MONDAY, JULY 1
9:30 pm, St. Tryphon Square
COMPAGNIA TPO, PRATO - ITALY a co-production with
TEATRO METASTASIO STABILE DELLA TOSCANA - ITALY
BABA JAGA
BABA YAGA
Artistic Direction: Davide Venturini i Francesco Gandi
Visual Design: Elsa Mersi
Choreographer: Paola Lattanzi
Computer Engineering: Rossano Monti, Martin Von Gunten
Sound Design: Spartaco Cortesi
Singing: Naomi Berril
Voice Off: Caterina Poggesi
Costume Designer: Fiamma Ciotti Farulli
Props: Livia Cortesi, Massimiliano Fierli
Console: Saulo d’Isita, Massimiliano Fierli
Collaboration on concept: Stefania Zampiga
Duration: 55 min.
Age: 5+
Cast: Carolina Amoretti, Sara Campinoti
In the fairytale of Baba Yaga, a little girl is forced to leave her family home and go to the house of a terrible ogress. However, she meets several animals who help her to brave the dangers on her arduous journey. Her intuition, courage and ability to make friends are qualities she must use to face a challenge that cannot be overcome alone. The Italian company TPO has staged this well-known Russian tale in a contemporary way, using dance, original music compositions and Rébecca Dautremer’s lavish illustrations, which are projected across the whole stage. The show’s astonishing choreography sees Baba Yaga stand out as an archetype of disturbing and menacing evil, but - and this is the moral of the show - she can be defeated if the children take action together. As light as butterflies, two dancers guide the audience through a story experienced through sounds, images and emotions rather than words. Thanks to the use of invisible sensors and interactive technology, a wealth of stage effects enliven the show’s landscapes of sound and epic visual projections. In collaboration with an actress, the company offers a workshop on the theme of Baba Yaga. Through a reading of the fairytale, the children re-live the story’s most significant moments and take part in an animation game using the show’s interactive
space as well as its music and images.
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