MoDem is the movement language that Roberto Zappalà has developed throughout more than thirty years of artistic creation with his company, grounded in principles of flow, control, and the exploration of the body’s muscular and joint structures, elements that are constantly activated in everyday movement. The methodology fosters exchange and cross-pollination within the group, while cultivating a deep and rigorous awareness of the body’s articulations.
MoDem also lends its name to MoDem PRO, the professional training pathway designed to provide an in-depth understanding of Compagnia Zappalà Danza’s movement language.
Acronym of Democratic Movement The terminology, of course, is not intended to allude to politics, which has already used this acronym in the past, but rather to the physical movement of a body, or to one of the parts that make up a “composition,” and therefore often to the individuality of the dancers.
We increasingly seek to show instinct, within which an apparent imperfection is identified, instinct and imperfection, both added values of our movement, of our vocabulary.
The joints and different parts of the body are, in turn, isolated and explored through a practice we call Exegesis, whose aim is to bring forth the countless possibilities of movement inherent in the limbs, both inwardly and outwardly possibilities that can be explored, invented, and expanded day after day. The body continues to be the primary instrument, where power, dynamics, and musicality, together with the relationship these elements establish with society, become ever more deeply intertwined.
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