FALENA
choreography by Elisa Sbaragli
dance by Alice Raffaelli
sound by Edoardo Sansonne
creative direction by Marco Burchini
produced by TIR Danza
special project for InCastro Festival
with the support of Scintille - Festival delle Arti Performative, Residenza HOME 2025 / Dance Gallery Perugia
Duration: 25 minutes
Year of production: 2026
Performance suitable for urban and non-conventional spaces
FALENA is a fragile yet resilient presence, drawn to what shines while at the same time fearful of its intensity; it moves forward through attempts, tremors, and openings.
Metamorphosis becomes the texture of its movement.
From the compact body of the larva emerges a life that slowly unfolds, learning to stretch, to listen, to risk its own momentum: a vibration that holds back desire, an expansion that brushes against the light, a folding inward that welcomes fear.
As it moves through space, the moth contracts, turns, defends itself when it senses a threat, and reaches outward when something calls to it.
FALENA is a journey through the instability of desire, a poetic reflection on movement as a drive toward what exceeds us and calls us forward.







