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ZAGREB RESIDENCY FESTIVAL NOVOG ... - Unpack the Arts

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his hand! Certainly, in his show (L’Autre) <strong>the</strong>re is<br />

a clear correlation between some aspects of his<br />

personality and <strong>the</strong> final result. Humour is one<br />

example of this. Stellato does not want to<br />

marginalise this essential part of <strong>the</strong> circus and is<br />

critical of <strong>the</strong> fact that certain artistic spheres<br />

think <strong>the</strong> darker and more serious a work is, <strong>the</strong><br />

better. In this sense, he says that <strong>the</strong> atmosphere<br />

at circus festivals is more pleasant and enjoyable<br />

than at contemporary dance festivals or shows,<br />

where it seems that seriousness is <strong>the</strong> norm.<br />

Moreover, if we consider <strong>the</strong> working<br />

methodology that Stellato describes, we realise<br />

that nothing is left to chance and everything is<br />

<strong>the</strong> result of deep and measured investigation.<br />

It took three long years to create L’Autre. Like a<br />

craftsman, Stellato created <strong>the</strong> piece bit by bit.<br />

The process was so slow because <strong>the</strong> piece’s<br />

choreography was developed at <strong>the</strong> same time<br />

that <strong>the</strong> movements were set chronologically,<br />

and it can take months to set a movement. It is<br />

interesting to see here that <strong>the</strong> artist expresses<br />

his ideas in a pleasant and very funny way, whilst<br />

his work is rigorous and extremely precise.<br />

Listening to him speak, one might imagine that<br />

he likes to play and improvise on <strong>the</strong> stage, but<br />

in reality everything is thought out and calculated<br />

to <strong>the</strong> last millimetre.<br />

A piece can be made in a thousand and one<br />

different ways. Stellato works in solitude, and for<br />

two reasons. The first is practical, since to make<br />

L’Autre he couldn’t pay anyone else to work with<br />

him on such a long process. The piece was made<br />

with no budget and everything was self-made.<br />

Second, he says he could not have done it any<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r way. How could he work with someone on<br />

something when he didn’t know what it would<br />

become and still could not explain it? Stellato’s<br />

position here is honest and sincere: he doesn’t<br />

share <strong>the</strong> work with anyone until he has <strong>the</strong><br />

framework thought out.<br />

One of <strong>the</strong> most mysterious and fascinating<br />

things about artistic creation is when we ask<br />

artists why <strong>the</strong>y chose <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>me of <strong>the</strong>ir work.<br />

Artists don’t often have a clear answer to this<br />

question. For Stellato, <strong>the</strong> question was why <strong>the</strong><br />

‘o<strong>the</strong>r’? Why this insistence on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r? It is<br />

Stellato és espontani, extravertit, té sentit de<br />

l’humor, parla alt, gesticula molt… essència<br />

italiana. Si fins i tot es presenta a l’entrevista amb<br />

un expresso a la mà! Certament, al seu<br />

espectacle (L’autre), hi ha una correlació evident<br />

d’alguns aspectes de la seva personalitat amb el<br />

resultat final de la peça. L’humor n’és un exemple.<br />

Stellato no vol marginar aquesta part fonamental<br />

del circ i es mostra crític amb el fet que, en<br />

determinats ambients artístics, es consideri que<br />

les obres, com més serioses i fosques, millor. En<br />

aquest sentit, afirma que en els festivals de circ<br />

es respira un ambient més amè i agradable<br />

que no pas en els festivals o mostres de dansa<br />

contemporània, on sembla que la seriositat és<br />

la norma.<br />

Tanmateix, si observem la metodologia de treball<br />

que el mateix Stellato descriu, ens adonem que<br />

no hi ha res a l’atzar, que tot és fruit d’una<br />

investigació profunda i mesurada. El procés de<br />

creació de L’autre es va allargar durant tres anys.<br />

Com un artesà, Stellato, va anar creant la peça<br />

molt a poc a poc. El procés és molt lent perquè la<br />

coreografia de la peça avança a mesura que es<br />

van fixant els moviments d’un forma cronològica,<br />

i un moviment pot trigar mesos a fixar-se. És<br />

interessant veure que en aquest cas, l’artista<br />

expressa les idees d’un forma molt amena i<br />

divertida, però en canvi el seu treball és rigorós<br />

i extremadament precís. Sentint-lo a parlar,<br />

un podria pensar que li agrada jugar i improvisar<br />

a l’escenari, però en realitat tot està pensat i<br />

calculat al mil·límetre.<br />

Els processos de creació d’una peça poden ser de<br />

mil i una maneres diferents. Stellato ho fa des de<br />

la solitud, per dues raons. La primera per una<br />

qüestió material, ja que per fer L’autre no podia<br />

pagar cap altra persona que l’acompanyés en un<br />

procés tan llarg. La peça es va fer sense diners i<br />

tot és autoconstruït. I en segon lloc, perquè<br />

afirma no poder-ho fer d’una altra manera. Com<br />

estar acompanyat en el moment de fer una cosa<br />

que un mateix no sap què serà i que encara no pot<br />

explicar? En aquest sentit, la posició d’Stellato és<br />

honrada i sincera: no comparteix el treball amb<br />

ningú fins que no té l’esquelet de l’obra pensat.<br />

MIQUEL VALLS 39

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