
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, artist and composer 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
21 May 2026
20:00h + Artis talk
Moderated by anthropologist, dance and performance scholar Dr. Sofia Muñoz Carneiro
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.




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