Strive unfolds within a landscape driven by urgency and accumulation. Four performers move through cycles of effort and escalation—pushing, expanding, reaching beyond their limits. Compounding rhythms shape shifting environments in which striving becomes both game and necessity.

As momentum builds, the question of agency begins to surface: When is striving vanity and when is it needed? The work traces the fine line between ambition and exhaustion, revealing how systems of pressure become internalised within the body.

Emerging from a context marked by increasing burnout and overstimulation, Strive reflects on the conditions that produce this constant drive for more. Rather than offering resolution, the piece exposes the mechanisms at play—inviting the audience to recognize themselves within these patterns of effort, repetition, and excess.

PRESS AND MATERIALS

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CREDITS
Concept: Martina Marini, Anastasia Kostner
Choreography: Anastasia Kostner in collaboration with the performers

Performers: Camilla Bundel, Christian Guerematchi, Riccardo Meneghini, Anastasia Kostner

Music: Rutger Muller
Consultancy: Hayley Adams

Production: Tanzschmiede / Fucinadanza
Management: Claudia Jocher
Supervision: Martina Marini

With the support of: Autonome Provinz Bozen, Region Trentino Alto Adige, Gemeinde Meran, Südtiroler Sparkasse