MOPS & ZOO
Two companies at work
Inside a workskop named “Dancing body”, ZOO dancers met MOPS_DanceSyndrome company directed by Ela Franscella and made up entirely of dancers with Down syndrome. In June 2019 at La Fabbrica in Losone, the two companies worked together, shared their experiences, experimented and explored new creative paths and linked their choreographic cultures. A new gathering has take place in September 2021 in Brussels with a public presentation at Tictac art center. An 18-minute short film, syntropia, was made by Andrea Pellerani to mark the occasion.
Created and performed by Amedea Aloisi, Fabian Barba, Thomas Hauert, Guglielmo Hug, Gaia Mereu, Elisabetta Montobbio, Sarah Ludi, Simone Lunardi, Fatimatou Soumaré, Samantha van Wissen, Mat Voorter
Production MOPS_DanceSyndrome Ela Franscella, Chiara Livorno
Production ZOO/Thomas Hauert Régis Remigy, Caroline Vermeulen
Coproduction Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles – Service de la danse, Fondazione Germoglio by Lions Club International, Paul Foundation
