FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts 2019: A Mid-Festival Report

The first half of FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts has concluded, with the festival running until June 5. The program showcases a wide range of performing arts, from emerging choreographers to established names, including dance, theater, live concerts, and sound installations. Highlights include Italian choreographers Siro Guglielmi and Sara Sguotti, who presented works at DiD Studio in Fabbrica del Vapore. Guglielmi's 'P!nk Elephant' explores themes of sexuality and appearance through controlled, fluid movement, while Sguotti's 'S.solo' offers a dense, ancestral performance with extreme, animalistic gestures. Spanish collective El Conde de Torrefiel presented 'La Plaza,' a tableau vivant depicting everyday life with Hopper-esque geometry and color, addressing immigration and conformity without explicit denunciation. Michele di Stefano's 'Parete Nord' draws a parallel between choreography and mountaineering, divided into a danced first part and a scenic second part, evoking vertigo and the human need to overcome it. Di Stefano, a Golden Lion winner, demonstrates his skill in abstraction while delivering concrete emotions.