People give the unicorn magical powers and mythical meanings, but what does the unicorn itself have to say about this? In this intelligent solo full of simple beauty, award-winning Italian performer Chiara Bersani gives the unicorn love, a voice and a history, and calls on other deviant bodies to claim their place in society. As she seeks the dialogue with our gaze, she forces us to look at ourselves. A delicate and subtle reflection on the body and otherness. Gentle Unicorn was selected for Aerowaves Twenty 2019 and presented at the Venice Biennale, the Reykjavík Dance Festival and the international dance festival Dance Umbrella in London.

In 2019, Chiara Bersani was recognised at Italy's most prestigious performing arts awards with a UBU Best Newcomer Award for performers under 35, as well as the Total Theatre Award for dance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She is interested in the political significance of a body interacting with society. "The body does not escape being political: not when it is at the centre of society, imposing its form on the world and receiving meanings, interpretations and expectations in response; not when it is silenced, pushed off the streets, forgotten by the crowd."

Discover also SOTTOBOSCO by Chiara Bersani

In corealisation with CC Het Spoor

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Workshop

12.11 • 17:30
CC Het Spoor, Harelbeke

Limited places, registration required
For wind musicians of all levels. Bring your instruments.

What does a unicorn sound like? Come and find out with Chiara Bersani before her show Gentle Unicorn.

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Stroll & Talk - Chiara Bersani & Claire Cunningham

21.11 • 17:30
Budatoren, Kortrijk/Courtrai

free / limited capacity

Based on their performances Songs of the Wayfarer and Sottobosco, Claire Cunningham and Chiara Bersani begin a discussion about their choreographic practices. Through shared reflections and their own relationship to space, they discuss and question dance.

Stroll & Talk