Sara Manente (IT/BE)

Sara Manente is a performance artist, choreographer and researcher living in Brussels. She graduated in Communication Sciences at the University of Bologna in 2003, finished the  advanced research program in performance studies in a.pass in 2008 and was part of a.pass Research Center Cycle 1 in 2019. Coming from a dance practice that started with ballet in her childhood, her work comes out in hybrid forms: book launch, 3Dfilm, written text, interview, choreographic piece, workshop, telepathic experience, collaboration.

Picture © Susanna Hofer

She’s been working and presenting at BUDA Kortrijk for several years now. In march 16, Sara initiated a new research project: Spectacles, that is coming to an end now. Spectacles is a long-term research aiming to restore the strange relation between dance and language. Spectacles are written texts, interviews and 3D films questioning: What are the limits of language for speaking about aesthetic experience? How are we to talk about dance? Which language performs a choreography? At Buda Vista #10 Sara will present Spectacle #3 en Spectacle #1, both dance pieces to be heard in group or to be read on your own…