Written and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca
A production of Compagnia Finzi Pasca
An interactive show addressed to families in the context of a traditional fair which is deeply rooted in the region’s history (XVII° century): the Feria Estatal de León (6 million visitors).
A new creation where thirteen artists of the Compagnia Finzi Pasca perform theatrical, acrobatic, juggling and musical tricks, with the usual lightness and emotion. Abrazos also avails of new technologies supporting our “poetics of wonder and enchantment” (Daniele Finzi Pasca). A show that will get the public of León, the “city of shoes”, to smile, to dream and to embrace each other.
“I went to visit them, and they welcomed me into their office as if we were friends. They told me about their fair, their land, their traditions and they conveyed to me the need to tell, by means of this show, something related to happiness. During our conversation, I was thinking that everything depends on the details and sometimes a simple gesture communicates so many things. Do you want a show full of positivity, that can convey something good? It would be nice, I thought, if at the end of the show the public would felt like embracing the actors, parents hugging their children… if everyone would feel the need to embrace each other. That’s how we greet each other in the street and I think it would be so nice to remind it to everybody. So we greeted each other like that, at the end of the meeting: with a hug. And we thought that that was already a good start for something good.”
Daniele Finzi Pasca, April 2018
Daniele Finzi Pasca Writer, Director, Lighting Co-designer and Choreographer
Maria Bonzanigo Composer, Sound Designer and Choreographic Co-designer
Hugo Gargiulo Set and Prop Designer
Antonio Vergamini Cofounder
Giovanna Buzzi Costume Designer
Alexis Bowles Lighting Co-designer and Production Director
Marzio Picchetti Technical Director, Assistant Lighting and Video Designer
Allegra Spernanzoni Assistant Director and Stage Manager
Roberto Vitalini – bashiba.com Video Designer
Fabio Lecce Co-sound Designer and Sound Technician
Andrée-Anne Gingras-Roy, Beatriz Sayad, David Menes, Evelyne Laforest, Félix Salas, Francesco Lanciotti, Goos Meeuwsen, Helena Bittencourt, Jess Gardolin, Lydia Gómez, Marco Paoletti, Rolando Tarquini and Stéphane Gentilini
Julien De la Sablonnière Technician and Assistant Lights
Nicolò Baggio Head Carpenter and Video Operator
Jens Leclerc Head Rigger
Patrizia Capellari Tour Manager
Matteo Verlicchi Assistant Scenographer and 3D Renderings
Viviana Cangialosi Visual Design, Audiovisual Image Coordinator
Sarai Gómez Executive Coordinator and International Representation
Chiqui Barbé International Representation
Tanja Milosevic International Representation
Anna Casari Project Manager
Marc-André GoyerProject Manager
Samuele Ponzio Communication
Claudia LafranchiFundraising
Marco Finzi Archives Manager
Amal Meroni Accountant
Alexis Bowles Production Director
David Desrochers Project Manager
Maxime Lambert Technical Coordinator
Martin Marier Developer
Marc-André Goyer Administrator
Sarai Gomez
Tanja Milosevic
With the support of:
Cornèrcard, Fidinam, Grand Hotel Villa Castagnola and Caffè Chicco d’Oro
Music by Maria Bonzanigo:
drawn from the shows: Te amo, Tres Tristes Tango, La Verità, Icaro,Donka, Avudomusic registered with the Orchestre Métropolitain of Montréal
and
New Orleans a modo mio
original theme of the show Abrazos
Special effects drawn from the show Per te
Acknowledgments
To the Administrative Council 2017-2019 of the Feria Estatal de León (León State Fair) and ecological parc Board