The magical virtuosity of Toti Scialoja (1914-1998), a master not only of images but also of words, with which a dancer and a baritone play, is at the heart of this new creation for children, signed by the Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto.
The almost magical vibrations that emanate from Scialoja’s poems are like the infinite rings that form on the surface of water when a stone is thrown: evocative of unreal or hyperreal images, carriers of a musicality that blends poetry and nursery rhyme, making the extraordinary and frightening come together.
Sotto un cespo di rose scarlatte
Offre il rospo tè caldo con latte
Sotto un cespo di rose paonazze
Tocca al rospo sciacquare le tazze.
(Toti Scialoja, La mela di Amleto, 1984)
Direction and choreography: Francesca Lattuada
Texts: Toti Scialoja (excerpted from La mela di Amleto)
Music: The Klezmorin, Gustav Mahler, Dean Martin, Clara Rockmore
Masks and objects: Natali Fortier
Performers: Vittoria Franchina, Piersilvio De Santis
Co-production: Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto and Centro Teatrale Bresciano
In co-production with Centro Servizi Culturali Santa Chiara
