Fernando Belfiore - Aerowaves

AL13FB<3

The Netherlands The Twenty16

AL13FB<3 rethinks rituals and questions social codes: formed, deformed and transformed by the body. The audience is lead through a poetic and futuristic landscape, where there is potential for magic. A lightsaber, dripping dye and crumpled foil become elements of Fernando Belfiore’s constantly renewing and transforming environment. As he shifts from sacred to profane, from pop to sci-fi, the physical experiences he constructs translate into surprising emotions for the audience.

Biography

Fernando Belfiore is a choreographer, performer and teacher based in Amsterdam. He graduated from SNDO in 2011 (School for New Dance Development – Amsterdam School of The Arts). Before moving to Europe he studied Theatre at Sao Paolo University. He has performed in projects by Deborah Hay, Jeremy Wade, Ann Liv Young, Ibrahim Quraishi and Miet Warlop. As a choreographer, Belfiore has presented his work in festivals and venues in many European countries, Brazil and China. His graduation work, The miserable thing, was nominated for the ITS Festival Choreography Award and received the Best Direction award at ACT Festival in Spain in 2012.

He has been Artist In Residence at Dansmakers Amsterdam since 2011, where he made his solo You Must with the dramaturgic collaboration of Ivo Dimchev and .whatdofinallyshare., which was selected by Aerowaves in 2013. That same year he created Supernatural with Florentina Holzinger, which was performed at Nuit Blanche/SSBA-Salon Stadschouwnburg.

In addition to his recent solo AL13FB<3, Fernando is also touring his new group performance D3US/X\M4CHIN4. He is a regular teacher of movement research at SNDO and is a guest artist at International Choreographic Art Centre (ICK). Fernando’s work is also supported by Work Space Brussels.

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