Atmosferologia - Veduta by Michele di Stefano e Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch is the most recent work of the mk group. This project is a modular format, with variable cast and length and is dedicated to the city and to the perspective view of the urban landscape. The audience follows the performance through wireless headphones, overlooking a panoramic view of the city. The urban scene is transformed by the audio into a place that floats between the present and the possible; the viewer is immersed in a landscape that is no longer just what is in front of him, but - just as in a sacred allegory – becomes a concentrate of coincidences and configurations that seem to refer to something else. Strange conspiracies and mysterious activities redesign the ‘here and now’ to reread urbanity through postures and signs of an elsewhere, investigated by sharp dances that may be very near or very far, on the horizon.
Biography Michele Di Stefano
Michele Di Stefano is a self-taught choreographer who is the artistic director of the mk group. He received the 2014 Silver Lion Award at the Venice BiennaleDanza, the 2018 Danza&Danza Award for the show Bermudas, the 2019 UBU Award for the best dance show (Bermudas_forever) and the 2021 Ubu Special Award for Radio India/Indian Ocean, an artistic cohabitation project staged at the Teatro India in Rome. He is the Associated Artist at the Milan Triennale 2022-24. He has received choreography assignments from Aterballetto, Nuovo Balletto di Toscana, Korean National Contemporary Dance Company and Ballet de Lorraine. In addition to the international circuiting of shows and performances, he carries on an intense activity related to experimental proposals, including the Balinese Dance Platform at the Santarcangelo Festival (2014 and 2015), the curatorship of BUFFALO for the Teatro di Roma, and training and research workshops for the Higher Institute for Artistic Industries (ISIA) of Urbino and the IUAV University of Venice, specialized in fields of architecture, design, fashion, visual arts, urban and regional planning, and theatre.
Biography mk
The mk group has been involved in choreography and performance since 2000 and revolves around an original core of performers and shared, cross-disciplinary projects. The group is immediately invited to the most important festivals of the new scene in Italy and abroad. Participation in the dance circuits is flanked by experimental proposals, including the Piattaforma della Danza Balinese at the Festival di Santarcangelo (2014 and 2015), projects for the BiennaleDanza 2013-14-15, a constant dialogue with the Scuola Paolo Grassi di Milano, Anghiari Dance Hub, training and research workshops for the University IUAV and for the school of Teatro Stabile di Torino.