Cheers (2024)

Dancer in a white shirt and orange skirt moving in a town square

Credits

Idea, choreography and direction by: Marco Laudani and Claudio Scalia | Performers: Rebecca Bendinelli, Ismaele Buonvenga, Rachele Pascale, Nunzio Saporito, Paola Tosto | Music by: Iva Bittová & Paolo Angeli, Travis Lake, Giuseppe Verdi | Voice recording and editing by: Irene Quirós | Costume designer: Theama for dance | Production: ocram dance movement in collaboration with Scenario Pubblico Centro di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale

Synopsis

Happy toasts are never made alone, unlike sad ones. Happy toasts seek friendship, someone to prepare them and someone to receive them. Sometimes, they also seek love, fresh and eager to be savored. Because they make hearts resonate together, building bridges between souls. Classical poetry has long celebrated the wonders of intoxication that fosters connection: from the eternally feasting Greeks to the Romans, ever bored by the drabness of life.

“Cheers” is a toast shared with a whole community. It's the sound of glasses clinking, of glances meeting, of laughter filling different spaces. It’s the warmth of an evening with friends, the golden reflection of wine in hand, the bittersweet taste of shared memories. Every “Cheers” is an act of camaraderie, a celebration of the imperfect beauty of being human—together.

Scheduled Events

13 September 2026
Sant'Agata Li Battiati (CT)
scheduled with Espresso
October 23, 2026 
“Autumn Festival”, Catanzaro
scheduled with Espresso
 

Event History

4 September 2025 
“Performing festival” Urban spaces, Serradifalco (CL)
December 3, 2025 
Superstudio Hub, Naples
August 27, 2025 
“Art fest” Urban spaces, Venosa (PZ)
On 4 January 2025 
ScenarioLab, Catania
October 29, 2024
“Dance in the Metro Festival” Teano Metro Station (ROME)
August 10, 2024 (National Preview)
Cilentart Fest, Gioi (SA)