The Laboratory of the Pelvis

The Laboratory of the Pelvis is a choreographic dance research project focused on the pelvic sphere with the aim of exploring and giving expression to this largely unknown part of the body through different media and within a collaborative working group. The project stems from choreographer Francesca Saraullo’s interest in the exploration of a primary gesture in a subtle listening of the body in movement; the residency proposed recontacting the vital essence of the dancing being with sound and visual imagery.

The project took the form of a week-long intensive residency with ŻfinMalta, with a small group of practitioners, and a wider circle of collaborators. The project combined the physical and the political in the framework of contemporary dance, aiming to create new choreographic, visual and sound imagery from the pelvic core as a pool around which to create an artistic and collective laboratory.

Created by:

Francesca Saraullo, Margerita Pulè, Zoe Camilleri, Abigail Agius, Claire Tonna

Supported by ŻfinMalta - Malta’s national dance company and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Valletta