Testamento del gesto (Testament of the Gesture) is an international residency in contemporary dance, site-specific research and participatory audiovisual creation, conceived to explore the body as a living archive of Mediterranean memory. The project collects and transforms gestures, rituals, everyday practices and forms of knowledge transmitted through the body and intergenerational relationships into a contemporary artistic language. The residency will take place in Matera, engaging with the Sassi, the Gravina, the historic centre, spaces of everyday life and the ASD Oltredanza headquarters. Organized by ASD Oltredanza, this residency in Matera hosts Franco-Tunisian choreographer Larbi Namouchi—artistic director of the Saint-Étienne-based Compagnie Shafak—who will gather gestures associated with local trades and daily life in Matera to transform them into movement scores.
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