a cura di SportOpera Orchestra
di Domenico Starnone
con Annalisa Madonna e Gianluca Rovinello
spazio scenico Riccardo Dalisi
organizzazione Vesuvioteatro.org
15 giugno 2017
ore 21.00
durata 50 min
Accademia di Belle Arti – Teatro
Ottocon is a story by Domenico Starnone, which is part of the series entitled La retta via. In Ottocon, sport becomes the occasion for the body to seek new forms; an opportunity, however, leading to unsuccessful and scarce results.
«The body of the protagonist goes in search of its own history, but the story is always somehow incomplete, ungrammatical. His body is thin, uneven, often uncoordinated and simply unfit for play. The body of a rower, one would think. So he tries to learn but as he sits on the vessel it is clear that the task will be a failure; this leads to an undesirable digression. His last try can be defined as such: an awkward gasp and suspended limbs and muscles as he attempts a dive. A very light jump to feel the flexing board beneath him, under his body, arms spread out straight to the sides. Deep inside, he can feel the sensation telling him he is a true diver, and then…».
