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.

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. We move away from"A to Z" to the far older concept of "A to Ronne"

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


I.
a: ah: ha: hamm: anfang:
in: in principio: nel mio
principio:
am anfang: in my beginning:
ach: in principio erat
das wort: en arkè en:
verbum: am anfang war: in principio
erat: der sinn: caro nel mio principio: o logos: è la mia
carne:
am anfang war: in principio: die kraft:
die tat:
nel mio principio:

II.
nel mezzo: in medio:
nel mio mezzo: où commence?: nel mio corpo:
où commence le corps humain?
nel mezzo: nel mezzo del cammino: nel mezzo
della mia carne:
car la bouche est le commencement:
nel mio principio
è la mia bocca: parce quìil a opposition: paradigme:
la bouche:
l'anus:
in my beginning: aleph: is my end:
ein gespenst geht um:

III.
l'uomo ha un centro: qui est la sexe:
en meso en: le
phallus:
nel mio centro è il mio corpo:
nel mio principio è la mia parola: nel mio
centro è la mia bocca: nalle mia fine: am ende:
in my end: run: in my
beginning:
l'âme du mort sort par le pied:
par l'anus: nella mia fine
wae das wort:
in my end is my music:
ette, conne, ronne:

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