At the heart of the piece are emojis, those fun and colourful little faces that are used to express feelings in digital communication, and the question of whether their overuse impoverishes and hides real emotional expressions. When we use the laughing face in a chat, are we laughing with it? And when we use the one crying copiously, what face are we really making? But the real question at the heart of the work is: how can we recover our true feelings?

In K(-A-)O, Japanese choreographer Kenji Shinohe explores, through the body and digital technologies, the way feelings are expressed through tiny icons and keyboard symbols. A performance that leaves words aside to tackle the highly topical issue of “superficial communication”, created by new technologies and used in particular – but not only – by the younger generations.

In Italy, the artist won an important award in the field of theatre for young audiences: the Eolo Awards 2025 for the creative use of different languages on stage.

16.00 After-show meeting with the young audience.
Moderator Monica Ceccardi