"LA NATURA DELLE COSE"
VIRGILIO SIENI
Dance
10, 11, 12 DECEMBER 2009 at 8.30pm
Joint production with Maison de la Danse.
The show is showcased in association with the Lyon Contemporary Art Biennale.
Inspired by Lucretius’s On the nature of things.
For around twenty years now, Virgilio Sieni has been passionately building in Florence a clever and mysterious oeuvre. Choreography, photography, publishing... His various projects show great aesthetic cohesion and are all imprinted with the same spirituality.
His knowledge of art history and anatomy as well as martial arts means he tirelessly examines subtle notions such as balance, energy and vibration. His fascinating show follows on the footsteps of Lucretius’s philosophy. The topic explored in On the Nature of Things is here, this dialectic between the marvellous and bewilderment, delight and bitterness, sensual pleasure and disintegration. Like an opera made with the body, sound and word, this show for four male and one female dancers wearing disturbing-looking masks, also forms an incredibly rich visual poem. Between the diaphanous curtains framing the stage, or through a dense mist, the visions offered to us take us to a far away place.
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Cast and Crew
Adapted from De Rerum Natura by Lucretius. Directed and choreographed by Virgilio Sieni.
Translations and writing contribution: Giorgio Agamben.
With Ramona Caia, Massimiliano Barachini, Jacopo Jenna, Csaba Molnar, and Daniele Ninarello.
Music written by Francesco Giomi. Vocals: Nada Malanima.
Costumes by Geraldine Tayar.
Lighting by Corrado Mura & Virgilio Sieni.
Editing: Edoardo Ridi. Inflatable structures: Fly In Balloons s.r.l.
Animal masks by Chiara Occhini. Prosthesis & Consultants on mechanisms and automations:
Giovanna Amoroso & Istvan Zimmermann-Plastikart.
Our thanks go to: Tempo Reale Florence
Produced by Teatro Metastasio-Stabile (Tuscany), Compagnie Virgilio Sieni. Production Contributor: Torinodanza, CANGO Cantieri Goldonetta Florence. The company is supported by the following organisations: Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Tuscany Region, City of Florence (Cultural Department), City of Sienna (Cultural Department).
