CREDITS
Title : Falling Superstars
Duration : 15 minutes
Choreography : Francesco Colaleo and Maxime Freixas / Cie MF | Maxime & Francesco
Created for the students of CODARTS University, Rotterdam (NL), class of 2023–2024, and the students of the Calabash Choreographic Center, Saint-Genis-Laval (FR), class of 2024–2025.
Choreographic piece for 12 dancers.
FALLING SUPERSTARS
"What is a superstar? Can a superstar fall from the sky? What does ‘super’ mean? What role am I supposed to play in society, and how should I behave? How can I express my personality within a group? How can we be
connected to one another?"
The dimension is slightly offkilter, evoking astronomical images of stars and
the idea of celebrating and being a superstar in today’s society.
"Feel the energy, the breath, the temperature, the light, the love... feel like a
shining diamond inside you."
Human constellations create the absurd suggestion of an extraordinary event falling from the sky (or not).
It’s not conceptual at all, even if the premise might ironically suggest
something else. A section of contemporary dance is offered to the audience,
infused with the irony and humor of not taking oneself too seriously... and
then something drifts, gets lost, and becomes air, light, and chaos.
"It was like …"