The practices of *Corpi di pietra e d’aria* stem from the idea of establishing a connection between the human body and the body of the castle, which we imagine to be structured into parts with different functions: the bowels lie hidden in the cellars, the heart beats in the courtyard, and on the towers and terraces
spiritual spaces open up, from which one can look beyond the walls to connect with the sky.
The fortress is a fortress when its gates are locked. It transforms into a soft belly when the drawbridge is lowered and its mouth is open.
The creative castle is the one we seek through the transparency and flexibility of its boundaries, to allow those who pass through it to experience the space in connection and fusion with the world.
And where do we feel the boundaries of our own bodies? When does our body take refuge in stone, and when does it open wide to the wind?
The Workshop
This is a programme open to anyone wishing to explore the movement of the body in the outdoor space, in relation to the architecture of the landscape. An experience of
with urban space that transforms familiar, everyday places by revealing their secret poetry—a poetry the body can embrace only when it is open to perceptions, shapes and smells without judgement, with the care that dance awakens, focusing attention on details to incorporate them through the breath and inhabit them in movement.
A journey of bodily expansion along the horizon line, the edges of houses, the kerb, shop windows, the circumference of the castle’s towers, the cobblestones of the historic centre’s streets…
A physical journey to rediscover expressive freedom and the authenticity of movement, rediscovering the childlike instinctiveness of someone marvelling at the smells and colours they encounter for the first time. A stone in a church wall becomes the starting point for a physical narrative that echoes its own history and that of all the city’s stones, walls, roofs, steps, gates and fountains.The dance we seek draws its inspiration from personal and communal imagination, which reaches us through the stones and the spaces of air between them, and aims to transcend walls to immerse itself in the landscape and walk beneath the sky, through the streets, under the gaze of those who live in the town, to foster a nourishing exchange and a renewed connection with the urban space.
The Method
Tessuto Corporeo® seeks pleasure in movement and in the expansion of sensation, in self-awareness and spatial awareness, in opening channels of communication, and in the exploration of song, speech and pure gesture as acts of expression and deep connection with one’s most authentic self.
A method born of an understanding of the body’s structure and the study of its natural propensity for organic, healthy, healing, economical and effective movement: whether subtle or expansive, slow or fast when necessary, in response to internal or external stimuli.
Languages and techniques
– Breathing work, seeking deep relaxation
– Discovery of the elements and energetic states
– Exploration of the animal and plant states
– Techniques and analysis of choral improvisation
– Contact dance and Butoh dance techniques
– Exploring the natural voice through breath and the vibration of the body’s tissues
When
6–7–8 June 2025
Friday 4 pm – 8 pm
Saturday 10.00–13.00 / 15.00–20.00
Sunday 10.00–13.00 / 15.00–20.00
On Sunday, the activities will move to the open spaces of the castle and through the streets of the village, bringing participants into contact with passers-by, culminating in a collective, itinerant performance using the Castello Volante and the village as its stage, with the creation and sharing of a route, and with the local community and unsuspecting passers-by as the audience.
The event is organised in collaboration with Il Castello Volante.
INFO AND REGISTRATION:
340 3769613
