La Verità combines acrobatics, theatre, dance and music, inspired by a backdrop painted by Salvador Dalì for his Tristan fou in the 1940’s in New York.
11 multi-talented artists move and live-sing in a succession of images that lead us through surrealism, a love story, and a reflection about the truth, giving birth to an acrobatic poem.
“The language of acrobatics, of physical theatre may easily conquer a territory where it is neither night nor 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
Daniele Finzi Pasca
Author, director, lights and choreographies co-design
Julie Hamelin Finzi
Creative director, producer and participation for the writing
Maria Bonzanigo
Music, choreographies co-design and sound design
Hugo Gargiulo
Set and props
Antonio Vergamini
Executive Producer and artistic consultant
Giovanna Buzzi
Costumes design
Alexis Bowles
Lights Co-design
Roberto Vitalini pour bashiba.com
Video design
Geneviève Dupéré
Assistant to the Director
Chiqui Barbé
Make-up and hairstyle Designer
Marc Laliberté
Director of production
Fabrizio Arigoni
Artistic Consultant
Facundo Ponce de Leon
Researcher
Toni Vighetto
Creator of Choreographic Sculptures
Mariève Hémond
Carré creator
Daniel Cyr
Roue Cyr creator
Current Cast Andrée-Anne Gingras-Roy, Beatriz Sayad, David Menes, Félix Salas, Francesco Lanciotti, James Kingsford-Smith, Jess Gardolin, Marco Paoletti, Micol Veglia, Rolando Tarquini and Stéphane Gentilini
Original Cast Moira Albertalli, Jean-Philippe Cuerrier, Annie-Kim Déry, Stéphane Gentilini, Andrée-Anne Gingras-Roy, Catherine Girard, James Kingsford-Smith, Evelyne Laforest, David Menes, Marco Paoletti, Felix Salas, Beatriz Sayad and Rolando Tarquini.
Allegra Spernanzoni Stage and Tour Manager, Artistic Coordinator, Assistant Director for Tours and Projects
Patrizia Capellari Tour Manager
Pietro Maspero Head of Lighting
Jens Leclerc Human Rigging Manager
Nicolò Baggio Onstage Technical Manager
Fabio Lecce and Alessandro Napoli Sound Technician
Creation and Production team:
Technical Director: Alexis Bowles
Assistant Set and Props Designer: François Lemieux
Project Manager: Chiqui Barbé, Tanja Milosevic
Production Accountant: Amal Meroni
Assistant Executive Producer: Tanja Milosevic
Assistant Technical: Dave Bourdages , Guillaume Labelle
Assistant Director of Production: Marc-André Goyer
Photograph and Designer: Viviana Cangialosi
Guest photograph: Andrea Lopez
Press relations: Jean-Sébastien Rousseau
Head rigger: Jens Leclerc
head of Sound and video: Maxime Lambert
Head of Light: Benoît Dubord
Acrobatic apparatus developpement:
Marc Laliberté, Francois Lemieux, Guy St-Amour, Antoine Mercure Gagnon
Administrative assistant: Anna Casari
Administrative and Accounting: Lorenzo Ortelli, Michel Castonguay
Internships: Marzio Picchetti, Gonzalo Soldi and Leonardo Tanoni
Scenography and Props:
Dandelion design and development: Penelope Margaret Mackworth–Praed
Assistant: Chiara Tassi
Puppets design: Andrea Caruso Saturnino
Assistant: Paulo Emilio Luz
Horse design and development: Davide dell’Osso
Assistants: Marcello Garofalo, Luciano Visentin
Rhino and puppet masks consultant and development: Jorge Añon
Dalí mask and diving suit consultant and development: Claude Rodrigue
Piano and table woodworker: Pierre Landry
Set and Props assistants: Arkimede, Boris Arsenault, Christian Hamel, Véronique Marcoux, Francois Morin, Massimo Palo
Scenic Painters: Nadia Lombardo, Jeremy Gordaneer
Flying objects maker: Patrice Lavoute
Sound consultancy:
Sound consultant: Fabio Lecce
Senior sound consultant: Davy Gallant
Glass Harp consultant: Robert Tiso
Costume shop:
Costumes Designer Collaborators: Lisa Rufini, Pino d’Onofrio, Maria Vernini, Esther Kowalski, Grazia Quacquarelli, Susy Ciarrocchi, Davide Zanotti, Ambra Schumacher, Elisa Serpilli, Laura Rhi-Sausi, Costanza Moniello.
Montréal collaborator: Mathieu Audy, Geneviève Chevalier
Costumes Confection: Sartoria lowCOSTume
Shoes confection: Pompei
Artists collaborators:
Karen Bernal
Helena Bittencourt
Marton Maderspach
Goos Meusen
Coach:
Coralie Bally, Valeria Bonalume, Prana Ovide – pole dance
Chun He Gao – violin
Mariève Hémond, Annie-Kim Déry – carré
Karine Houle – Clarinet
Jérôme Le Baut – hand to hand
Gioia Orfei – acrobatic rollerskating
Luca Princiotta- electric guitar
Gonzalo Soldi, Diabolo
Robert Tiso – Glass Harp
Toni Vighetto – Zig
Milan Pole Dance Studio: Krystel Arbia: www.milanpoledance.com
Music production RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera performed by OSI Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
Orchestra director: Philippe Bach
Soloist: Yiping Li
Sound engineer: Manuel Veronesi
Special Thanks To:
Alida Andreoli, Morena Antonini, Isabel Benzonana, Restaurant la Boîte à Lunch, Antonella Bonzanigo, Rocco Bonzanigo, Jean-François Brière, Jennifer Byram, Alain Cadieux & Universcène, Silvana Caffaro, Rodolfo Canale (Selecta), Cantone Ticino, La Caserne, Claudio Chiapparino & Dicastero Eventi Città di Lugano, Éloïse Deschamps, Duo Scarlette, Michel Elliott, Palestra Excalibur, Stefano Fabio, Carolyn Hollinger, Jean-Marc Jacot – Josiane Favre & Parmigiani Fleurier, Daniel Fœdus, Famiglia Garzoni & Gran Hotel Villa Castagnola, Michel Gagnon – Marc Blondeau – Paul Fortin – Danielle Saint-Denis – Nathalie Paquette – Yves Savoie – Sophie Labelle & Place des Arts, Lisa e Mario di Giovani Viaggi, Paul Glass, Roberto Grassi, Mauro Guggia, Lulu Helbek, Mariève Hémond, Stephen Lebire, Anna Locatelli, Città di Lugano, Janicke Morissette, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Auditorio Stelio Molo (RSI), Gioia Orfei, Lorenzo Ortelli, Fausto Ortelli, Camilla Papiri, DanielA Papiri, Giovanni Pedrazzini, Massimo Pedrazzini, Giancarlo Pedrioli, Marcello Peduzzi, Olivier Peyronnaud & Maison de la Culture de Nevers et de Nièvres, Peroni S.p.A (Sandra Battistella, Maurizio Noris e Arch. Gianni Crevacore), Piazzale Milano, Pro Helvetia, Marie Martine Robles, Vincent Sager, Guido Santini, Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Alessandro Seralvo & Cornercard, Comune di Sorengo, Studio 301, Rocco Talleri, Christian Thibault, Mathieu Tisseur, Gaetano Tresoldi, Usine C, Claudio Vitalini, Jennifer Whisper, our parents, our families and our friends.
International Booking
booking@finzipasca.com
Duration: 2 x 50 minutes + 20 minutes intermission
Pre hanging by the venue + 1 set up day
20 persons max. on tour
All ages
Sarai Gomez
Tanja Milosevic
Creation partners:
Cornèrcard
Grand Hotel Villa Castagnola
Fidinam
Caffè Chicco d’Oro
OSI Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
City of Lugano
Cantone Ticino
Pro Helvetia
Place des Arts
Maison de la Culture Nevers et de la Nièvre
Scène Nationale de Bayonne – Sud Aquitain
Ernst Göhner Stiftung
Sintetica – Research Partner
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