Hit Out

After a year of athletic training supported by the Italian jumpers’ community and sponsored by MarcRope – Make your cardio an art (Milan), Parini Secondo and Bienoise focus on the sound produced by rope skipping, dissecting its timbral possibilities.

The jumpers on stage perform a rhythmic and at the same time choreographic score in which single-unders, side-swings and double-unders are both athletic and musical elements: combined with voice and synthetic sounds, they harmonize into a true hit.

In the dual athletic and rhythmic nature of the jump, Parini finds the choreographic intuition translated into a circular performance space in perpetual motion. To jump, at once limping and flying, is a rebellion against gravity and all those forces that would have us lying motionless on the ground with our eyes closed. The pounding succession of rope strokes is the echo of this rebellion; with time its meaning fades away.

The error suddenly happens and reminds us of the origin of our dissent: from the awareness of our weight, the reason for the uprising can be powerfully renewed.

Created by:
Parini Secondo x Bienoise

With:
Sissj Bassani
Martina Piazzi
Camilla Neri
Francesca Pizzagalli

Choreography:
Parini Secondo

Music and score:
Alberto Ricca/Bienoise

Voice:
Sissj Bassani

Costumes/weaving:
Giulia Pastorelli

Manager:
Camilla Ferrazzi

Ropes:
MarcRope Milano

Advice of:
Camilla Rizzi
Lola Posani
Luigi Monteanni

Production:
Parini Secondo
Associazione Culturale Nexus

Co-production:
Bolzano Danza
Santarcangelo Festival