Ima

5 characters appear on stage, their faces visibly marked by old age. Clumsy and rigid at first, this troupe becomes explosive and joyful when the masks come off, literally. Trained at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York, Sofia Nappi draws on the gaga Israelian technique where, to bring about dancing, the intensity becomes almost animal-like. The energy circulates among the performers, from one to the other in a sensual and intimate impetus based on instinctive listening and letting go. Presented at the Venice Biennale, Ima expresses our desire to reconnect with ourselves and the sweet idea that age is just a number!