by Nicolò Abbattista and Christian Consalvo

supported by OPLAS/Centro Regionale Danza Umbria,
theWorkRoom, Fattoria Vittadini and Fondazione Milano

In GLO a post-modern rhytm meets a cha cha track, goes through the 80’s, slides upon electronic notes and classical scores, and draws on the scene the LGBTQIA+ world and all its shades: a world made of music, courage, freedom, dance, make-up, transgression, tenderness, unconditional love, but also dark corners of fear and madness, where hiding themselves.

GLO tells about love stories, unique and similar to each other at the same time. We are brought inside a kaleidoscope, where colourful images swirl around and turn acts into emotions. GLO tells about people: who love and desire each other.

The show is based on four gender studies and is composed by four different pieces.

“So the thumpa-thumpa continues. It always will, no matter what happens, no matter who's President. As Our Lady of Disco, the Gloria Gaynor, has always sung to us: We Will Survive."

Queer as Folk tv series

The audience is involved in a glossy, muffled and teasing world. The powerful voice of Cher and her Strong enough make the scene alive, where super heroes in lingerie start to move, like bodies halfway between gay pride and cartoons.

Trait d’union of each situation is the chosen music: it helps both to emphasise the actions and to create a funny and free setting. That is why the playlist is made up of Cher or The Tamperer and contemporary artists such Steve Roach, Harold Budd or Brian Eno.

The only other objects are the clothes of the dancers. Ordinary, daily clothes with which they hide or undress, creating evocative nude-images or ordinary-life pictures that describe their intimacy. In this way they assume a double meaning: the mechanical actions that anticipates the union between bodies, and the metaphorical mean of dropping the shell that hides the real essence.

YEAR
2018

CHOREOGRAPHER
NICOLÒ ABBATTISTA

DRAMATURG
CHRISTIAN CONSALVO

MUSIC
Cher, The Tamperer, J. S. Bach,
Goldmund, Yma Sumac, Monoloake

LIGHT DESIGNER
ILARIO MASTROPASQUA

DURATION 60” for 6 DANCERS

ORIGINAL CAST
Chiara Borghini, Susanna Pieri,
Giovanni Careccia, Martina Zanardi,
Samuele Arisci, Salvatore Sciancalepore

PREVIEW
December 6th, 2018
TheWorkRoom
Spazio Fondazione Milano
MILANO

PREMIERE
February 1st, 2019
Theater Season
Cittadella degli Artisti
MOLFETTA (BA)

OTHER PERFORMANCES:
  • November 19th, 2017 (excerpt)
    Festival Corpo a Corpo
    Villa Regina
    TORINO
  • May 26th, 2018 (excerpt)
    Festival IDACO
    Baruch Performing Arts Center
    NEW YORK, USA
  • June 13th, 2018 (excerpt)
    Gdańsk Dance Festival
    Klub Żak
    GDAŃSK, POLAND
  • November 18th, 2018 (excerpt)
    Abelianodanza Contest
    MAT Laboratorio Urbano
    TERLIZZI (BA)
  • February 27th, 2019 (excerpt)
    Abelianodanza Contest
    Teatro Abeliano
    BARI
  • March 9th, 2019
    Theater Season
    Teatro PimOff
    MILANO
  • April 5th, 2019 (excerpt)
    Racconti di Altre Danze
    Nuovo Teatro delle Commedie
    LIVORNO
  • July 6th, 2019
    EuroGames
    Teatro Lo Spazio
    ROMA
  • July 25th, 2019 (excerpt)
    Nessuno Resti Fuori
    Largo Giacomo Leopardi
    MATERA
  • September 29th, 2019 (excerpt)
    Premio inDivenire
    Spazio Diamante
    ROMA
  • February 22th, 2020 (excerpt)
    Gdańsk Dance Festival // Winter Edition
    Klub Żak
    GDAŃSK, POLAND
  • July 31st, 2021 (excerpt)
    FLIC – Festival Lanciano in Contemporanea
    Polo Museale Santo Spirito
    LANCIANO (CH)
  • September 23th, 2021 (excerpt)
    Festival Sopravvissuti
    Teatro degli Atti
    RIMINI
  • October 9th, 2021 (excerpt)
    Vuoti d’Aria
    CineTeatro San Filippo Neri
    SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO (AP)
  • October 18th, 2021 (excerpt)
    A Maglie Larghe
    Laboratorio Urbano Rigenera
    PALO DEL COLLE (BA)
  • May 20th, 2022 (excerpt)
    Festival Up To You
    Auditorium di Piazza Libertà
    BERGAMO
  • August 20th, 2022 (excerpt)
    Platform14
    Uferstudios
    BERLIN, GERMANY
  • April 28th and 29th, 2023 (excerpt)
    Dance Horizons
    The Studio
    EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
  • October 15th, 2023 (excerpt)
    Festival Corrispondenze
    Spazio Agorà
    LADISPOLI (RM)
  • November 5th, 2023 (excerpt)
    COMBO Festival
    Galleria Toledo
    NAPOLI
  • May 7th, 2025 (excerpt)
    Rassegna It’s A Little Bit Messy
    Spazio Fattoria
    MILANO
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