Photo by Eva Depoorter
Love...
... is somewhat impalpable, intangible, wild, and free. We don’t decide when it knocks on the door of our heart or when it will leave us. It comes as a surprise, fulfills us, and sometimes vanishes.
It can be nurtured, but it can’t be kept in captivity. The emotions it creates in us are the testimony that Love touched us and left a mark.
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Murmur is an exploration of the concept of love and how it is expressed through its multiple facets, in a time when it seems to be the only thing that can keep us alive.
Anahata
"To love means to radiate with inexhaustible light" - Rainer Maria Rilke
Dancer & Choreographer: Dianna Warren
Music by Giovanni Spinelli, based on trad. Persian song Bayat Tork - arr. by Giovanni Spinelli
The intermittence of the heart
Dancers & Choreographers: Francesca Antonacci, Caroline Brethenoux, Dianna Warren
Music by Giovanni Spinelli
Palpitation
"Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Dancer & Choreographer: Francesca Antonacci
Music by Giovanni Spinelli
ANAHATA
Dancer & Choreographer: Dianna Warren
Music: Yuyuan by composer Giovani Spinelli
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Prophets of Love
Dancers & Choreographers: Francesca Antonacci, Caroline Brethenoux
Music: "Sipario" by Giovanni Spinelli
Text: "On Love" by Kahlil Gibran recited by Tullan Holmqvist
Vocal by Meghan Bay
From dawn to dusk
"Era inevitable: el olor de las almendras amargas le recordaba siempre el destino de los amores contrariados." - Gabriel García Marquez
Trad. It was inevitable: the smell of bitter almonds was always a reminder of the fate of conflicted loves.
Dancer & Choreographer: Caroline Brethenoux
Music by Giovanni Spinelli
Transcend
Dancers & Choreographers: Francesca Antonacci, Caroline Brethenoux
Music by Giovanni Spinelli
Saxophone by David Aaron
The last song
Dancers & Choreographers: Francesca Antonacci, Caroline Brethenoux, Dianna Warren
Music: "Your Love Rules" by Giovanni Spinelli, dedicated to Tullan Holmqvist - Nadracolmeigrad
Vocals: Désirée Giorgetti
Francesca Antonacci,
co-founder of KAFRA Collective
Francesca Antonacci originally from Puglia-Italy started her dance training at the age of 4, she obtained her classical ballet degree from the Royal Academy of Dance at the age of 18 specializing in the RAD method, and her scholarship with Dino Verga and Fabrizio Monteverde in Cunningham Technique and Contemporary dance.
After completing her classical ballet degree and scholarship, she transferred to Rome where she lived for 9 years, perfecting her technique in contemporary dance/modern with Giuliano Peparini, Francesco Saracino, and Germana Bonaparte.
She started touring in Italy, with Germana Bonaparte as the assistant choreographer, and as a dancer in theaters with the Company of Biagio Izzo e Claudio Insegno for 2 seasons. Worked on TV, as a dancer for the Fiction “Grandi Domani” Broadcast on “Italia1”.
Francesca graduated in Rome in Literature and Philosophy at The University of“Roma Tor Vergata” and with a Master's degree in Journalism at The University of “Roma Tre”.
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Certified as a Yoga and Gyrotonic ® instructor in San Francisco. She is currently living in NYC, dancing for Cuartetango/SuarezPazTango Company, freelancing as a dancer and choreographer, and teaching Yoga and Gyrotonic ®.
Caroline Brethenoux,
co-founder of KAFRA Collective
Originally from France, Caroline Brethenoux started dancing at the age of 5. She is a self-taught dancer, with no academic background in dance but who trained in contemporary dance with Nathalie Pubellier and Sophie Daviet in Paris, Lai Tak-Wai, and Bruce Wong in Hong Kong, Barbara Fritsche in Madrid, and Jennifer Archibald in New York.
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Her professional career in dance started with Complutum Contemporary Dance Company and DaDaDanza Project in Madrid. She also collaborated with Projects in Movement and Company Contexte in Paris as a choreographer and dancer.
In New York, she joined Eryc Taylor Dance Company, Mare Nostrum Elements Dance Theatre Company, BalaSole Dance Company, Arch Dance, and independent choreographers as a freelance dancer and choreographer.
Her work has been shown at Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theatre, LPAC, Green Space Bloom Festival, The Current Sessions Volume V Issue II, The Dance Gallery Festival, and MOD Hong Kong. She is a certified Gyrokinesis ® and Gyrotonic ® teacher. She is a graduate of HEC, Europe's first business school, and has a degree in Philosophy from La Sorbonne, Paris.
When she is not dancing, choreographing, and teaching, she is working as a strategist in advertising and consumer research in New York.
Dianna Warren,
dancer & choreographer
Dianna Warren, a Michigan native, trained on scholarship at the Chicago City Ballet ( with Maria Tallchief) and Joffrey Ballet Schools. She started her professional career with ABT 2 and has since been a member of the Washington Ballet, Cleveland Ballet, Ballet Met, and Das Berner Ballet Switzerland where she performed various soloist roles. She has also guested nationally and abroad. For seven years she was in the Broadway cast of The Phantom of the Opera here in NYC.
She is a certified Gyrotonic ®, Gyrokinesis ® & Yoga instructor. Dianna is currently on the Ballet faculty at Peridance and has been on staff at the Martha Graham School, the French Academie of Ballet, and NYU/Gallatin.
She is happy to be a part of this performance venturing into new territory and back on stage with these two very talented artists of the KAFRA Collective!
Giovanni Spinelli,
composer
Giovanni Spinelli is a composer for film, dance, and theater based in New York City. He firmly believes that each story, image, or movement deserves to discover its own unique sonic personality, which may be brought to life through music that is made-to-measure. Born in England and raised in London, New York, Stockholm, and Florence, Giovanni’s multicultural background is also reflected in musical influences as diverse as Arvo Pärt, Joy Division, Brian Eno, Jimi Hendrix, David Lang, Astor Piazzolla, Radiohead, Michael Nyman, Dead Can Dance, Philip Glass, Henryk Górecki, Interpol, Giacinto Scelsi, John Adams, Ryuchi Sakamoto, and Sigur Ros.
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His film music ranges from the classical lyricism of the award-winning “Bis Gleich” (winner of 30 Best Film awards, including AmPav Best Emerging Filmmaker at the Cannes Film Festival 2015, and shortlisted for the 2016 Oscars), to the Flamenco-infused score for the narrative feature “Before El Finà”, to his live solo electric guitar composition for F.W. Murnau’s classic “Sunrise” (defined by the San Francisco Examiner as an "Astounding mix of Hendrix, Badalamenti, Vaughn and The Edge"), to the highly diverse scores for the documentary features “The Last Pig”, “The Protestants”, “Blind Trust” and the Sundance Channel’s “Pop Star On Ice”.
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Giovanni’s music for dance ranges from his work with Martha Graham Dance Company and the choreographies of dancers Xin Ying and So Young An, to collaborations with American Ballet Theater and soloist choreographer Zhonghing Fang, to works for Megumi Eda (principal dancer Armitage Gone! Dance) including the experimental work-in-progress “Scintilla”.
Special Thanks to...
"Immense gratitude to Jennifer Archibald for inspiring me on this choreographic journey and immense love to Alex for supporting me on this new endeavor and always." - Caroline
"Much gratitude for my husband and Z and Rachelle! And still more gratitude for Rulan and Ms. S Saland for inspiration." - Dianna