Compagnia Finzi Pasca

Corteo - Vancouver
2018-10-10 - 2018-10-14 | Pacific Coliseum, 100 N Renfrew St, Vancouver, V5K 4W3, Canada
“Corteo, which means “cortege” in Italian, is a joyous procession, a festive parade imagined by a clown. The show brings together the passion of the actor with the grace and power of the acrobat to plunge the audience into a theatrical world of fun, comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth. The clown pictures his own funeral taking place in a carnival atmosphere, watched over by quietly caring angels. Juxtaposing the large with the small, the ridiculous with the tragic and the magic of perfection with the charm of imperfection, the show highlights the strength and fragility of the clown, as well as his wisdom and kindness, to illustrate the portion of humanity that is within each of us. The music, by turns lyrical and playful, carries Corteo through a timeless celebration in which illusion teases reality.” Daniele Finzi Pasca

Corteo - Kelowna
2018-10-17 - 2018-10-21 | Prospera Place, 1223 Water Street, Kelowna, V1Y 9V1, Canada

Donka - Torino
2018-10-20 - 2018-10-21 | Teatro Colosseo, Via Madama Cristina 71, Torino, 10125, Italy
“In keeping with our very own approach to storytelling, we created a show that plays on the balance between a sweet and a nostalgic form of absurd. Regardless of the simplicity and bareness of the theatrical apparatus, ours is a surrealist universe, somehow fiercely serene, a self-reflecting form of theatre. Our actors use the proscenium to engage in a dialogue with the audience, where illusion and tricks are always disclosed at the end, where we laugh and are moved, where the clowns do not play the fools, but rather embody the frailness of losing heroes.” Daniele Finzi Pasca

Corteo - Kamloops
2018-10-24 - 2018-10-28 | Sandman Centre, 300 Lorne St, Kamloops, V2C 1W3, Canada

Donka - Aix en Provence
2018-10-24 - 2018-10-26 | Grand Théâtre de Provence, 380 Avenue Max Juvénal, Aix-en-Provence, 13100, France

Bianco su Bianco - Verscio
2018-10-30 - 2018-10-31 | Teatro Dimitri, Caraa du Teatro Dimitri 1, Verscio, 6653, Switzerland
«We created a new show that plays –in keeping with our very own approach to storytelling– on the balance between a sweet and nostalgic form of absurd. Regardless of the simplicity and bareness of the theatrical apparatus, ours is a surrealist universe, somehow fiercely serene, a self-reflecting form of theatre, where actors use the proscenium to engage in a dialogue with the audience, where illusion and tricks are always disclosed at the end, where we laugh and are moved, where the clowns do not play the fools, but rather embody the frailness of losing heroes. » Daniele Finzi Pasca

Bianco su Bianco - Verona
2018-11-05 | Teatro Ristori, Via Teatro Ristori 7, Verona, 37122, Italy

Luzia - Mexico City
2018-11-08 - 2018-12-23 | Gran Carpa Soleil en Santa Fe, Avenida Vasco de Quiroga, Álvaro Obregón, Lomas de Santa Fe, Mexico City, 01219, Mexico
“When the Cirque du Soleil approaches creators it asks them to venture into new scenographic and narrative territories. (…) We started from stereotypes… in order to overturn them. Ubiquitous slowness? We replaced it with speed – that of the Tarahumara, a Mexican people who live in the mountains and can run up to 200 kilometres non-stop, barefoot or wearing light sandals. Speed thus becomes an interesting element in circus language too, with its quest for extreme performance, thanks to magnificent acrobats and gymnasts drawn from around the world. For us, then, Mexican people display a great physical and spiritual capacity to go beyond incredible limits.” Daniele Finzi Pasca

La Verità - Baku
2018-11-11 | Baku Convention Center, Tabriz St, Baku, Azerbaijan
«The language of acrobatics, of physical theatre may easily conquer a territory where it is neither night or day, where light doesn’t touch reality but designs it, invents it or reinvents it. The language of the acrobats titillates our unconscious, making us see inner landscapes that appear truer than reality. Dali’s landscapes are set during night or day? The answer: neither, Dali’s images belong to another dimension, the dimension of dreams.» Daniele Finzi Pasca

Icaro - Montreal
2018-11-15 - 2018-11-17 | Théâtre Saint-Denis, 1594 St Denis St, Montreal, H2X3K2, Canada
“I come from a mountainous land. Where I am from, we escape by taking risks. Mountains will await you throughout your entire life. They define the vertical horizon of the child’s imagination before becoming engraved in memory. Where I am from, there are people who climb their mountain every year so as to renew their ties with that which does not change.” – Daniele Finzi Pasca

Corteo - Quebec
2018-12-06 - 2018-12-09 | Centre Vidéotron, 250 Wilfrid-Hamel Blvd, Quebec, G1L 5A7, Canada

Icaro - Merida
2018-12-08 - 2018-12-09 | Teatro José Peón Contreras, Calle 60 490, Centro, Mérida, 97000, Mexico

Corteo - Toronto
2018-12-12 - 2018-12-16 | Air Canada Centre, 40 Bay St, Toronto, M5J 2X2, Canada

Corteo - Montreal
2018-12-19 - 2018-12-30 | Centre Bell, 1909 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal, Montreal, H4B 5G0, Canada

Donka - Winterthur
2018-12-19 - 2018-12-21 | Theater Winterthur, Theaterstrasse 6, Winterthur, 8401, Switzerland
“I decided to discover Chekhov looking for particulars and details, both in his life and in the pages of his writings, and not only that. I thought of giving shape to the silences contained in the notes of his diaries and of creating images from his annotations.
I come from a theatre deeply impregnated with the language of clowns, of jugglers, of the delicate and magical world of acrobats. That is how I will recall Chekhov and to do it I will surround myself with the same accomplices as always, creators with whom I have worked for years and with whom I share not only the same sense of aesthetics and way of thinking of the theatre, but also the passionate way of defending our imaginary world.” Daniele Finzi Pasca

Bianco su Bianco - Massagno
2018-12-21 - 2018-12-22 | LUX art house, Via Motta 67, Massagno, 6900, Switzerland

Corteo - Worcester
2019-01-03 - 2019-01-06 | DCU Center, 50 Foster St, Worcester, MA, 01608, United States
“I dedicated this dream to the angels, who come and visit me at night. To the world of clowns, to which I belong, to the Cathedral of Chartres, which after my mother’s womb, is the second place where I was nurtured. To the pictures that my parents stole to reality, and which I put into movement, to the circuses and to their artists.
What I meant to bring forth under the big top is theatre and its peculiar perspective made of overlapping images. I thus asked the acrobats to think as actors would, and to be beautiful and honest, just as beautiful love stories are. I was lucky enough to be surrounded by brilliant creators, with whom I immersed in a common world and a bonding adventure, receiving the full support of a production crew who allowed us to carry on with our dream. I also kept close to the friends from my troupe, Teatro Sunil, with whom I have been seeking beauty and honesty on stage for more than twenty years.
To make one’s own funeral does feel good. For a moment, one feels necessary and motivated to keep going on this journey, which is in fact but a slow return home.” Daniele Finzi Pasca

Abrazos - León
2019-01-10 - 2019-02-05 | Feria de León, Blvd. Adolfo López Mateos Oriente No. 1820, León, 37500
Un escenario dispuesto en 360 grados y , por primera vez, una producción exclusiva y hecha a la medida de nuestra Ciudad. Verán un pañuelito para sonarse la nariz transformarse en una mariposa y volar danzando sobre todo el escenario, telas mutarán en una danza aérea entre dragones, en pocos segundos trasformaremos el espacio en una tempestad de nieve, acróbatas suspendidos al cielo, patinadores deslizarse sobre patines a ruedas, una mujer toca al ritmo de la música, usando una mesa llena de copas de cristal, un contorsionista quedar preso adentro de un minúsculo tubo…todo esto envuelto en un aire de León, Gto.
“Abrazos” está lleno de amor… las especias las tenemos ya reservadas, perfumes picantes de nuestra tierra, fiesta y ternura, velas, platos que emocionan y otros que pican, un espectáculo como una cabalgata arriba de un caballo blanco.
Será blue cobalto, rojo, tendremos ecos de corrida, viento…
Los niños se quedarán a boca abierta… los adultos, también.
Un abrazo

Luzia - Houston
2019-01-10 - 2019-02-03 | Sam Houston Race Park, 7575 North Sam Houston Pkwy W, Houston, TX 77064, United States

Corteo - Detroit
2019-01-10 - 2019-01-13 | Little Caesars Arena, 2645 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI, 48201, United States

Corteo - Pittsburgh
2019-01-16 - 2019-01-20 | PPG Paints Arena, 1001 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, United States

Corteo - Evansville
2019-01-23 - 2019-01-27 | The Ford Center, 1 SE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Evansville, IN, 47708, United States

Corteo - Memphis
2019-01-31 - 2019-02-03 | FedEx Forum, 191 Beale St, Memphis, TN, 38103, United States

Icaro - Lugano
2019-02-02 - 2019-02-03 | LAC, Piazza Bernardino Luini 6, Lugano, 6900, Switzerland
“I come from a mountainous land. Where I am from, we escape by taking risks. Mountains will await you throughout your entire life. They define the vertical horizon of the child’s imagination before becoming engraved in memory. Where I am from, there are people who climb their mountain every year so as to renew their ties with that which does not change.” Daniele Finzi Pasca

Pagliacci - Naples
2019-02-03 - 2019-02-09 | Teatro San Carlo, via San Carlo, 98/F, Naples, 80132, Italy
“To some extent we are all acrobats, and we know that all the time life is moving to a point where there is no balance. I have always tried to find a language that coincides with the souls of today’s audiences. This story is told in the modern day and using modern language that was born from the old habit of abstractions, hints and images that are close to dreams. It helps us understand who we are, in an open circle going from the dancers to the singers, from the acrobats to the musicians. Like children: children ask to be told a fairytale at night time so that they can dream and conquer their fears. The abstraction leads to dialogue with the unconscious from which the power of Leoncavallo’s music emerges along with his short and simple story.” Daniele Finzi Pasca

Corteo - Raleigh
2019-02-07 - 2019-02-10 | PNC Arena, 1400 Edwards Mill Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27607, United States

Corteo - Bossier City
2019-02-14 - 2019-02-17 | CenturyLink Center, 2000 CenturyLink Center Drive, Bossier City, LA, 71112, United States

Donka - Kraków
2019-02-15 - 2019-02-16 | ICE Krakow Congress Centre, Marii Konopnickiej 17, Kraków, 30-302, Poland

Corteo - Cedar Park
2019-02-20 - 2019-02-24 | H-E-B Center, 2100 Ave of the Stars, Cedar Park, TX, 78613, United States

Donka - Modena
2019-02-21 - 2019-02-23 | Teatro Storchi, Largo G. Garibaldi, 15, Modena, 41124, Italy
