TABULA RASA

Based on an idea by Doriana Crema

Tabula Rasa continues its journey of exploration, revisiting some aspects of previous residencies and this time becoming a call to action. For those who wish to take on the responsibility of staying in an empty space for a period of time, in silence, and listening to the absence. The absence of something to see, to do, to say. What goes through us when we position ourselves on the edge of an unknown empty space? What happens if that space becomes an extension of our being, where the occurrence of our presence creates other forms and meanings, not yet imagined, less visible, more intimate, perhaps deeper? Being and perhaps crossing that predetermined space takes on a meaning that is that of the gaze of the person who makes this journey alone. Complexity is stripped away, the empty space becomes the space where we can find ourselves, where we can sink into listening, where we can grasp our uncertainty; there we can grasp that ‘nothing is as it seems’, perhaps.

Associate artist at Lavanderia a Vapore, trainer, choreographer, psychosynthetic counselor, Doriana Crema trained as a dancer at the Teatro Nuovo in Turin with Carla Perotti, as a practitioner in the field of body expression with Anna Sagna at the Bella Hutter dance school, furthered her training in contemporary dance with Raffaella Giordano, and followed the training process in sensitive dance with Claude Coldy. She has been a trainer in body expression workshops with children and teachers at various educational institutions in Turin and Strasbourg. In 2016, she created the Danzatori di Comunità (Community Dancers) training course together with Rita Fabris. She curates the Solitudo project “Visions for a creative community” together with Raffaella Tomellini and Fabio Castello. She accompanies individual artists and dance companies in their creative processes. She is a counselor and teacher at the Scuola Superiore di Counseling in Turin.