Francesco Scavetta (IT-SE): Nowhere Like Here | 14. SŐT7 festival

The performance examines the emotional reactions evoked by the meaning of “home”—as a metaphor for identity, a place of intimacy, warmth, comfort, and love, but also of conflict and everyday routines. It’s the place where we let others in, and whose door we can close to be alone. Where we feel safe, and where even unwashed dishes can pile up. A utopian emotional space we recall with nostalgia: it's no coincidence that when we talk about home, we often turn back to childhood and the place where we grew up.

Nowhere Like Here unfolds a visual and metaphorical map of the concept of home as a microcosm of the world, where thresholds constantly appear, and boundaries become permeable again and again. The dancers on stage rediscover everyday rituals, embodying a constantly shifting physical landscape. The gesture of greeting becomes an iconic, forgotten language that simultaneously connects and repels in a short circuit of contradictions. The image of the house becomes part of our inner world: humans need houses for dreaming, for imagination. It is a politics of gazing, as opposed to the impression of a fleeting glance: illuminating and restless.

Credits

• Concept and Choreography: Francesco Scavetta (IT-SE)
• Dancers: Margareta Firinger (HR), Magalí Camps (SE/ES/DK), George-Alexandru Pleșca (RO), Jerneja Fekonja (SI), Michał Przybyła (PL), Laura Tóth (HU)
• Music: Kim Myhr
• Sound Technician: Matteo Dell’Unto
• Dramaturg: Guy Cools
• Set Design: Francesco Scavetta, Luciano Goizueta
• Lighting: Stefano Stacchini
• Costumes: Mari Ballangrud

The Nowhere Like Here performance was created within the framework of the Beyond Front@: Bridging Periphery Creative Europe project (2023–2026), established by the Central Europe Dance Theatre (Hungary), Bunker (Slovenia), Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance – HIPP (Croatia), Kraków Dance Theatre (Poland), M Studio (Romania), and Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts (Sweden) to foster the local development of the contemporary dance field.