Performing arts

Sottobosco IT

Chiara Bersani

Atypical magicMousse and marshmallowWinter night's dreamSwiss premiere

3 performances

11-13.02

11.02 - 20:00 |

12.02 - 20:00 |

13.02 - 20:00 |

Genève

Pavillon ADC

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In this mesmerising dance piece, Chiara Bersani calls for a revolution in the way we look, uplifting the subversive beauty of singular bodies.

An enigmatic sense of fluidity fills the stage, infusing the mind with a gentle feeling of unreality. With exquisite delicacy, the duo formed by Chiara Bersani and Elena Sgarbossa invites us to slip into what feels like an imaginary forest. Other creatures soon join them. This small community dances a contemporary fable, crafting a unique, intimate relationship with each spectator. In this forest of lost children, atypical bodies are celebrated in all their poetic power.

In collaboration with Pavillon - ADC

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Workshop with Chiara Bersani and her team, and opportunity to participate in the play ‘Sottobosco’ presented at the ADC Pavilion from Wednesday 11 to Friday 13 February 2026.
For full details and to register, click here.

Rather than allowing herself to be confined by her physical particularity, Bersani challenges the act of looking itself. Active in experimental theatre and contemporary dance, she places the empowerment of constrained or marginalised bodies at the heart of her artistic practice. The signature work of her research, Gentle Unicorn, presented at Aerowaves, won her the UBU Award for Best New Actress/Performer in 2018 and the First Prize in the Dance category at the Total Theatre Awards during the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2023, Kunsthaus Baselland hosted Deserters, her first solo exhibition. She is an associate artist of the Triennale Milano for the 2025–2027 cycle.

Creation and text

Chiara Bersani

Lighting and set designer / technical director

Valeria Foti

Sound dramaturgy

Lemmo

Performers

Chiara Bersani, Elena Sgarbossa

Assistant and touring

Simone Chiacchiararelli

Artistic advice

Marco D’Agostin

Costumes

Ettore Lombardi

Dramaturgy

Chiara Bersani, Giulia Traversi

Care and production for workshop

Chiara Boitani

Financial management

Chiara Fava

Communication and presskit

Dalila D’Amico

Promotion, curatorship, booking

Giulia Traversi

Video and photos

Alice Brazzit

Logistic and organization, producer

Eleonora Cavallo

Production

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Co-production

Stronger Peripheries: A Southern Coalition. Tandem “Connecting Dots” L’Arboreto Teatro Dimora - Mondaino (ITA), Sardegna Teatro (Cagliari, ITA), Bunker (Ljubliana, Slovenia) sup-ported by Creative Europe; Theaterfestival Boulevard (s-Hertogenbosch, NL), Carreau du Temple Etablissement culturel et sportif de la Ville de Paris (Paris, FR); Tanzhaus nrw (Düsseldorf, DE); Tanzt Im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin, BE); Rosendal Teater (Trondehim, NO); DansIT (Trondheim, NO); Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix - Hauts–de-France (Roubaix, FR); Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER vzw / Arts Centre VIERNULVIER (Gent, BE); Snaporazverein, (Samaden, CH); SPIELART Theaterfestival (Munich, DE); Fuorimargine Centro di produzione della Danza (Cagliari, ITA). Apap – FEMINIST FUTURES, a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
with the support of MiC – DIREZIONE GENERALE SPETTACOLO (ITA); Centrale Fies (Dro, ITA), Homo Novus Festival International Festival of Contemporary Theatre (Riga, LV); Santarcange-lo Festival project included in the European project BE PART co-financed by the Creative Europe program of the European Union (Santarcangelo di Romagna, ITA); Skånes Dansteater (Malmö, SE); IntercettAzioni - Centro di Residenza Artistica della Lombardia (Milan, ITA).
project winner of Toscana Terra Accogliente, a project by R.A.T. Residenze Artistiche Toscane, in col-laboration with Teatro Metastasio, Fondazione Toscana Spettacolo, Virgilio Sieni Danza, Fabbrica Eu-ropa. Creative residency in Officine Papage - Teatro dei Coraggiosi (Pomarance, ITA), Teatro delle Commedie (Livorno, ITA), Teatro Popolare d’Arte (Lastra a Signa, ITA)

Duration: 50min

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