La bambola di carne

Abstract

Snow started to fall inexplicably on a noisy night just before Halloween, as I left The Place after a single night performance of La Bambola di Carne, part of the 2008 London International Festival of Contemporary Dance. Organized by Dance Umbrella, this year’s festival featured twenty-one different productions by well known companies (including Merce Cunningham, Richard Alston, Mark Morris, O Vertigo, Stephen Petronio and Batsheva Dance Company) as well as other establishedand emerging choreographers or solo artists from Europe and overseas. Letizia Renzini was introduced to the festival as the creator of La Bambola di Carne, credited with direction, video composition, sound, and live performance, while her partner Marina Giovannini danced the major role in the piece and was responsible for the choreography.