Top 10 Dance and Theater Performances of 2022

Artribune's 2022 roundup highlights ten national and international performances presented in Italy and abroad, linked by radical language, transdisciplinarity, and contemporary vision. The list includes: Marlene Monteiro Freitas' "Mal" at Piccolo Teatro di Milano, a grotesque denunciation of colonialism and dictatorships; Trajal Harrel's "The Köln Concert" with Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance Ensemble, blending voguing, catwalk, and butoh; Alexander Zeldin's "Faith, Hope and Charity," a trilogy on intimacy in crisis set in a working-class community center; "Paradiso" by gruppo nanou, Alfredo Pirri, and Bruno Dorella at Artificerie Almagià in Ravenna, inspired by Dante's Paradiso; DOM's "Wild Facts – Fatti feroci" in Rome, a site-specific cycle with choreographers Silvia Rampelli, Cristina Rizzo, Simona Bertozzi, and Francesca Proia; Roberto Castello's "Inferno" (2021), a merciless vision of alienated present; Romeo Castellucci's "Bros," featuring thirty men in US police uniforms exploring domination and abdication of will; Teatro Sotterraneo's "L'Angelo della Storia," based on Walter Benjamin's angel of history; Ana Pi's "The Divine Cypher," a poetic journey into Haitian voudoun rituals in dialogue with Maya Deren; and Tiago Rodrigues' "Catarina e a beleza de matar fascistas" at Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, questioning political violence and democracy.