FUGA BWT 565
A show by Gaetano Palermo and Michele Petrosino
Italy, 20′
With the support of Palazzo Bentivoglio

Fuga BWV 565 is a choreographic project built around running as a sporting activity—a metaphor for a paradoxical existential condition: that of someone moving yet remaining in place on a treadmill, fleeing from themselves and their circumstances in search of an ever-distant, elusive sense of well-being. This movement enters into dialogue with the Baroque fugue, a musical form defined by repetition, oscillation, and insistent rhythms.
Palermo and Petrosino continue their research into the nature of the performative act starting from everyday life, creating a minimal choreography of concrete gestures, poised on the border between reality and fiction.
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Free entrance
Credits
Choreography and drammaturgy: Gaetano Palermo, Michele Petrosino
Performer: Michele Petrosino
Sound design: Filippo Lilli
Production: KLm
With the support of: Santarcangelo Festival, Kilowatt Festival, Circuito CLAPS,Teatro Akropolis – nell’ambito di Resi-Dance 2024/Network Anticorpi XL; Playtime/Spaziomensa/369 Gradi; I Fumi della Fornace-Rassegna Incolta/Congerie.
Finalist project of: DNAppunti Coreografici 2024
Biographical Note
Gaetano Palermo is a performer and multidisciplinary artist. His work Swan won the Biennale College and premiered at the 51st Venice Theatre Biennale.
Michele Petrosino is an artist and performer. As a performer, he has collaborated with Kinkaleri, Nico Vascellari, Bruce Nauman, and Romeo Castellucci.
Their latest work, Fuga, was a finalist at DNAppunti Coreografici 2024.