EVERYTHING BURNS
INTERNATIONAL GUEST PERFORMANCE BY MOTUS [IT] OCT 3-7
In collaboration with Ater Fondazione, Regione Emilia-Romagna and the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm (IIC), Turteatern invites the award-winning Italian theatre company Motus for a unique guest performance!
Motus will guest perform with the project Everything Burns, which features the most controversial female figures in Greek tragedy inTutto Brucia and its two spin-offs You Were Nothing but Wind and Of The Nightingale I Envy The Fate. The project poses the highly political question of which bodies are worth mourning but also the possible emerge of a different world beyond the violence as we know it. For the end of the world is but the end of a world… Now it’s time for the Swedish premiere at Turteatern and the second time that the triptych is played in its entirety.
Since 1991, Motus has established itself as one of the most prominent and influential theatre companies in Italy and worldwide. Freethinkers, Motus has performed all over the world, from Under the Radar (NYC) to Trans Amériques and PuSh Festival (Canada), from Santiago a Mil (Chile) to Fiba Festival (Argentina), from Adelaide Festival (Australia) to MITsp (Brazil), from Taipei Arts Festival (Taiwan) to Hong Kong International Black Box Festival, as well as all over Europe.
By working with the visual power of the performing arts and exploring what borders – physical, geographical, mental – actually are, and what the freedom to cross them means, Motus has established itself as a leading, innovative and independent company in contemporary performing arts.
In connection with the performances the collaborating partners ICC, Stockholm University of the Arts (SKH) and Turteatern offer the audience opportunities to deepen their understanding of the Everything Burns project and Motus’ artistic practice, as well as the chance to mingle with the theatre company, in a series of additional events.
The guest performance is presented with support from the Swedish Arts Council and MiC.
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PROGRAM
Tutto Brucia
Out of the Greek tragedy, the plaintive cries of the women echo across the Black Mediterranean which – then as now – is the scene of colonial Europe’s conquests, migrations and diasporas.
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You Were Nothing but Wind
After the world burns, a new mysterious language emerges for humanity to speak, a language beyond violence and power.
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Of the Nightingale I Envy The Fate
A shamanic rite and prophecy. The shrill, stubborn and sweet song of an untamed, elegant and vengeful nightingale.
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ADDITIONAL EVENTS
In connection with the performances the collaborating partners offer the audience opportunities to deepen their understanding of the Everything Burns project and Motus’ artistic practice, as well as the chance to mingle with the theatre company, in a series of additional events.
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The performances will be in Italian with English subtitles. Discussions will be held in English.
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SCHEDULE
October 3rd, 6:00 PM – You Were Nothing but Wind, Turteatern.
October 4th, 5:30 PM – Presentation of Motus and discussion, Italian Cultural Institute.
October 4th, 9:00 PM – Tutto Brucia, Turteatern.
October 5th, 7:00 PM – Tutto Brucia, Turteatern.
October 6th, 4:00 PM – You were nothing but wind, Turteatern.
October 6th, 6:00 PM – Of the nightingale I envy the fate, Turteatern.
October 6th, 7:15 PM – Artist talk with Motus, Turteatern.
October 7th, 11:00 AM – Open lecture by Enrico Casagrande and Daniela Nicolò, SKH.
October 7th, 7:00 PM – Of the nightingale I envy the fate, Turteatern.
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