Synopsis
Dall’alto (from the top) is circus musical drama inspired by Samuel Beckett’s Act without words I
P. is the misplaced protagonist of an absurd world ruled by sounds and weird characters, who keep total control of him. The whole movement becomes circular: sounds and actions take part in this parade of nonsense. Aerial rope, juggling balls, balance ladders, percussions and whistles govern his world and become true actors keeping the audience suspended: ‘from the top’.
The performance has been premiered at the 27º Festival Milano Musica – György Kurtág | Ascoltando Beckett.
Credits
- Artistic direction: Giacomo Costantini
- Musical composition: Riccardo Nova
- Choreography: Roberto Olivan
- Performers: Caterina Boschetti, Giulio Lanfranco, Clara Storti and Simon Wiborn
- Musicians: Pino Basile, Simone Beneventi
- Sound design: Massimo Marchi
- Live electronics: Riccardo Nova
- Lighting design: Flavio Cortese
- Costume design: Beatrice Giannini
- Coordination: Filippo Malerba
- Technological audio setting: AGON acustica informatica musica
- Production: Milano Musica (Italy)
- Executive production: Quattrox4 (Italy)
- With the collaboration of: Teatro del Buratto (Italy), Circo El Grito (Italy) and AGON acustica informatica musica (Italy)
- Special thanks to: Spazio Agreste (Italy), Teatro Giuseppe Persiani (Italy) and l’Obrador Creation Space (Deltebre, Catalonia, Spain)
- Original score for percussion and electronic music by Riccardo Nova (2018), commissioned by Milano Musica with the support of Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung.
Performances
2018
15/11 27º FESTIVAL MILANO MUSICA – Teatro Bruno Munari (Milan, Italy)
13/11 27º FESTIVAL MILANO MUSICA – Teatro Bruno Munari (Milan, Italy)
Premiere: 04/11 27º FESTIVAL MILANO MUSICA – Teatro Bruno Munari (Milan, Italy)
Premiere: 03/11 27º FESTIVAL MILANO MUSICA – Teatro Bruno Munari (Milan, Italy)
