Lanfranco Cis and Paolo Manfrini, artistic directors of Oriente Occidente, will lead the discussion.
“With this new creation, I want to surprise, disturb, impress, and lead hip hop dance down new paths, confronting it with directions that overwhelm and challenge it, forcing it to reveal itself… I want to show you a dance that is more intimate, deeper, from the skin to the feelings.”
Anthony Egéa
From street dance, which originated in New York as an expression of cultural protest in the 1970s, hip hop has made its way to Europe, gradually being incorporated into fashion and mass phenomena.
Today, hip hop presents itself as a form of ritualized dance where tension materializes in a ‘battle’ between dancers: the audience cheers, encourages, and judges. The performance space is not the stage or theater but the street—originally the suburbs and outskirts of American cities—and the ‘circle’: in a metaphor, the circle that ideally demarcates the dance space provides protection from the street.
With Amazones, Anthony Egéa explores the boundary between the rebellious and sometimes violent energy of hip hop and the feminine universe, swirling away from the common stereotypes that portray them as distant worlds.
With a significant reference to Greek mythology, the choreographer presents six contemporary Amazons, inviting the audience to reflect on themes of eroticism, the relationship between men and women, and the encounter between the urban culture from which hip hop emerges and contemporary dance. Through this, the Rêvolution company undoubtedly charts an atypical course.
