Elia Pangaro & Alexander de Vries (Italy)

Elia Pangaro

 /performer/dance artist/creator/

Elia Pangaro was born in Perugia, Italy. Captured bythe aesthetics of urban techniques He started dancingat the age of 10. Through his training with variousteachers, he began to form his movement signature.

He started his professional career as a dancer at 16dancing in INC innprogress_collective of AfshinVarjavandi . Since then he started freelancing as aperformer with many choreographers, directors and intheaters such as: Michele Merola, Stefano Poda,Giuseppe Tornatore, Teatro Regio di Torino, OperaRoyal De Wallonie, Paolo Rosini, Vangelis Legakis,Jose Agudo and others. In 2019 he founded MITSCollective with Alexander De Vries and he startedcreating and co- creating performances around theworld. Some of his works are: “Anatomy of a LivingBody”, lecture-performance co-created with thepsychiatrist Maurizio Venezi for VID Art/Science inBologna, Italy. “MÊME-BRAIN”, 50 minutes piece co-choreographed with the members of MITS Collective forISB in Bangkok, Thailand. “spiegarsi/spje’garsi”,piece produced by UNITY SPACE (Hong Kong) andsupported by MOVES (Mexico), presented in Guatemalaand Mexico. “AMOEBA”, solo produced by UNITY SPACE(HK) and supported by Invernadero Danza (MX)presented in Oaxaca, Mexico. He is currently working as a freelance performer and choreographer, creating inclusive, interdisciplinary works with different collaborators

Alexander de Vries

Alexander is half Italian and half Dutch, but was born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand. Growing up in a multicultural environment and with a background in competitive team sports, dance gradually became his main focus. In high school, he joined the IASIS dance team and had his first experiences traveling and presenting co-created work at culture conventions held at various international schools in southeast Asia. At 17, Alexander performed in professional work for the first time, dancing for Thai choreographer Jitti Chompee and his company 18monkeys dance theater. This experience led him to apply and attend Codarts University, where he studied ballet, modern and contemporary techniques.

He additionally began developing his own taste as a creator, teacher, and performer, pursuing interest in improvisation, conceptual acrobatics, and contact work. Codarts studies culminated with an internship at TanzeMainz staatstheater, working with GNMC, Rui Horta; Koen Augustijnen and Rosalba Torres Guerrero. After graduating, Alexander worked for freelance artists in Europe and began creating his own works while collaborating with Darling Buds, a multicultural, multidisciplinary arts collective. He is currently Engaged in multiple ongoing works with Serena Malacco of Cie.Jukebox, Guy nader and Maria Campos of GNMC, and Vaya of Tina Halford.

The Performace

AMOEBAS

“The light calls, and a symbiotic organism is lured into space. Going back and forth, it’s elegantly lopsided and harmoniously clumsy. Zipped in red, two parts of the whole divergent as they share a mindless voyage of discovery. Until they see each other, they do not see you. “

Concept & direction: Elia Pangaro

Choreography, creation, & performance: Elia Pangaro & Alexander de Vries 

Music research: Crowse a.k.a Roberto Lagerman

Music composition and live performance: Daniel Munarriz Senosian

Costume design: Gabriela Lotaif

Supported by:

-HOME CENTRO

DI CREAZIONE

COREOGFAFICA/

Perugia 2022, 

-Dance Gallery A.p.s., 

-La MaMa Umbria International,

-Spazio MAI/Movement Art Is

Unity Space (HK)

Amoebas is a performance for identity construction and introspection on how and what builds our own identification. The word “amoeba” takes on a dualistic meaning. On one side is the adjective used to describe a person who shows no personality, initiative, or passion. A seemingly aimless state of mindlessness. On the other side is the name of the unicellular organism whose peculiarity is transformation, never being in the same shape (from ancient greek ἀμοιβή, change, transformation). Another matter of study behind the piece is the process of identity development in the social context. A process that goes through 4 stages: identification, individuation, imitation and internalization.