Collective Trip 7.0 is the final moment of an “act of thought” that, in this first study, involves choreographers Nicoletta Cabassi and Claudio Malangone. The central theme is Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. The work explores self-awareness, observation, dialogue, and exchange with the goal of restoring a communal dialectic, reinventing oneself, and rediscovering identity within an organizational and creative fluidity, where each participant's strategies serve as support for artistic research.

The starting point is the idea of a journey—the transformations that an environment and a body undergo along a path, capturing its metamorphoses and inherent contradictions. It is a voyage that draws inspiration from the contrast between what we see and what we imagine, leading to an intimate and warm space, where dramaturgy takes shape. Here, its essence is not found in the contrast between the four characters but rather in the exchange between the stage and the audience.

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Structure of Collective Trip 7.0:

“HOP.E in A Major” by Nicoletta Cabassi (1st and 4th movements)
Listening to Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony instills a sense of vital enthusiasm, yet within its notes lies a subtle melancholy. Approaching Beethoven always carries a sense of profound reverence. The central question that shaped this creation was:
"How do we feel before happiness?"
Together with the dancers, we worked in synergy to find this shared emotional state, using their insights and translating visual references into physical actions.

“DIE HAPPY” by Claudio Malangone (2nd and 3rd movements)
In a continuous contrast between light and shadow, tension and release, in a sort of compulsion to repeat, fleeting and delicate gestures become signals of an ongoing search for balance between instinct and reason—a means to confront the meaning of existence through its transience. This journey passes through acceptance of a body that both suffers and is free to choose its passions. Life condenses within this body—fragmented, detonated—before ultimately exploding from within.

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Concept, Direction & Choreography: Claudio Malangone & Nicoletta Cabassi

Performers: Luigi Aruta, Adriana Cristiano, Sabrina De Luca, Alessandro Esposito

Music: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 by Ludwig van Beethoven

Video: Checco Petrone
Costumes: Nicoletta Cabassi
​Lighting: Francesco Ferrigno & Giuseppe Ferrigno

Production: Borderline Danza, with the support of MIC, Regione Campania, and Ra.I.D. Festivals