WHITE OUT – The Conquest of The Useless

WHITE OUT - The Conquest of The Useless

Piergiorgio Milano

WHITE OUT -- La conquista dell’inutile

by Piergiorgio Milano

Friday 27th January 2023, 8 pm Sunday 29th January 2023, 7:30 pm

Triennale Milano Teatro viale Emilio Alemagna 6, 20121 Milano

duration: 55 mins
Tickets: online soon

Age: +8

WHITE OUT in mountaineering describes a condition of poor visibility due to a heavy snow blizzard or fog. It is a natural phenomenon that occurs when heavy clouds meet the snowy ground, which reflects all the lights it gets, thus making impossible any move back or forward. WHITE OUT is a soft frontier between life and death, a show where circus, dance and alpinism meet to tell the desperate hike of three alpinists to the top. Through irony and drama it explores the boundaries between life and death, risk and trust, human and nature WHITE OUT is a tributeto all the climbers who have disappeared completely in the whiteness of the mountains: the conquerors of the useless.

WHITE OUT in mountaineering describes a condition of poor visibility due to a heavy snow blizzard or fog. It is a natural phenomenon that occurs when heavy clouds meet the snowy ground, which reflects all the lights it gets, thus making impossible any move back or forward. WHITE OUT is a soft frontier between life and death, a show where circus, dance and alpinism meet to tell the desperate hike of three alpinists to the top. WHITE OUT is a tribute between dance, circus and alpinism to all the climbers who have disappeared completely in the whiteness of the mountains: the conquerors of the useless.

Creation, direction, coreography: Piergiorgio Milano
Performers: Javier Varela Carrera, Luca Torrenzieri, Piergiorgio Milano
Light design: Bruno Teusch
Sound design: Federico Dal Pozzo
Soundtrack: Piergiorgio Milano
Costumes: Raphaël Lamy, Simona Randazzo, Piergiorgio Milano
Scenography: Piergiorgio Milano
With the great help of:Florent Hamon, Claudio Stellato, Francesco Sgrò, Matias Kruger

Co-producers: Torinodanza Festival / Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale, Malraux scène nationale Chambéry Savoie within the project Corpo Links Cluster supported by PC INTERREG V A – Italia-Francia (ALCOTRA 2014-2020), Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Fondazione I Teatri di Reggio Emilia, Flic Scuola di Circo, Teatro La Caduta

Residencies: Flic Scuola di Circo – Residenza Surreale, Fondazione Emilia Romagna Teatro, Teatro Asioli, La Corte Ospitale, Teatro Frida, Dinamico Festival, Garage 29, Mon Circo

With the support of: Compagnia di San Paolo – Bando “ORA! Produzioni di Cultura Contemporanea”, MCFA – Maison de la Culture Famenne-Ardenne, La Cocof, Théâtre Marni, FEAS – Fédération des Employeurs des Arts de la Scène

Many thanks to Aires Libres e and all the people involved in the long creation process: Erika Bettin, Nicola Simone Cisternino, Elisa Melis, Enrico Camanni, Johan Bichot, Loyd Llovel, Michael Brand, Jakob Jautz, Javito Mario, Matias Kruger, Valentina Cortese, Giovanna Milano, Lucia Ferina, Alessandro Facciolo, Marzio Nardi, Maddalena Beltrami, Sylvain Formatche, Joseph Iavicoli, Julien Couzy, Sabina Scarlat, Alessandro Maida, Matteo Lo Prete, Elisa Bottero, Gianni Flaminio