“There are no finished poems, only abandoned ones.” Paul Valéry
If there is a core theme in Giselle, it is indisputably related to love / heartbreak, we can even
say that Giselle is the greatest story on this theme of romantic ballet.
With this visit to another of the “classics”, Kor’sia continues with a line that began with the
reunion of two ballets by Nijinsky, Jeux and Siesta by a faun; consolidating the exploration
around academicism and resorting to themes that last beyond time, to bring them closer to
today.
In this case, an attempt is made to investigate the basic idea behind Giselle: is it possible to
access pure love today?
We can say that even from the scientific nuclei there are different visions; On the one hand,
medicine has recognized broken heart syndrome as a true clinical pathology; while, on the
contrary, it is undeniable that the technological imprint is introducing new ways and forms
of love / dislike.
In fact, the Giselle of 1833 seems to be part of an understanding of the world, which is
missing or about to disappear; dragging with it the dimension ruled by Myrtha in which the
Willis live, the young women who, like Giselle, died for love. But paradoxically, it also seems
that this unreal, spectral underworld currently metaphorizes the liquidity of human
relationships in which we find ourselves submerged: benching, ghosting, zombing …, they
emerge as terms that allude to the new forms of love / heartbreak that we face today.
The new technological devices multiply the speed of relationships, as well as that of possible
and multiple frustrations; configuring the failure of love as a current theme. Individuals react
to this new technological sphere, to this potential disorder, with other tools that are
supported in meditation, yoga, dance … asking our body for new resources that help us
sustain what installs us in this new spectral speed /virtual although like Giselle always guided
by a single desire: to love and be loved.
GISELLE is new production of KOR’SIA In co-production with Teatros del Canal Madrid, Museum of UNAV Universidad de Navarra, and The Staatstheater Darmstadt Germany, Bolzano Festival.
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport // Government of Spain,Community of Madrid, Madrid City Council, Italian Institute of Culture.
World première: Teatros del Canal, 11, 12 & 13 of December, 2020, Madrid, Spain
Credits
Duration : 1h and 30’ (no intermission)
Idea and direction : Mattia Russo y Antonio de Rosa
Performers: Mattia Russo, Antonio de Rosa, Agnès López-Río, Giulia Russo, Astrid Bramming, Alejandro Moya, Christian Pace, Angela Demattè, Claudia Bosch, Gonzalo Álvarez y Jerónimo Ruiz
Choreography : Mattia Russo y Antonio de Rosa in collaboration with the dancers
Dramaturgy : Gaia Clotilde Chernetich
Dramaturgy assistant : Giuseppe Dagostino
Artistic Advisor : Agnès López-Río
Scenography : Amber Vandenhoeck
Music : Adolphe Adam
Lights : Giacomo Gorini
Costumes: Adrian Bernal
Make up : Corta Cabeza
Photographs : Ernesto Artillo
Executive Producer : Gabriel Blanco (Spectare)