Lettre au Silence

Lettre au silence was born of the need to expand upon and go further with the solo form I began with Infini, a tribute to Christian Ferry-Tschaeglé. I was also interested in finding another expressive space, like that of the choreographer, but more intimate, silent, where the absence of words would help me to get closer and closer to dance. The American choreographer Teri Jeannette Weikel invited me to create a solo for the Festival de Pavullo nel Frignano and I seized upon the idea.
Teri’s project, called “Calligrafia, calcolo, tracce, e piccole danze” (Calligraphy, chalk, tracings and a little dancing) represents the research and the choreographic interpretation of the works of Raffaele Biolchini, an Italian sculptor from Pavullo, who died in 1994. The collection is composed of several letters (“Lettere a…”) written on clay tablets upon which the artist had engraved the abstract symbols of a secret, imaginary, abstract language. This silent, hermetically sealed language, raises questions in us at the same time as it eludes any attempt at deciphering. In it the choreographer finds a significant, intuitive space where words have no value, which stares at us stubbornly as if it has always been there, without any attributable meaning. The text is mute, filled with palpable symbols, shadows and light, an invitation to follow the artist along a mysterious path, in the celestial clarity of the Sea of Tranquillity.