Gherminella_studio di voci inarticolate

Vetrina della giovane danza d’autore

conceived and performed by Miranda Secondari
sound design Nicola Ratti
light design Andrea Sanson
sound direction Glauco Salvo
whit the support of MAD| Murate Art District (Firenze), Spazio K Kinkaleri (Prato), Workspace Ricerca X (Torino)
production KLm
35 minutes

GHERMINELLA_studio di voci inarticolate is a choreographic practice, a work on sound and the unarticulated voice.
The term “Gherminella” – meaning mischief, trick, or deception – originates from a sleight of hand where a string appears to vanish and reappear from a stick. This performance weaves together elements of sound, voices, images, and gestures, which fleetingly come and go as the choreography unfolds. These elements are presented through slow and precise movements, designed to deceive and confuse the spectator.
Here, the voice is conceived as a confused, untranscribable entity, devoid of meaningful words, but rich in onomatopoeias, murmurs, whistles, clicks, and other sounds. The tongue, lips, and pharynx, along with the rest of the body, move and contract, producing noises that resemble more of a sonic texture than an articulated speech.
Supporting the performer’s work, and blending with it, is the sound of musician and sound designer Nicola Ratti, who does not create narrative elements but instead focuses on sounds whose original source remains ambiguous, thanks to the spatial arrangement of a sound diffusion system.
GHERMINELLA_studio di voci inarticolate embodies the clever trickery of the mind, the inner voice emerging through dreams and hallucinations. It occupies the liminal space between consciousness and the unconscious, where the mind, in its playful state, presents fleeting thoughts that morph into images, touch us briefly, and then fade away. This is a space for the uninhibited expression of identity, manifesting in a surreal narrative.
The performance does not depict a specific dream nor does it create a dreamlike environment. Instead, it treats the dream as a methodology, a visual form of thought to craft an aesthetic experience. It blurs the lines between voice and sound, evoking a mystic and archaic form of cognition.

ph. Lorenzo Placuzzi

*Vetrina della giovane danza d’autore with:
Pablo Ezequiel Rizzo SEX.EXE (primo studio)
Miranda Secondari Gherminella_studio di voci inarticolate
VIDAVÈ Company Coraggio. La sfortuna non esiste
duration of the shows 1h 30′