Ambra Senatore
« THE HUMAN CROSSES ALL MY SHOWS. I LOOK FOR A DANCE THAT MEETS PEOPLE AND PROPOSES A HUMAN RELATIONSHIP, LEAVING PLACE FOR FRAGILITY, DOUBT, CRITICAL SENSE, SHARING AND HUMOR »
Italian choreographer and performer from Turin, Ambra Senatore has been director of the National Choreographic Center in Nantes since 2016. Her dance is found in this tenuous place between the construction of action, fiction in rehearsal and the truth of presence. At the foundation of all her gestures is the every day "observed with a magnifying glass" which she shifts, reverses until the gesture becomes fictionalized, until the dance becomes theatrical. Adept at surprises, cuts, and rehearsals, reminiscent of cinema.
Creations
During her time creating and working at CCNN, Ambra Senatore opens the doors of the studio wide and invites you to attend rehearsals and the creative process.
On Stage
Whether they are solos or group pieces, the creations of Ambra Senatore find their origin in everyday life, whose details she observes with a magnifying glass, before transposing them into a surrealist universe. In her creations, where each gesture is thought out and mastered, the choreographer glides a succession of clues, whose meaning continues to evolve as the show progresses. Working with fine touches, she presents postures of the everyday, before a distance-taking comes to settle, with an irony that always knows how to stay a step back from the comedy. Playful and clever, Ambra Senatore’s dance is full of surprises.
Out of the Stage
Taking dance out of the stage setting, getting some fresh air, rubbing up against the elements of a territory and a city, Ambra Senatore «looks for a dance that meets people». Markets, museums, mediatheques, parks and gardens, classrooms are real playgrounds for the choreographer. Whether it plays words and gestures, invents bridges with spectators or renews the relationship between dance and the world around us, Ambra Senatore’s dance is intended to be play everywhere, able to go towards the public and interfere in every nook and cranny.