Pas Moi is a newly staged performative lecture by Diana Anselmo, representing the final chapter of her documentary and experiential research. The performance unravels networks of power and domination embedded in dominant historical narratives and continues the path begun with her previous work Je Vous Aime. While the earlier performance explored historical gestures and their impact on learning and education, Pas Moi delves into the perspective of Deaf communities and sign language, investigating the origins of the first instruments for recording, transmitting, and reproducing sound.

The performance reveals that iconic devices shaping film and music industries were often designed with an audiocentric and phonocentric purpose – as tools intended to “cure” deafness. Deafness has often been treated as a deficiency to be eradicated rather than recognized as an identity and culture with its own language and community. Pas Moi imagines how approaching difference not as a deficit can open new horizons and possibilities.

Key Creators:

• Concept, Performance, Visuals: Diana Anselmo
• Sound, Composition: Antonio Dominelli
• Song Lyrics: Paddy Ladd
• Dramaturgy: Piersandra di Matteo
• Mentor, Researcher, Author of Performative Material: Saša Asentić

Cast:

• Diana Anselmo
• Daniel Bongioanni
• Antonio Dominelli

Co-production:

• Scuola Piccola Zattere (IT)
• Theaterformen Festival (DE)
• Gessnerallee Zürich (CH)
• Fuorimargine Centro di Produzione di Danza e Arti Performative della Sardegna (IT)

Supported by:

• Italian Cultural Institute in Oslo
• Italian Cultural Institute in Berlin
• Ministry of Culture (MIC – Ministero della cultura)
• DANAE Festival

Sustained by:

• R.O.M (Residencies On the Move), including Reykjavik Dance Festival and Santarcangelo Festival
• European Union (Creative Europe Programme)
• Conseil des arts de Montréal
• Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

Project:

• Part of LANDING, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and carried out by Santarcangelo Festival

The performance is presented as part of the Cripping Performance conference in collaboration with Maska Ljubljana and Platform of Contemporary Dance, Zavod MOJA KREACIJA, Maribor.