The histories of contemporary dance: multidisciplinary and performativeThe histories of contemporary dance: multidisciplinary and performative

Free admittance; please make reservations by writing to base@fondazionemaxxi.it

Four itinerant encounters in the MAXXI spaces
helping us understand and experience the relationship linking
dance, art and performance

curated by Anna Lea Antolini
Free admittance; please make reservations by writing to base@fondazionemaxxi.it

Four itinerant encounters in the MAXXI spaces
helping us understand and experience the relationship linking
dance, art and performance

curated by Anna Lea Antolini

Dance and performance, an inescapable pairing: an informal itinerary through the MAXXI spaces helping us understand and experience the multidisciplinary relationship linking dance, art and performance from the birth of the latter to the present.
By the 1970s, performance was a recognised form of artistic expression but it had actually first appeared within the artistic sphere much earlier. Its long history intertwined with that of the artistic avant-gardes of the early 20th Century as it established itself as a pre-avant-garde: from Futurism to Conceptualism, artists turned to performance to break down the categories and indicate new horizons. Performance as the staging of ideas, as a means for providing answers, as a cultural stimulant in a vast spatial range.

When was performance born?
with Ada D’Adamo

When was performance born? Ada d’Adamo will attempt to answer this question by tackling the concept of performance in all its multi-disciplinary variety. An informal itinerary will wind through the MAXXI spaces and on the basis of the key elements of the this artistic form as it is today will attempt to trace its origins in the performative attitudes of a number of leading figures in early 20th Century dance. With questions, testimonies, films and contemporary photos.

In collaboration with Cro.me. – Cronaca e Memoria dello Spettacolo di Milano and Fondazione Romaeuropa.