How dramaturgy writes – Dance Dramaturgies

Writing as a messy practice

[This is an excerpt transcribed from the interview to Elisa Sbaragli and Sara Sguotti: you can find the video interview here] Giovanni: Somehow writing is a kind of confusing technological prosthesis of what I am in terms of my practice. And actually, for me what’s a bit embarrassing about my writing is that it is… Continue reading Writing as a messy practice

Writing as a determination

[This is an excerpt transcribed from the interview to Elisa Sbaragli and Sara Sguotti: you can find the video interview here] Giovanni: So, would you say that writing is a form of determination? Sara: Yes, absolutely. For example, this week when I was alone, I forced myself to write for other people, to find a… Continue reading Writing as a determination

Writing – Sharing fragilities

[This is an excerpt transcribed from the interview to Elisa Sbaragli and Sara Sguotti: you can find the video interview here] Giovanni: Yet, you are very active on DanceMe. Elisa: For me, DanceMe is a tool for pure and hard research, and I can’t do the same with Instagram, for example. DanceMe is a sacred… Continue reading Writing – Sharing fragilities

Writing for reaching out

[This is an excerpt transcribed from the interview to Elisa Sbaragli and Sara Sguotti: you can find the video interview here] Giovanni: One last question regarding the topic of digital writing and specifically in terms of communication tools: what do you decide to communicate to the outside world? Why? Which tools do you use? Sara:… Continue reading Writing for reaching out

Writing through video

[This is an excerpt transcribed from the interview to Elisa Sbaragli and Sara Sguotti: you can find the video interview here] Sara: another interesting point for me is that in the practice of writing, understood in a very broader sense, the use of video is really relevant. It seems to me that the memory of… Continue reading Writing through video

Writing as a digital practice

[This is an excerpt transcribed from the interview to Elisa Sbaragli and Sara Sguotti: you can find the video interview here] Giovanni: You have both mentioned the use of tools related to digital media. You thought about the possibilities that these tools provide, their affordances, that is, what they allow you to do, for example,… Continue reading Writing as a digital practice

Writing – Places

[This is an excerpt transcribed from the interview to Elisa Sbaragli and Sara Sguotti: you can find the video interview here] Giovanni: Where do you write? in the rehearsal room, in the bedroom, in the kitchen? In what kind of practical spatial situations? Sara: There are so many elements connected to the practice of dance… Continue reading Writing – Places

Writing – Colours

Giovanni: Do you make use of different colours when you write? Elisa: I don’t really mind. I tend to use a pen, but I’m not very specific when choosing what instrument to write with. My priority is to work on a stream of ideas, something that is lodged in my mind at that time. This… Continue reading Writing – Colours

Writing – Associations

[This is an excerpt transcribed from the interview to Elisa Sbaragli and Sara Sguotti: you can find the video interview here] Giovanni: When I say the word ‘writing’, which associations come to mind? Elisa: The associations which come to my mind are: notes, drawings, signs, trajectories and archives. Writing is dominant during the flow of… Continue reading Writing – Associations

The practice of writing

I always used to write a lot. I was born in 1976, so my generation grew up writing with pen and paper, no screens, no digital stuff whatsoever. I grew up partly with my grandmother, 600 km from my hometown, so I used to miss her a lot when I wasn’t at hers, and I… Continue reading The practice of writing