L’invenzione dell’Oriente
2004
dramaturgy | movement | music | writing/theatre
L’invenzione dell’Oriente
(Invention of the Orient)
theatre-dance workshop
A space of the mind takes shape
with the contribution of each participant
in a guided workshop
which aims beyond the frontier of dance
into a more articulate scenic language.
with the contribution of each participant
in a guided workshop
which aims beyond the frontier of dance
into a more articulate scenic language.
| Invention of the Orient
What do we think of when we think of the Orient? The Arabian Nights or Japanese technology? The shape of a samovar or of a minaret? Of our passage to India or a territory closer to us and dramatically tormented? To the knowledge in certain ancient books or the colours of spices in the suk? |
With utmost freedom, with levity
and attention,
we will put together fragments of very diverse nature
and build a short itinerary
made of gestures, words, music and movement.
We will create a cohabitation of contrasting moods,
and train in both listening to one and other
and interacting with aims to a unitary result.
We will discover the importance of connections
in the communication of a message.
We will entwine different expressive languages
and learn to coordinate them.
We will learn to understand
that there is a rhythm in all things.
we will put together fragments of very diverse nature
and build a short itinerary
made of gestures, words, music and movement.
We will create a cohabitation of contrasting moods,
and train in both listening to one and other
and interacting with aims to a unitary result.
We will discover the importance of connections
in the communication of a message.
We will entwine different expressive languages
and learn to coordinate them.
We will learn to understand
that there is a rhythm in all things.
... islands
in the mare nostrum... Perfumes, colours, chants and enchantments. Holidays and tourists, boats and docks. Caves, volcanoes, wind and sand. Lack of water, water which floods. Weariness, migrations, letters, returns. Wars, poems, prisons, legends. The sea which separates, the sea which narrates. Islands in the "mare nostrum"... What comes to mind to you? |
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| This two-day
workshop, ideated and conducted with Alessandra Gallone, aims at the construction of a micro-performance. The libretto contains material chosen by the participants, combined with musical fragments in different styles and a specially created choreographic design. This workshop may be and has been re-proposed with the same format but with a different theme. In 2005 it was realized with the title ... islands, islands in the "mare nostrum"..., having as its theme the islands of the Mediterranean. A few years later, I worked at something different for expressive forms but similar for method and structure: A long song... |
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