Wood heads
Carlo Colla & Sons Puppetry
WOODEN HEADS.
String puppets, for all with English subtitles
Tuesday, May 23 at 21:00 - Rasi Theater
from an idea by Eugenio Monti Colla
music from the Company's repertoire
sets, sculptures and lighting by Franco Citterio
costumes by Cecilia Di Marco and Maria Grazia Citterio
technical direction by Tiziano Marcolegio
direction by Franco Citterio and Giovanni Schiavolin
The puppeteer is a craftsman who builds the objects he uses as an expressive tool to tell stories, tales and plots, taking the viewer to places, eras and dimensions seemingly far removed from his own reality but that, surprisingly, turn out to be its mirror or reflection. And it is precisely the evocative capacity of the puppet, the small actor who comes to life in a different form and in parallax with that of his animator, that becomes the subject of a performance where precisely this ancient craft and instrument take on the function of narrative theme. In the immense storerooms of the Carlo Colla & Figli Marionette Company, more than three thousand characters with such disparate characteristics and features that one sometimes wonders in what strange plot they can coexist. Drawing precisely on this vast heritage, the show proposes a cross-cultural journey among the themes of the usual repertoire but which, in this case, develops in parallel on different dimensions: that of the craft sphere of the animator's profession, made up of creation and expression, and that of the life of the wooden characters that one imagines can exist in a reflected relationship that belongs only to them and to the world of fantasy. The dramaturgical parable of the show is inspired by an old plot, where the puppets, at the end of the day, abandoned in their closets, take on an autonomous life. Characters from the world of fairy tales, children's fiction or fantastic tales show up but, all of a sudden, the most terrible of them, King Barbarus, finding a clipping from an old newspaper abandoned by humans that speaks of a "great war," is thunderstruck by the mad dream of conquering the world. Ideas take over from reality, but not everything will go right, as, at first light in the morning, when the puppeteer returns, everything is put back in order and even King Barbarus will go back to being a mere puppet. In a modular path consisting of a narrative development with moments and characters drawn from the Company's vast repertoire, the themes of lightheartedness, simplicity, love and harmony are addressed, contrasting with those of shadows, tyranny oppression and megalomania, becoming a thematic and choreographic cue for a kind of puppet and silhouette dance (cartoons), a parody of human feelings, merits and flaws, as well as the relationship between man and his planet, which, it is hoped, can always be "hung on a thread of poetry."
English version
The puppeteer is a craftsman who builds objects that he uses as an expressive tool to narrate stories, tales and plots, taking the viewer to places, eras and dimensions apparently far from his own reality but which, surprisingly, turn out to be its mirror or reflection. And it is precisely the evocative capacity of the puppet, the little actor who comes to life in a different form and in parallax with respect to that of his animator, to become the subject of a show where this ancient craft and this instrument take on the function of narrative theme. In the immense deposits of the Carlo Colla & Figli Puppetry Company, hang, apparently helpless, more than three thousand characters with disparate characteristics and features to the point that sometimes one wonders in which strange plot they can coexist. Drawing precisely on this vast heritage, the show offers a transversal journey through the themes of the usual repertoire but which, in this case, develops in parallel on different dimensions: that of the artisanal sphere of the animator's profession, made up of creation and expression, and that of the life of the wooden characters that one imagines could exist in a reflected relationship that belongs only to them and to the world of fantasy. The dramaturgical parable of the show is inspired by an old canvas, where the puppets, abandoned in their closets at the end of the day, take on an autonomous life. Characters from the world of fairy tales, children's fiction or fantastic stories present themselves but, suddenly, the most terrible of them, King Barbarus, finding a clipping from an old newspaper abandoned by humans that speaks of a "great war," he is struck by the crazy dream of conquering the world. Ideas take over reality, but not everything will go the right way, given that, at the first light of the morning, when the puppeteer returns, everything is put back in order and even King Barbarus will go back to being a simple puppet. In a modular path consisting of a narrative development with moments and characters taken from the Company's vast repertoire, the theme of light-heartedness, simplicity, love and harmony are addressed, which are opposed to that of shadows, tyranny, oppression and megalomania, becoming the thematic and choreographic starting point for a sort of dance of puppets and shapes (cardboard pieces), a parody of feelings, of human strengths and weaknesses, as well as of the relationship between man and his planet, which, he hopes, can always be "hanging by a thread of poetry."
Date
- 23 May 2023
- Expired!
Now
- 21:00
Location
- Via di Roma 39, Ravenna
Organizer
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Festival Coming from the Sea!
