winning project of the XIII edition of the INTERNATIONAL AWARD PROSPETTIVA DANZA TEATRO

Ototeman (the term from which the word "Totem" derives) is halfway between a game and a
ritual, a fictitious room where everything is possible, two souls closely linked to each other in the
continuous search for a space to coexist. The purpose of Ototeman is to explore the most
instinctive part of our being, comprising both body and mind. An ironic and carnal dance
distinguishes the relationship of these two bodies that are in a common but foreign state,
continuous and intermittent, balanced but uneven. Images and shapeshifting figures are
constantly evoked that are the mirror of what it is for them to be free. The two figures have a fluid
identity, they live themselves and their space in a childish and light way, they do not want to
flatten their differences but make them live in union, merge them together, overlap them to
create a more complex and aware entity, larger and stronger. We want to invite the audience to
feel part of a multisensory experience, as if the show were a meditation, a therapy. We would like
to evoke the deepest memories, the most spontaneous sensations of those who look at us
through the music, images and sounds we create. Ototeman was born from a visceral need for
lightness and personal freedom, it is a liberating ritual and a room that we wish everyone to find
within themselves.

music
SLEEPWALK Santo&Johnny
AND I LOVE HER Santo&Johnny
LUJON Henry Mancini
GOD YOU TEKEM LEAF BLONG MI Hans Zimmer

RHAPSODY IN BLUE George Gershwin