Andrea Costanzo Martini Wild Thoughts Production Info 20 minutes Fearless, dance full of playful wit that calls our bodies back to movement, pleasure, and joy. Wild Thoughts is cheeky fun, inspired by all the wonderful things human bodies can do. Creative Team Length: 20 Minutes Dancers: 9 Choreographer: Andrea Costanzo Martini Music: Spectacle of Ritual’ by Kali Malone, Foreign Bodies by Matthew Herbert Lighting Design: Barnaby Booth Costume Design: Rike Zöllner Costume Supervisor: Deryn Tudor Costume Maker: Elizabeth Catherine Chiu Rehearsal Director for Creation: Jack Philp Created with dancers: Joshua Atwood, Angharad Jones-Young, Mika Evans, Niamh Keeling, Mario Manara, Edward Myhill, Aisha Namaani, Faye Tan, Marine Tournet, Tim Volleman First performed: 3 March 2022 at Derby Theatre “In this piece, together with the dancers of NDCWales I am exploring the playground of the human body. Wild thoughts is a riotous celebration of knees, arms, legs, glands, tongues, limbs and their untamed physical knowledge. What deeply touches me in this process is to see the urgent passion these performers have for movement and their generosity to share on stage the intimate and unique relationship they have with their bodies.” Andrea Costanzo Martini Choreographer Andrea Costanzo Martini Andrea Costanzo Martini Andrea Costanzo Martini was born and raised in Italy where he received his first education in contemporary dance and ballet. He has danced in Aalto Theater Essen, Batsheva Young Ensemble, Batsheva Dance Company, Cullberg Ballet, Inbal Pinto and A. Pollack Dance Company. Since 2013 Andrea has been creating and performing his own works. He received the first prize for dance and choreography at the International Tanz Solo Competition Stuttgart in 2013 and was awarded several prizes for the solo works “What Happened in Torino” and “Occhio di Bue”. Andrea has focused on solo and duet works such as Trop, VoglioVoglia, SCARABEO (selected by Aerowaves 2018), but more recently started collaborating with companies such as Balletto di Roma and Balletto Teatro di Torino with the works Intro and Balera. Most recently Andrea’s research in dance focuses in both extreme physicality and theatricality in the performance act and explores the power balance between dancers and spectators. Always filled with humour and supported by a wide range of skills, Martini’s work questions and plays with the expectations of the dance medium. Trained in both ballet and contemporary technique, Andrea is also a Gaga instructor and has led dance workshops around the world since 2007. Andrea’s most recent works include ‘Mood Shifter’ and a piece for young audiences called ‘PayPer Play’. Reviews “Wild Thoughts was a delightful piece … a cheeky little joy.” Love Shrewsbury “very playful, very funny… truly impressive…the dancers celebrate with their bodies, there’s a lot of joy” The Reviews Hub “its mood is celebratory and its joy contagious” Culture Whisper Gallery Wild Thoughts Education Pack