MAVARA
Chiara Marchese | Porte 27
MAVARA
by Chiara Marchese | Porte 27
NATIONAL PREMIERE
Saturday 28th January 2023, 4 pm | Sunday 29th January 2023, 11:30 am
Triennale Milano Teatro viale Emilio Alemagna 6, 20121 Milano
duration: 40 mins
Tickets: online soon
Age: +8
In the old Sicilian tradition, “mavara” is the sorceress with healing powers, the one who can give life and death. This choreographic form combines circus and marionette in order to investigate the secret powers of objects and the influence they have on our daily lives. Marionettes or ex-voto? The show MAVARA is the story of an impossible balance on a slack wire swinging between human and inhuman investigating the cultural archetypes and their influence on our everyday life. This choreographic form combines circus and marionette in order to investigate the secret powers of objects and the influence they have on our daily lives. Marionettes or ex-voto? The show MAVARA is the story of an impossible balance on a slack wire swinging between human and inhuman investigating the cultural archetypes and their influence on our everyday life.
In the old Sicilian tradition, “mavara” is the sorceress with healing powers, the one who can give life and death. This choreographic form combines circus and marionette in order to investigate the secret powers of objects and the influence they have on our daily lives. Marionettes or ex-voto? The show MAVARA is the story of an impossible balance on a slack wire swinging between human and inhuman investigating the cultural archetypes and their influence on our everyday life. This choreographic form combines circus and marionette in order to investigate the secret powers of objects and the influence they have on our daily lives. Marionettes or ex-voto? The show MAVARA is the story of an impossible balance on a slack wire swinging between human and inhuman investigating the cultural archetypes and their influence on our everyday life.
Author and performer: Chiara Marchese
Musical dramaturgy and research assistance: Julie Mondor
External eye: Francesca Lattuada
External eye puppetry: Morgane Aimerie Robin, Chloée Sanchez, Evandro Serodio
External eye theatre: Emiliano Pino
Design and construction of masks and puppets: Chiara Marchese
Partners:
Le Sirque Pôle National des Arts du Cirque de Nexon, La Cascade Pôle National des Arts du Cirque, Espace Périphérique (Parc de la Villette – Ville de Paris), Cirk’Eole Metz, Institut International de la Marionnette de Charleville Mézières, Sham Spectacle, Ville du Bourget, Conseil Régional d’Ile de France, Ecole Nationale des Arts du Cirque de Rosny-sous-Bois, La Central del Circ