Simon Le Borgne

One dancer. One musician. No script. Fifty minutes of something genuinely unpredictable.
Ad libitum is Latin for “at one’s pleasure” — and that phrase captures exactly what this performance is and isn’t. It isn’t improvisation in the loose sense. It’s two highly trained artists — dancer Simon Le Borgne (Paris Opera Ballet, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch) and musician Ulysse Zangs — building something together in real time, with the kind of precision that only comes from deep mutual trust.Zangs moves through the space activating drums, voice, synthesizer, and guitar. Le Borgne responds, initiates, dissolves. The sound drops away entirely at points, leaving only breath and footsteps. Then it surges back.
 
The Chiostro dei Domenicani — a 13th-century Dominican cloister — provides a setting that makes the intimacy of this piece feel even more charged. Arrive early. The atmosphere starts before the lights go down.
 
Limited accessibility.
 
In case of bad weather: Teatro Communale (Studio)
 
MEET THE ARTIST: On 19 July at 7:00 pm, Simon Le Borgne will be a guest at BoDA in the Capuchin Garden. Admission is free.
 
With the support of the Nuovi Mecenati Foundation – Franco-Italian Foundation for the Support of Contemporary Creation
 
 
The performance is supported by a network of 10 Italian festivals through PIDA (Programme International de Diffusion Artistique) – Institut Français
 
 
In collaboration with the Claudio Monteverdi Conservatory of Bolzano