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Auschwitz

31/01/2009 • auschwitz, show

Auschwitz Journey/Reading/Chorus/Installation in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust“Work sets you free”: the same inscription that greeted the deportees at the entrance to Auschwitz now greets the audience at… Auschwitz Journey/Reading/Chorus/Installation in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust“Work sets you free”: the same inscription that greeted…

La Bocca del Ragno

30/11/2008 • show

La Bocca del Ragno Written and directed by Firenza GuidiLa Bocca del Ragno, a new play inspired by the figure of the Episcopessa: a woman, a nun, an administrator of… La Bocca del Ragno Written and directed by Firenza GuidiLa Bocca del Ragno, a new play inspired by…

Monstrous Regiment_ Il Reggimento Mostruoso

29/10/2008 • show

Monstrous Regiment_ Il Reggimento Mostruoso Presentation of the circus arts workshop led by Firenza GuidiHave you ever dreamed of running away with the circus? This circus doesn’t smell of popcorn… Monstrous Regiment_ Il Reggimento Mostruoso Presentation of the circus arts workshop led by Firenza GuidiHave you ever dreamed…

Soledad

18/07/2008 • international school, show

Soledad XVII International Performance SchoolMore than thirty performers, alongside young people from our local area, bring loneliness to the stage. And magic. Soledad is, in fact, loosely based on Gabriel… Soledad XVII International Performance SchoolMore than thirty performers, alongside young people from our local area, bring loneliness to…

Erendira_ovvero La Vigilia della Rivoluzione

05/07/2008 • show

Erendira_ovvero La Vigilia della Rivoluzione Presentation of the circus arts workshopThis is the advanced circus arts workshop organised by Elan Frantoio, which for a week hosted young artists from Europe’s… Erendira_ovvero La Vigilia della Rivoluzione Presentation of the circus arts workshopThis is the advanced circus arts workshop organised…

Mary Shelley

13/02/2008 • show

Mary Shelley The story of a young woman and her monstersDozens of desks, at each one a Mary Shelley holding her pen; the moment it touches the paper, it creates.… Mary Shelley The story of a young woman and her monstersDozens of desks, at each one a Mary…

Il Viaggio

02/02/2008 • show

Il Viaggio A performance conceived and directed by Firenza Guidi, inspired by a journey to the camps at Terezin and EbenseeInspired by their journey, the students become performers and undertake… Il Viaggio A performance conceived and directed by Firenza Guidi, inspired by a journey to the camps at…

Frammenti di un Discorso Amoroso

21/12/2007 • show

Frammenti di un Discorso Amoroso In collaboration with the Year 13 classes of the Checchi Institute‘I love you because I love you’, because when we love, we love with an… Frammenti di un Discorso Amoroso In collaboration with the Year 13 classes of the Checchi Institute‘I love you…

Lacrimando, Lacrymosa e Il Grido della Béa

10/11/2007 • show

Lacrimando, Lacrymosa e Il Grido della Béa Written and directed by Firenza GuidiLacrimando, Lacrymosa (first performed in 2004) takes its inspiration from the inscriptions on the gravestones in Fucecchio cemetery… Lacrimando, Lacrymosa e Il Grido della Béa Written and directed by Firenza GuidiLacrimando, Lacrymosa (first performed in 2004)…

La Casa sull’Acqua di Flora Mariani

29/09/2007 • show

La Casa sull'Acqua di Flora Mariani Written and directed by Firenza GuidiA new story. A true and brutal story. A love story. A story to be kept secret, hidden in… La Casa sull'Acqua di Flora Mariani Written and directed by Firenza GuidiA new story. A true and brutal…

Babele

13/07/2007 • international school, show

Babele 17th International Performance SchoolAn exploration of good and evil—a tale of violence and despair, sensuality and hopeThis is the Tanakh: the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings of the… Babele 17th International Performance SchoolAn exploration of good and evil—a tale of violence and despair, sensuality and hopeThis…

Vespa_io

30/06/2007 • show

Vespa_io Presentation of work from the circus arts workshopVespa_io was created over four days of research with professional circus artists who graduated from three of Europe’s leading circus schools: Circus… Vespa_io Presentation of work from the circus arts workshopVespa_io was created over four days of research with professional…

Il Delirio

08/02/2007 • show

Il Delirio In collaboration with the Year 12 classes at the Checchi InstituteMarat is dead. The Revolution is dead. Within the walls of the Charenton asylum, the auxiliary gymnasium has… Il Delirio In collaboration with the Year 12 classes at the Checchi InstituteMarat is dead. The Revolution is…

L’Ultimo Ballo

23/09/2006 • show

L'Ultimo Ballo Inspired by Il Gran Fatto di Quaresima (The Great Lent Event) by R. Cardellicchio. When23.09.2006 - 24.09.2006WherePoggio Salamartano - Fucecchio L'Ultimo Ballo (The Last Dance), inspired by Riccardo Cardellicchio's story… L'Ultimo Ballo Inspired by Il Gran Fatto di Quaresima (The Great Lent Event) by R. Cardellicchio. When23.09.2006 - 24.09.2006WherePoggio…

Il Miracolo

14/07/2006 • international school, show

Il Miracolo XV International School of PerformanceIt is July. But this time, it is July 1789. Whilst France is in turmoil on the eve of the revolution, in England, 237… Il Miracolo XV International School of PerformanceIt is July. But this time, it is July 1789. Whilst France…

Romeo e Giulia

21/12/2005 • show

Romeo e Giulia In collaboration with the Year 13 classes of the Checchi InstituteAt the centre of a makeshift marquee, halfway between a fairground, a circus and a party marquee,… Romeo e Giulia In collaboration with the Year 13 classes of the Checchi InstituteAt the centre of a…

Dog Tags

15/07/2005 • international school, show

Dog Tags XIV International School of Performance“There is no art without a dance with death,” writes Kurt Vonnegut in *Slaughterhouse-Five*, one of the greatest anti-war novels of the 20th century,… Dog Tags XIV International School of Performance“There is no art without a dance with death,” writes Kurt Vonnegut…

La Memoria delle Cavallette

21/08/2004 • show

La Memoria delle Cavallette by and with Firenza Guidiinspired by letters written by those condemned to death during the Second World War.When21 August 2004WhereMassarella - FucecchioIn her now typical form… La Memoria delle Cavallette by and with Firenza Guidiinspired by letters written by those condemned to death during…

Bianco

16/07/2004 • international school, show

Bianco XIII International School of PerformanceThere is nothing left to eat, there is no water, there is no government, there are no hierarchies, there are no obligations, there is no… Bianco XIII International School of PerformanceThere is nothing left to eat, there is no water, there is no…

Ecstasy

18/07/2003 • international school, show

Ecstasy XII International School of PerformanceEcstasy is a journey into the past, like an unknown continent. A map waiting to be discovered, a foreign geography written in characters that are… Ecstasy XII International School of PerformanceEcstasy is a journey into the past, like an unknown continent. A map…