puppet show causes strong emotions
One of the nice things about reporting on Barga is that I get to see more or less every single event that takes place. .…. every opera, every jazz band, every exhibition. One of the negative things is just that, I get to see more or less everything but after a while it all becomes a blur as I rush from event to event trying to document them all.
Sometimes, just sometimes, it all comes back into focus when I get to see something that is out of the ordinary. Something that shakes my hold on reality for just that split second. Tonight was one of those special moments.
Of all things, it was a puppet show that made all the hairs on my arms stand up, a shiver to run down my back and made me have a quick look round to make sure nobody could see my glistening eyes. Strong emotions and all from puppets no taller than a child’s doll but these were not just ordinary puppets. They were the creations of Amy Luckenbach and they were not in the hands of children but instead in the very capable hands of the Teatro Minimo from Firenze.
A multi media experience in the Teatro Dei Differenti using the minimum of props, some very effective lighting, a very powerful sound track and just the most beautiful puppets I have ever seen
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A-RONNE - Documentario musicale di Luciano Berio, testo di Edoardo Sanguineti
NOVISSIMUM TESTAMENTUM di Edoardo Sanguineti - Spettacolo per burattini ideato da Amy Luckenbach - Teatro Minimo
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2 Comments:
please can you send me some details about this company.
Ciao
HJG
In 1996 Amy Luckenbach created Teatro Minimo, a Florence based puppet theatre, whose work is a collaboration between the world of puppetry and that of music. In July of the same year the 52nd edition of the Settimana Musicale Senese saw the debut of this theatrical company with A-ronne, the result of a collaboration between Luciano Berio and Amy Luckenbach. A-Ronne subsequently appeared at the Venice International Festival of Contemporary Poetry, the Semoneta Festival, the Milano-Musica Festival (for La Scala), and the Festival Présences in Paris. The group's second production, Novissimum Testamentum: un ritratto di Edoardo Sanguineti based on Sanguinetti's poetic self-portrait in verse, premiered at the Piccolo Regio of Turin for "Settembre Musica", and subsequently has been performed in conjunction with A-Ronne at Centro Tempo Reale (Florence), the Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Rome) for the Association Amici di Santa Cecilia, the Festival of New Music of Macerata, and the Festival Internazionale Musica y Escena di citta del Messico. In 1999 the groups' production of Paisiello's "Serva Padrona" was presented by Teatro Comunale of Florence at Teatro Goldoni. Their productions for children include Histoire de Babar, La Boîte a Joujoux , and Il Fannullone e il Pesce Magico. The Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori of Florence, "Artigianato e palazzo" in Florence, and Santa Cecilia's program of theatre for children have all played host to Teatro Minimo. In May of 2001 Fantasy Sketches, a collaboration of Amy Luckenbach and Maurice Sendak with music by Wolfgang Mozart had its world premiere at Santa Cecilia in Rome. In June this production will move to New Haven, CT to participate in the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. Future productions are currently being developed and include collaborations with Luciano Berio, Phillip Glass, Betty Olivero, and Maurice Sendak.
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