A Performance Art Tribute to Frida Kahlo

At the Fabbrica Europa Avant-Garde Arts Festival, September 18 & 19 sees Sofia Nappi, choreographer and artistic director of KOMOCO, a contemporary dance company active in Italy and internationally. Nappi brings to the festival choreography and performance art inspired by Frida Kahlo, and in particular her painting ‘The Two Fridas’. The performance is an exploration of the ambivalence and multifacetedness of identity; Nappi quotes Kahlo herself: ‘More identities are hidden inside me, I am a mélange. A mix between a Mexican and an indigenous woman, but also a Mexican and a European. I am a painter and a wife. I love women and men […]. In my painting I want to precisely represent this: all my ambiguity, no, not the ambiguity, my many personalities, my complexity’ (from Frida Kahlo’s Secret Lover by Caroline Bernard). Nappi’s performance utilises the medium of movement and dance to attempt novel representations of these key facets of Kahlo’s work. The event begins at 5 pm, and takes place at the Performing Arts Research Centre (PARC) in the Cascine Park.  Tickets range from €8 to €10 to €13. 

For more information, visit:

https://fabbricaeuropa.net/en/events/komoco-sofia-nappi-pupo-unveiled/