Annamaria Ajmone’s dance performance is guided by the practice of philosophical tracing as described by French author Baptiste Morizot in his essay Sur la piste animale (‘On the Animal Trail’): By trying to follow the traces of wild animals we can assume their perspective, understand their possible actions, following the ontological position of perspectivism as phrased by anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro. The title La notte è il mio giorno preferito (‘Night is My Favourite Day’) is taken from a letter written by American poet Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) and refers to darkness as the space of an absent presence in the animal kingdom – a place of intuition.

Annamaria Ajmone is an Italian dancer and choreographer who holds a degree in contemporary literature. Her works have been presented at numerous festivals, in museums and galleries across the world, such as Santarcangelo Festival, La Biennale Danza (IT), Public Fiction/Night Gallery (USA), Palais de Tokyo (FR). In 2015, she received the Danza&Danza Award. Together with Sara Leghissa she coordinates Nobody’s Indiscipline, an open source platform for art practices, and Nessuno, a practice of gathering and celebrating with a focus on performance, dance, visual art, and discourse experiments. Annamaria Ajmone is an associated artist of Triennale Milano Teatro.

*The performance on Fri, March 3^rd will be followed by an artist talk (moderation: Veza Fernández).