BAROCCO RAVE

Co-produced by Wen Wei Dance & Compagnia ADARTE

Artistic Direction and Choreography by Wen Wei Wang (Wen Wei Dance) 

Francesca Lettieri (ADARTE Company)

Costume Design: Linda Chow

Lighting Design: Jonathan Kim

Sound Design: Sammy Chien

Dancers (Wen Wei Dance): Ariana Barr, Alexis Fletcher, Adrian De Leeuw, Matthew Wyllie

Stage Manager: Siobhan Powell

Producer & Agent*: Francesca Piscopo

Marketing and Communications Manager*: Jonathan James

Administration Coordinator*: Kevin Soo-Locsin

Accounts Manager*: Ann Hepper

Created with the support of the Canada Council for Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, Province of British Columbia, City of Vancouver, Tuscany Region Cultural Department, Italian Ministry of Culture—Moving Barocco program, Ballo Pubblico—International Festival In Urban Spaces, Fondazione E.L.S.A., and the Dance Centre’s Artist-in-Residence program.

*Wen Wei Dance

BAROCCO RAVE is composed of juxtaposing halves, continuing a compelling creative relationship between Wen Wei Dance (Canada) and ADARTE Company (Italy). 

BEAT ARMONICO

The idea that moves the work is the deepest invisible connection in between individuals. A deep emotional sensitivity that is written and expressed in the bodies of the dancers inspiring new worlds and new perceptions.

“I am not just a woman or just a man, I am at the same time many women and many men, many places, animals, cities, countries, families, memories, emotions, objects and people. I am talking about realities that I know, but also about unknown and unexplored worlds opening new landscapes to my own imagination and revealing new identities of the past, of the present and of the future” 

—Francesca Lettieri (ADARTE Company)

RE I BUILD I US

Created in collaboration with the dancers, RE | BUILD | US explores a complex set of emotions and experiences related to human relationships through physical movement. 

“There is tension between the internal world and external triggers that lie beyond. When everything has burned to the ground, how do we choose to rebuild ourselves?”

—Wen Wei Wang (Wen Wei Dance)

Images by Nanc Price