Flower Throwers - Seeds of forms
A collective performance by Groove Performance Lab (GPL)
Presented by Marcozzi Contemporary Theater
Direction: Daniela Marcozzi
Assistance: Ilaria Di Maio
Created and performed by: Zainab Alqaffas, Angeena, Alessia Del Vigo, Lorenzo Farris, Guglielmo Faggioli, Cecilia Gentile, Alexandre Kuhm, Rosalba Limonciello, Stefano Savastano, Valentina Spano, Ramona Todor, Shanice Trustfull, Veronika Veltkamp, Roxana Zimmermann
We thank Melissa Derio for supporting the artistic process.
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What happens when a revolutionary gesture becomes an act of tenderness?
What does it mean to throw a flower?
What gesture lies between resistance and poetry?
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“Flower Throwers – Seeds of Forms” is a physical and visual performance inspired by Banksy’s iconic mural Flower Thrower. From this image, the action of throwing a bouquet of flowers sparks a poetic reflection on resistance, fragility, and transformation. The performance is the result of a collaborative artistic exploration, emerged from the group and influenced also by the current social and cultural environment.
Through movement, rhythm, and raw presence, the performers explore the paradox of force and gentleness, rebellion and bloom: new societal forms can emerge from existing ones, like
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Flower Throwers - Seeds of forms
A collective performance by Groove Performance Lab (GPL)
Presented by Marcozzi Contemporary Theater
Direction: Daniela Marcozzi
Assistance: Ilaria Di Maio
Created and performed by: Zainab Alqaffas, Angeena, Alessia Del Vigo, Lorenzo Farris, Guglielmo Faggioli, Cecilia Gentile, Alexandre Kuhm, Rosalba Limonciello, Stefano Savastano, Valentina Spano, Ramona Todor, Shanice Trustfull, Veronika Veltkamp, Roxana Zimmermann
We thank Melissa Derio for supporting the artistic process.
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What happens when a revolutionary gesture becomes an act of tenderness?
What does it mean to throw a flower?
What gesture lies between resistance and poetry?
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“Flower Throwers – Seeds of Forms” is a physical and visual performance inspired by Banksy’s iconic mural Flower Thrower. From this image, the action of throwing a bouquet of flowers sparks a poetic reflection on resistance, fragility, and transformation. The performance is the result of a collaborative artistic exploration, emerged from the group and influenced also by the current social and cultural environment.
Through movement, rhythm, and raw presence, the performers explore the paradox of force and gentleness, rebellion and bloom: new societal forms can emerge from existing ones, like a seed growing into a plant. The seeds the flowers the forms.
What germinates when throwing a bouquet of flowers?
Visit our page https://flower-throwers.art/ and enjoy our creative process!
Yours,
GPL!
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