Italy+Japan Dance

Marzo

Dewey Dell

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

PRESENTED BY ARTS HOUSE IN ASSOCIATION WITH MELBOURNE FESTIVAL

CONCEPT BY AGATA CASTELLUCCI, DEMETRIO CASTELLUCCI, TEODORA CASTELLUCCI & EUGENIO RESTA

Six eerie beings dance out a ferocious drama amid the foreboding rumblings of an icy alien landscape. Winter fades, and spring blooms in violence.

Dynamic young Italian artists’ collective Dewey Dell have joined forces with manga artist Yuichi Yokoyama and Kuro Tanino, Artistic Director of Japanese theatre company Niwagekidan Penino, to create Marzo, an impeccably stylized dance work with a stunning visual aesthetic – eccentric and fantastical.

"The find of the Festival was Marzo... I loved the hip music, its cool white framing shell, and its vivid costumes."

OMAHA SUN TIMES (on Marzo at the Venice Biennale)

Lifting its name from William Faulkner, Dewey Dell was formed in 2007 by four young artists: Teodora, Demetrio and Agata Castellucci, and Eugenio Resta. Last seen in Melbourne as part of the Next Wave Festival in 2012, Dewey Dell continues to garner attention as a unique and highly original force in European dance.

POST-SHOW Q&A

Sat 11 Oct at 3.30pm (post show)

Members of Dewey Dell discuss the influences that informed the creation of Marzo, and its distinctive fusion of dance, sound and visual design.

Marzo is co-produced by steirischer herbst, BUDA Kunstencentrum and Centrale Fies Dro, with the support of Tanzfabrik Berlin and the University of Zagreb – Student Centre Zagreb – Culture of Change and Schaubühne Lindenfels. Dewey Dell is supported by the City of Melbourne through Arts House, and by Advancing Performing Arts Projects, and is part of the project Fies Factory/Centrale Fies.

Image: Bernhard Müller © Szene Salzburg

Credits

DEWEY DELL (ITA)
Dewey Dell was formed in 2007 by Teodora, Demetrio, Agata Castellucci and Eugenio Resta. They have strong skills in different areas. This took each of them to give priority to a specific aspect of the work, without giving up a collective modeling of materials. Teodora is therefore author of choreographies, Demetrio composes the music, Eugenio designs the lights and takes care of the technical aspects of production, while Agata assists in choreographic creation and looks also after aspects of organization. Since 2007 Dewey Dell is part of Fies Factory and from 2013 is supported by apap - advancing performing arts project. The name Dewey Dell is a tribute to Faulkner and to the young girl of "As I lay dying", under whose look the company prepares itself to wander towards the abyss.

KURO TANINO (JAP)
Born in Toyama Pref. in 1976.
While being a student in the Medical School of Showa University, he formed the theater company Niwagekidan Penino in 2000. He is a playwright, director of the company and ex-psychiatrist.

His company’s works are created based on his imagination and obsessions and staged out with carefully designed detail. With his works, he toured a lot within the most important International festivals, among them Next Festival in Kortrijk, where Kuro Tanino met Dewey Dell’s company members, for whom he has been assistant director for Marzo, 2013.

YUICHI YOKOYAMA (JAP)
Born in Miyazaki in 1967. Currently living and working in Saitama. Graduated from the department of painting at Musashino Art University in 1990, he has worked as a cartoonist since 1995 and besides his activity as comics designer he is also a visual artist with colorful painting and drawings. He is an isolated artist who is highly regarded in the art scene both in Japan and overseas.