The magical virtuosity of Toti Scialoja (1914-1998), master not only of images but also of words, with which a dancer and a baritone play, is the basis of this new creation for children, boys and girls, signed by the Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto.
The almost magical vibrations that flow from Scialoja’s poems are like the infinite rings that form on the surface of the water when a stone is thrown: evocative of unreal or hyperreal images, carriers of a musicality that blends poetry and nursery rhyme, they make the extraordinary and the frightening hold hands.
Under a cluster of scarlet roses
The toad offers hot tea with milk
Under a cluster of peony roses
It’s up to the toad to rinse the cups.
(Toti Scialoja, The Apple of Hamlet, 1984)
Direction and choreography: Francesca Lattuada
Texts: Toti Scialoja (taken from The Apple of Hamlet)
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
