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ICARUS

And when the human body is gone, who will dance then?
Perhaps only an echo remains: a gesture, a vibration, a memory still pulsing — suspended between what we were and what is yet to come.

Inspired by the myth of Icarus, this research unfolds as a collective artistic exchange between choreographer Matteo Carvone, visual and sound artist Camilla Metelka, and dancer Cristian Cucco. It explores a drive to exceed limits, abandon the body, and reach toward a dangerous illusion of transcendence. 

Within this process, sound, choreography and light intertwine, forming a space of extreme tension where aspiration, excess, and self-consumption continuously take shape and transform. At its core lies the crossing of a threshold—a moment of risk and exposure that may also hold a fragile possibility of hope.

15 May 2026

18:30h

Teatro Biblioteca Quarticciolo Rome, Italy

residency showing at ORBITA Spellbound

20 May 2026 - Premiere!

20:00h

Schwere Reiter München

 

21 May 2026

20:00h

Schwere Reiter München

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Direction and Choreography: Matteo Carvone 

Music Composition: Camilla Metelka 

Performance: Cristian Cucco 

Dramaturgical Advice: Francesco Cocco 

Technical Advice (light): Johannes Lübke 

Sponsors: 

This work was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union, Der Bayerische Landesverband für zeitgenössischen Tanz (BLZT) and Goethe Institut.

Developed through an artistic Residency at ORBITA Spellbound - Centro Nazionale di Produzione della Danza in Rome, Italy

Special thanks to Tanztendenz & Schwere Reiter München.

The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.

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Picture: © NASA - Solar Dynamic Observatory - Coloring Matteo Carvone

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