I carry, you hold 2. Picture_ Gennady Tashlitsky
I carry, you hold 1. Picture_ Gennady Tashlitsky
Olivia Court Mesa. Picture_ Rosello Shmaria
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I carry, you hold

Olivia Court Mesa (IL)

3rd July 20.00

Parco Tor Tre Teste

National premiere

with the contribution of the Embassy of Israel in Italy
in collaboration with the Festival Le Danzatrici En Plein Air/Compagnia Menhir 
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I carry, you hold by the Israeli-chilean choreographer Olivia Court Mesa premiered in November 2019 as part of the “Curtain Up Festival” in Israel, winning the Best Dance Performers award 2022 by the Israeli Ministry of Culture and subsequently the RIDCC (Rotterdam International Duet Choreographic Competition) award. Two performers, a man and a woman interact on stage in a space filled with unyielding physical actions: the relationship between them is shaken and constantly redefined, until every type of hierachy disappears. Their bodies meet while keeping their independence, they listen to each other, becoming aware of a physicality “other” than their own and creating a balance where there is neither winning nor losing. A contact improvisation show with strong expressive force.

Credits

choreography Olivia Court Mesa
with Olivia Court Mesa, Yochai Ginton
sound design Roey Hason
music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/ Matthew Herbert
costumes Factory54

Winning show RIDCC (Rotterdam International Duet Choreographic Competition)

Olivia Court Mesa is an independent Israeli-Chilean dancer and choreographer. She began performing at 14 in Chile with Oscar del Bardo’s physical theatre company.

When she was 17 she moved to Germany and studied contemporary dance at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. She joined the MSschrittmacher company at the Oldenburg theatre and later Marco Santi Tanztheater in Osnabrück, where she worked with Guy Weizman & Roni Haver, Martin Stiefermann, Marco Santi, Luc Dunberry, Massimo Gerardi, Verena Weiss and Antje Rose among others. In 2017 she received the award for “Best soloist of 2017” from the Israeli Ministy of Culture. In 2022 she received the "XL Production award", the "Audience award" and two "Partner awards” for her work I carry, you hold at the RIDCC (Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition).

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