At the heart of an island of cush­ions, Massimo Fusco’s sound and cho­reo­graph­ic install­a­tion invites young audi­ences into a gentle, reflect­ive immer­sion. The stor­ies of the body are whispered in the ears and echo in the audience’s minds and bod­ies, amp­li­fied by the move­ments of the performers 

Bathed in a soft, warm light, beau­ti­ful cush­ions scattered like pebbles form an island whose hushed atmo­sphere calls for relax­a­tion. Supine in this haven of peace, chil­dren are immersed in a sound bath cre­ated from aug­men­ted nat­ur­al ele­ments and organ­ic sounds, dif­fused by a sys­tem of 8 speak­ers and a sub­woof­er. This phys­ic­al exper­i­ence of sound is doubled by head­phones, broad­cast­ing children’s and teen­agers’ testi­mon­ies in which the body plays a key role. Cir­cu­lat­ing around and at the heart of the group, two per­formers ima­gine a dia­logue between dance and mas­sage, in short cho­reo­graph­ic com­pos­i­tions that are both del­ic­ate and power­ful. They punc­tu­ate the per­form­ance, devel­op­ing the senses by allow­ing the audi­ence to oscil­late between aur­al and visu­al attention.