Francesco Scavetta offers a personal approach to contemporary dance, based on release technique and contact improvisation and influenced by his practice of Tai Chi Chuan, that links a deep transformation of the body to delicate “poetics of movement”.

A surprised body is in a constantly alerted state, able to surprise itself, escaping from a habitual daily body and any kind of routine. A body more focused on reacting, than on acting.

Throughout a structured score of exercises combining floor work, hands-on exercises, tai chi chuan and movement sequences, the work focuses on centering and gravity; on awakening the internal and external supports, while allowing isolation in the limbs and flow in the movement. The physical training aims at generating awareness and at creating occasions for discoveries.