Cantata

Choreography MAURO BIGONZETTI
Music: original and traditional music from southern Italy arranged by Gruppo Musicale Assurd*:
Cristina Vetrone (vocals, concertina, tammorra)
Lorella Monti, Enza Pagliara (vocals, tambourine, castanets)
Enza Prestia (vocals, tammorra, tambourine)
Costum design: HELENA MEDEIROS
Lighting design: CARLO CERRI

Cantata is a choreography bursting with the typical vibrant colors of the South. Its passionate and visceral gestures evoke a Mediterranean and wild type of beauty. An instinctual and vital dance explores the various facets of the relationship between man and woman: seduction, passion, quarrels, jealousy. Cantata pays homage to the Italian culture and musical tradition, a popular work in the highest sense of the term. It includes Italian music of the ‘700s and ‘800s from lullabies to Salentine pizziche and Neapolitan serenades. In this ballet, created after my encounter with a group of musicians from Naples and Puglia, dance and music strongly intermingle.
Mauro Bigonzetti

* “Serenata” by Amerigo Ciervo
Kindly authorized by Amerigo&Marcello - Ciervo (I Musicalia)

Created for the Ballet Gulbenkian, 2001
Restaged for Aterballetto:
Pisa, Teatro Verdi
31 January 2002

Available with recorded or live music performed by the Gruppo musicale ASSURD.
Length: 40'
Ballet for the entire Company