Himalaya

Name: Himalaya - Elisa Zuppini (IT/NL)
Start: 2026-05-01T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Frascati, Amsterdam

Elisa Zuppini (IT/NL)

Thu 30 Apr ’26 and Fri 1 May ’26

Een onderzoek naar de tektoniek van de waarneming en de verlangende krachten van de aarde.

Thu 30 Apr ’26

and

Fri 1 May ’26

Thu 30 Apr ’26

21:00

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 2

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Fri 1 May ’26

21:00

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 2

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Himalaya unfolds as a cinematic landscape where sculpture, metaphysical fiction, and post-clubbing converge. The work invites the audience to reflect on our perception of time and on the many ways time can unfold.

The first work by Elisa Zuppini following her graduation from the SNDO (School for New Dance Development), Himalaya premiered at ICK Fest and was extensively reworked in 2023 for the Feeling Curious? Festival at Theatre Rotterdam.

In Himalaya, Elisa explores the material and libidinal dimensions of the body, and of reality as a complex web of interrelated systems. Her inquiry engages with seemingly irreconcilable forces and the allure of synthetic hybridisation, as this refracts through the body.

By mapping the subtle movements of the real, she examines the slow temporality of geological erosion, the accelerating imagery of digital environments, and the repetition and persistence of machinic bodies. She stages the conflict between these systems, as if tectonic plates shifting within perception itself, colliding but never fully integrating. Here, planetary friction becomes a metaphor for the ways these systems operate in the mind: forceful yet unsettling, disjointed yet related.

The work features an original score by Hesaitix (formerly M.E.S.H) / James Whipple, whose sonic worlds move between the organic and the synthetic. Through sound and movement, an irregular sense of time emerges, inviting the audience to encounter unexpected openings and shifts.

Duration: 45 mins.

Credits

concept and choreography Elisa Zuppini performer Federica Dalla Pozza original music Hesaitix fka M.E.S.H. (James Whipple) dramaturgy Bruno Listopad production assistant Michael Scerbo, Ludovica Daddi camera and editing Saskia Habermann produced and supported by Amsterdam Fonds for the Arts, ICK Amsterdam, Choreographic Center Heidelberg, Ricerca X, Armunia Teatri, RAM; Residenze Artistiche Marchigiane (promoted by MiC and Regione Marche)

About Elisa Zuppini

Elisa Zuppini is an Italian-born choreographer and dancer based in Amsterdam, who graduated from the SNDO (School for New Dance Development). Her practice explores the intersection of movement, systems thinking, and contemporary philosophy. She views choreography as a form of relational and affective architecture, a system where spatial and temporal elements interact dynamically to generate meaning. Previously, Elisa appeared at Frascati with Disambiguation.

Since 2019 she is part of Jakoozi, a convergence of Amsterdam-based choreographers who act as a fluid organisation. Together they host opportunities for coming together, sharing and reflection, organising performance related events as well as weekly public group sessions. Jakoozi wants to approach questions through bodies. Bodies whose ideas are voiced in several tones and articulations. With a desire to experience time differently but together.