Wood – Theatre Performance at Teatro San Materno

Wood is made of three wooden planks, is a material open to infinite transformations. Corpo is a mortal body, made of impulses and tension. In the suspended time of the stage, Corpo and Wood meet: one curious and unstable, the other steady and inscrutable. Their differences make the interaction complex. The observer witnesses their wavering dialogue, experiencing the hesitations that arise as they the attempt to connect. The soundscape envelops the scene as the two reveal themselves shyly, surprise one another, feel fear, and retreat. Wood has been placenta, trench, and den. Corpo has turned it into cage, shield, and foe. When oscillations become opportunity, the fragile balance of relationship is born. The performance is a metaphor for human growth and the relationship with nature — a shifting dance of escape, dialogue, dominance, and rebirth.

Wood leads the audience on a visual and sonic journey, evoking the human being and its quest for balance.