CIRCLES - THE JOURNEY OF THE GAMES: ONE YEAR TO THE HOME OLYMPICS
In the heart of Livigno, embraced by uncontaminated nature, a temporary, heated and capacious structure will rise: a true modern theatre, made unique by the snow and ice surrounding it. An iconic stage, which will host the five replicas of the show, scheduled between 5 and 7 February 2025.
A journey to discover the origin of play and sport as necessary tools for human sociality, which then materialises in the invention of Olympism and in the story of the Games and their evolution. Sport understood both as a metaphor and as a collective journey, enriched by the element of winter, the mountains and the challenge of the elements: expressions of the geography and culture of our places, as well as the great protagonists of the 2026 Olympics.
Amidst tales, twists, acrobatics, dance and storytelling, we will travel out of space and time, to enter the Five Circles atmosphere through an enthralling and immersive experience, with an evocative and refined narrative, proposed within a fairy-tale context.
The artistic direction of the show, which is suitable for all ages, is entrusted to Jacopo Pozzi, author, and Giulia Staccioli, founder of Kataklò Athletic Dance Theatre, a great Italian excellence, which has been bringing the language of sport applied to contemporary theatre to the world's most important stages since 1995. An occasion not to be missed, with free admission, subject to availability. English version available on site.
Kataklò Athletic Dance Theatre is recognised for being the first company to have introduced athletic theatre on the national scene, and proposes a highly expressive and energetic dance-theatre in which the body is exalted as the promoter of an eclectic and transversal language, capable of overcoming linguistic, social and generational barriers.
A style that interweaves the disciplines of contemporary dance, acrobatics, aerial and physical theatre, thanks to a group of performers coming from the highest levels of Olympic gymnastics: an excellence recognised and admired throughout the world, supported by continuous research and great versatility, which has always been the company's stylistic hallmark. Many international events have seen them as protagonists, including the Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, the 2008 Beijing Games and those of Paris 2024.
GIULIA STACCIOLI
A finalist at the Los Angeles ‘84 and Seoul ’88 Olympics in rhythmic gymnastics, after finishing her competitive career she moved to New York to train as a dancer at the Alvin Ailey Studios, and to join the American dance company Momix. In 1995, she founded the company Kataklò Athletic Dance Theatre and has been its artistic director ever since. She has received prestigious awards for her artistic activities, including the UNESCO Prize ‘For contributing through sport to the promotion of international cooperation’.
jacopo pozzi
Writer and creative director, he is founder of the sports platform The Owl Post. Author and voice of numerous podcasts, including: ‘Dying, Journey into the Last Taboo’,‘Momentum’, ‘Ludi’, ‘Tennis Lexicon’ and ‘Italy Team Stories’.
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