21/05/2025
Last night wrapped up my Cacti season 🌵!!! It brought me to 3 companies in 3 months.
You don’t get much footage of yourself as a stager, so please enjoy little snippets of some moments that made my heart squeek along the way. I’m so greatful for this job that has found me, and in which I keep discovering myself through the years. It’s for me a research of how to prioritize humanity, no matter the challenges that arise when working in the complex machinery of an institution.
For those who don’t know what a ‘stager’ does… I’m basically a minion of a choreographer, in my case, of . He sends me off to different opera houses on his behalf to put back on stage existing works created by himself. Officially that means… I have to do casting, teach all the material, coach the dancers to ease them in a new movement language, direct rehearsals for weeks, direct the musicians (even if my only music vocabulary is pling and plong), facilitate the transition to stage, overlook that the set and lights are at their best, that the technicians hit the right cues… Basically make sure the work corresponds to his intended original vision. And… Unofficially, my job is to ignite new curiosity and passion in the dancers, to make them realize that their individual inner possibilities are endless, and to make them see and trust how they’ve transformed through the work and process so that they are free to be the best version of themselves on stage.
So basically my job is to give love and care. And it feels effortless to do so when I get to meet and be surrounded with so many beautiful souls. Okay hi takkyy much, but it’s literally how I feel. I’m overwhelmed with all the genuine connections I’ve made through my Cacti endeavors of the past months. Thank you to all of you that I’ve crossed paths with. Il mio cuore batte di più per la mia squadra della Roma. Vi amo ragazzi.
Extra thanks to .mr.petit and Sam 👯♀️
And of course Alex for the ongoing trust 🦋