Don Juan is born from Johan Inger's desire to "face" Don Juan/Don Giovanni, an ancient and still contemporary, truly paradigmatic myth. Some of the works that inspired the choreographer are Tirso de Molina's original comedy and the plays by Molière, Bertold Brecht and Suzanne Lilar. Inger, together with the playwright Gregor Acuña-Pohl, thoroughly read twenty-five different texts inspired by Don Juan. This Don Juan features all the characters of the story, from Doña Elvira to Doña Ana to Zerlina and Masetto.
The Don Juan is a Kammerspiel, where the dance is a magnifying glass for each of the characters revealing in a refined and clear way the inner world of men and women on stage. Even more important than that, however, is the connection with the contemporary world, drawing a world inhabited by a character who makes a journey through loneliness without escaping the shallowness that seems to be the distinctive character of this day and age. And relevant issues take shape on the background, such as the complexity of dialogue between men and women.
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Company:
SAUL DANIELE ARDILLO, ESTELLE BOVAY, ADRIEN DELÉPINE, MARTINA FORIOSO, CLÉMENT HAENEN, ARIANNA KOB, PHILIPPE KRATZ, INA LESNAKOWSKI, IVANA MASTROVITI, GIULIO PIGHINI, SANDRA SALIETTI AGUILERA, MINOUCHE VAN DE VEN, THOMAS VAN DE VEN, ROBERTO TEDESCO, HÉLIAS TUR– DORVAULT, SERENA VINZIO
Don Juan A full evening creation for sixteen dancers
Choreography: Johan Inger
Original music composition: Marc Álvarez
Dramaturg: Gregor Acuña-Pohl
Set design: Curt Allen Wilmer (aapee) with estudiodeDos
Costume design: Bregje van Balen
Lighting design: Fabiana Piccioli
Assistant to the choreographer: Yvan Dubreuil
Coproductions Ravenna Festival, Fondazione I Teatri di Reggio Emilia/ Festival Aperto, Fondazione Teatro Regio di Parma, Associazione Sferisterio Macerata, Festspielhaus St. Poelten, Teatro Stabile del Veneto, Fondazione Teatro Metastasio di Prato, Centro Teatrale Bresciano, Fondazione Cariverona – Circuito VivoTeatro (Teatro Ristori di Verona, Teatro Comunale di Belluno, Teatro Salieri di Legnago, Teatro Comunale di Vicenza, Teatro delle Muse di Ancona)
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Schedule:
14 October h 20.30
15 October h 19.30
16 October h 20.30
17 October h 15.30 and 20.30
18 October h 15.30
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SIDE EVENTS
- From 14 to 18 October, Galeries des Nabis of the theatre
photographic exhibition set with 18 photographies by Toni Thorimbert shot to 6 dancers of the company for the project
In/Finito;
- 16 October h 18.00, Galeries des Nabis of the theatre:
performance of
In/Finito, site-specific project of dance and photography for urban, historical or natural venues.
Two events organized with Accès culture for blind and visually impaired people:
tactile and descriptive backstage visit (16 and 17 October) and atelier with a dancer of the company (18 October).
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