an idea by Nello Calabrò and Roberto Zappalà choregraphy and direction Roberto Zappalà music Johannes Brahms, Nick Cave dancers William Mazzei and Damiano Scavo with the participation of Giuseppe Recupero and Remus Constantin Ilas the project Liederduett is a coproduction by Scenario Pubblico/Compagnia Zappalà Danza -Centro di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale and Bolzano Danza/ Tanz Bozen in collaboration with KORZO (Den Haag, NL) and MilanOltre Festival with the support of MIC Ministero della Cultura and Regione Siciliana Ass.to del Turismo, Sport e Spettacolo

Corpo a Corpo explores the violence that bodies experiment and express from their first breath. It sets out to consider the theme of violence, of good and evil and humanity’s plight since the story of Cain and Abel. Corpo a Corpo represents the original fight, original evil, first fratricide and first martyrdom; the first consequence of the distancing between God and humanity. This distancing was so tragic and permanent that it created evil. Roberto Zappalà’s production with its unique medium of dance and bodily movement tracks the original fight as a warning and admonishment against contemporary conflicts.