Tea Andreoletti

23/02 — 04/03/2026

Residency

Siamo cresciute ai piedi di sei dighe. 
Alimentano quattro centrali idroelettriche.
Energia rinnovabile, a basse emissioni. La più auspicabile.
Da piccole, nei giorni di forte pioggia, nostra mamma ci caricava in macchina
e ci portava lontano, più in alto, dove le onde non ci avrebbero raggiunte 
nel caso le dighe avessero ceduto.

Con il tempo abbiamo imparato a conoscerle,
a conviverci e perfino a fidarci di loro.
Come se con le dighe avessimo stretto un patto silenzioso: 
tratterranno quell’enorme massa d'acqua per noi,
aspettando il nostro segnale.

Solo allora lasceranno andare.

DAMN! is a site-responsive performance that reflects on the distance between stage lighting and the place where the energy that powers it is produced. It starts from a glass of water and traces its way up to the large mountain dams used for hydroelectric power. Told in three languages through stories and small details that become metaphors, DAMN! navigates the complex territories of energy investments and mountains. How can one hope to understand it all, where ecologies, bodies, promises, and economic interests intertwine?

CREDIT
concept and direction Tea Andreoletti
with Tea Andreoletti and Maria Daniela Pascual Esparza
co-dramaturg Fjolla Hoxha
costume Anna Gaiti
in dialogue with Juni Klein, Isterika Istorika collective and Sanna Ritvanen
music Pol & mucchearrosto
organization Marta Fava

a co-production by Scuola Piccola Zattere, Le Citron Jaune – Centre National des Arts de la Rue et de l’Espace Public, Santarcangelo Festival.

supported by Taike Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Italian Cultural Institute of São Paulo within the project LANDIG hosted by Corpo Rastreado - Casa Farofa, and the network R.O.M (Residencies On the Move) at Théâtre l’Aire Libre at the invitation of Santarcangelo Festival. R.O.M is supported by the European Union in the framework of the program Creative Europe, Conseil des arts de Montréal and Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

BIO
Tea Andreoletti works with performance, storytelling, long-term processes, and participatory practices to activate spaces of co-responsibility and explore collective processes. Since 2020, her research has focused on the socio-political context of the Alta Valle Seriana in the Orobic Alps, where she returned to live. She has presented her work at Baltic Circle, ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival, Periferico Festival, Barents Spektakel, and Mòzg Festival. She holds a degree in Live Art and Performance Studies (Uniarts Helsinki) and is a hydro-sommelier (ADAM).