and numerous associations of the territory.
La MaMa Spoleto Open 2013 is an event organized by La MaMa Umbria
International, artist’s residency, research and production center
founded by Ellen Stewart (formerly founder and artistic director of the
Theater La MaMa E.T.C. in New York) in Spoleto in 1990. The event,
organized in collaboration with the Municipality of Spoleto and the
involvement of many local associations and international partners, aims
at stimulating the town to open up and come alive, creating an
atmosphere of curiosity and excitement, to give support and visibility
to emerging realities on the Italian and international arts scene.
For
the 2013 edition, the La MaMa Umbria Center will host the company of
Irina Brook in residence, for the preparation of the new production of
La Trilogie des Iles, which will debut with its première at the Festival
of 2Worlds. It will also start new collaborations with the Academy of
Dramatic Arts in Rome, Teatro la Pergola and the Cultcube Association of
Florence for the project Florence for Fringe. Another inauguration is
for the Art Talks, a series of lectures/talks about the art of theater,
held under the patronage of the International Institute of Theater.
Thanks
to the collaboration with the Association Il Borgo and the involvement
of some catering establishments in the area (Ristorante 900, Pizzeria
Rosticceria Zeppelin and the Cioccolateria Mirco della Vecchia) the
Piazzetta in Via dei Gesuiti will become one of the Festival’s reception
and meeting places: a point for the tasting of typical local products,
wines and desserts, an active and lively space with live music and
performances of various kinds, a reference point for the public and the
artists, open to young people, tourists and all citizens.
This
year´s program includes a selection of proposals for theater, dance,
music and visual arts, including some artists who won the international
tender in 2012. These have been invited to carry out creative Residences
at La MaMa Umbria, so as to create new works that will be presented in
world premières in Spoleto.
program
Friday 28 June at 22:30
Saturday 29 June at 20:30
Sunday 30 June at 17:00 & 22:30
Cantiere Oberdan
Company La Capra Ballerina (Puppetry)
THE FAIRY AND THE COALMAN and DORMANT
By and with Laura Bartolomei and James Davies
The
company presents two of their repertoire performances. A small theater
in miniature visually extraordinary, suitable for both children and
adults. Almost completely without words, the music and silence are the
support for the actions of the characters, manipulated on sight. An
exhibition of puppets produced by the company in recent years, will
accompany the shows. The puppets will be set up and displayed in the
performance space, along with some sketches and drawings of stage
design.
Wednesday 3 July at 22:00
Thursday 4 July at 18:00
Friday 5 July at 22:30
Saturday 6 July at 18:00
Cantiere Oberdan
Association Cultcube / Foundation Teatro della Pergola
Under the patronage of the Comune di Firenze
FISTS OF SULPHUR
written, directed and interpreted by Maurizio Lombardi
"Fists
of sulphur" is an intense monologue in Italian and Sicilian dialect.
Set in Italy at the end of 1800,it tells the story of a boxer’s
childhood, with dreams, fears and games to escape death and the descent
into the hell of the sulphur mine. Here the "carusi", children of seven
or eight, break their backs to bring sulfur to the surface, the new
wealth in Sicily. The text was inspired by a poem of the great Sicilian
poet Ignazio Buttitta (1899 - 1997), entitled "A li matri de li carusi",
accusing these children’s mothers who sent them underground, deprived
them of the sunlight and a real childhood. The scene, bare, is filled by
the actor Maurizio Lombardi, a versatile artist, who here plays
multiple characters in a show that uses the body as a narrative tool.
Friday 5 July at 18:00
Saturday 6 July at 22:30
Sunday 7 July at 17:00 & 22:30
Cantiere Oberdan
inoutput
NI UNA MÁS
Text by Mia Parissi
Director and lighting by Nerina Cocchi
With Giovanna Scardoni
Scenery and costumes by Giulia Pecorari
Music by Davide Fensi
Virtual orchestration and sounds by Michele Busdraghi
Photography by Andrea Messana and Marco Borrelli
Video by Daniel Pinheiro
It
is the voice of a woman that is asking us to open our eyes on
feminicide, on this violence that isolates, that limits, that kills.
Written by Mia Parissi, staged by Nerina Cocchi and starring Giovanna
Scardoni, this monologue is also a journey of the body and the emotions
for the spectator. The score of text and music, as opposed to that of
the movement of the actress in the midst of a scene of fragments, allows
the viewer to live a fracture of his own story and feeling. Guiding him
between images of bones that break and green eyes that pierce the
heart, and express the beauty of the human spirit that animates us, and
raises us, all, "Ni una más" becomes a visceral experience, rhythmically
precise and shocking that poses the issue of the eternal conflict
between fear and action, desire and wisdom. All this to ask ourselves,
truly, what is a "victim"? Where is the dividing line between "no" and
"yes"? Where is it that we lose the consciousness of humanity in
ourselves and become "victims", but also "executioners", of others and
of ourselves?
Tuesday 9 July at 18:00
Wednesday 10 July at 22:30
Thursday 11 July at 18:00
Friday 12 July at 22:30
Cantiere Oberdan
Singing Actors, Seoul (Korea)
and Cole Laptop Ensemble, California (USA)
LOVE AND DREAM, PAINTED WITH SONGS
New musical vignettes
Directed by Byungkoo Ahn
Music Director Martin Herman
A new operatic experiment, composed of a series of dramatizations which last 5 minutes, various Art Songs (Lieder).
Singing
Actors is an experimental group of musical theater, from Korea, a
collective made up of very talented singing actors, all with a classical
music training. Their goal is to seek new forms of musical theater,
different from the traditional operatic repertoire. The productions of
Singing Actors were successfully represented at the National Korean
Theater on two different occasions.
Love and Dream, painted
with Songs is the second part of a production divided into three parts, a
series of musical vignettes that will be developed in Residence at La
MaMa Umbria, thanks to the collaboration with the Cole Laptop Ensemble
of Los Angeles. These musical vignettes are mini dramatizations of
traditional opera arias. Singing Actors integrates these songs with
impressionistic scenes written by the director Byungkoo Ahn and sound
environments created by Cole Laptop Ensemble. These non-narrative frames
present moments of real life, which take inspiration from a character,
or an idea, borrowed from the best-known musical literature.
The
Cole Laptop Ensemble is a group of composers/performers/audio
engineers, based in Long Beach, California, which explores the
boundaries between sound, contemporary art, computer music, video art,
interactive performances and technologies. Recently, the Laptop Ensemble
was invited to the Festival soundwalk 2012 and MERGE Festival in Long
Beach. It also performed for the celebration of the hundredth birthday
of John Cage, with a series of concerts in Los Angeles, taken from the
selections Songbooks I and II. The ensemble is directed by Martin Herman
with Seth Shafer and Zach Lovitch, assistant directors and technicians.
Nick Venden specialized in theater and video production, video and
interactivity. Performers are Glen Grigio, Matteo Lourtie, Eric
Malczewski, Justin Scheid, Justin Kennedy and Nick Venden.
Tuesday 9 July at 22:30
Wednesday 10 July at 18:00
Thursday 11 July at 22:30
Friday 12 July at 18:00
Cantiere Oberdan
Idiot Savant/Ludwig
THE MISSING HUSBAND
from George Dandin by Moliere
With Pier Paolo D’Alessandro, Matthieu Pastore, Laura Serena, Simone Tangolo, Anahì Traversi
Translation Matthieu Pastore
Scenery and costumes Eleonora Rossi
Assistant to director Mattia Sartoni
Director and dramaturgy Filippo Renda
The
reference textbook is George Dandin by Moliere, re-translated and
re-adapted, focusing on two key issues. The first is that of infidelity,
as the only way to progress and elevate the quality of life. The second
is that of coherence of judgment. When one is present or becomes aware
of a conflict between two opposing forces, man tends to sympathize with
one of them and consequently has an aversion to the other, in short,
tends to distribute justices and abuse. The set design is very
essential: the house of Dandin, a toy house, the terminal where
arrivals, departures, hidings, pulpits are interwoven in the dramatic
plot. The costumes will be set in the 60s, just like the music, ironic,
surprising and disturbingly candid.
ART TALK – DIALOGUES ON THEATER
Sunday 14 July at 18:30
Estelle Parsons
Dan Saffer
ART TALK NO.1
DIALOGUES ON THEATER
The
first in a series of events with international guests, theater
professionals who will hold higher education courses at the Centro de La
MaMa Umbria. During these encounters, the artists will talk about their
idea of theater, presenting their work and answering the audience’s
questions. The goal is to reveal, through engaging and fun informal
conversations, the creative process of artists, making it accessible
also to non-experts.
VISUAL ARTS
at the CANTIERE OBERDAN
(Piazza San Gabriele dell’Addolorata, behind Santa Maria della Piaggia)
inauguration Friday 28 June at 17:00
Virginia Ryan
SHIFT/RUE DU COMMERCE
Virginia
Ryan is an interdisciplinary artist born in Australia, who was formed
in Australia and Italy, which has become her second home. Ryan has
worked internationally for over thirty years, creating a variety of
works of painting, photography, sculpture, installations, personal
exhibitions and collaborations with other artists, anthropologists and
musicians. She currently lives and
works between Italy and Ivory Coast.
Sylvestre Zorozo Bruly Bouabre
WORKS ON PAPER 2010/13
Sylvestre
Bruly Bouabré was born in 1973 in Zepreguhé, near Daloa, Ivory Coast.
Son of the renowned artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, aka Cheik Nadro, he
approached art assisting his father from an early age. He continued with
his painting and is present in several collections on the Ivory Coast.
Sylvestre is president of the Bruly Bouabré Association. The exhibition
of Sylvestre Zorozo Bruly Bouabre is curated by Virginia Ryan.
The Mayou
CERAMIC SCULPTURES
along Corso Garibaldi – ART IN THE WINDOW
inauguration Friday 28 June at 16:00
PROGRAM
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