draws from mythology. Zeus’ three daughters – Euphrosyne, Aglaea and  Thalia – radiated splendour, joy and prosperity. Three male figures 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.On stage there are three male performers  (Siro Guglielmi, Matteo Marchesi, Andrea Rampazzo) 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, theatre and performing arts.

Over the past ten years,  Silvia Gribaudi has been questioning gender sterotypes, female and male  identities and the concept of virtuosity in dance and daily life,  expanding beyond clichés and appearances.Graces was realised thanks to  the critical, visual and directorial support of Matteo Maffesanti  (director, social theatre operator and videomaker) who followed through  the entire artistic process with Silvia Gri-baudi, with several working  phases involving workshops for local people inspired by the  choreographic material developed in the project.

Source: Silvia Gribaudi

More information: silviagribaudi.com