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NAPOLI TEATRO FESTIVAL ITALIA 2020
International Section:
Jan Fabre in the spotlight with his “Resurrexit Cassandra”
12th -13th September at Teatro Bellini 9 pm
Duration: 1h+20min
German performance with Italian subtitles
(with the support of the Goethe-Institut di Napoli)
A theatre performance similar to a “concert for images”, as it has been called by its director Jan Fabre, with a female character at the center of everything. Cassandra, the unheard prophetess, is now on the stage celebrating her resurrection. All this and much more you will find in “Resurrexit Cassandra”, the solo played by Stella Höttler, goddess and soothsayer at the same time, that will be staged on the 12th and the 13th at the Teatro Bellini, in the heart of Naples. Based on a text written by Ruggero Cappuccio, the performance directed by Belgian artist is broken down into five scenes, one for each element of nature. Thanks to these elements, which could be also regarded as hexoteric symbols in our lives, the ancient myth will be revisited in a modern way by German actress who is going to embody through words and emotions a contemporary Cassandra. She will try to speak with men once more, warning them of a disaster which they face, but now as then her words fall into empty space. It seems that nobody listens nor finds any recognition of what is happening. Not even a shred of faith remains. While everything is going frenetically and mankind is indulging in self-deception, two small turtles show us the true path for salvation which seems still reachable. Just believing it.
photo Wonge Bergmann
Credits
Concept, direction JAN FABRE
Text RUGGERO CAPPUCCIO
Original
music ARTHUR LAVANDIER
Performer STELLA HÖTTLER
Male voice GUSTAV KOENIGS
Film SCHANDE ÜBERS GANZE ERDENREICH! (2018), JAN FABRE/ANGELOS (ANTWERP, BE)
Additional music RAYMONDA,
ACT III VARIATION IV, ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV; MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA & VICTOR FEDOTOV; ENTA OMRI, EL GAMAL, WEL GAMMAL & HOSSAM RAMZY (SONGS
DO MÉDIO ORIENTE); ZORZAL, CHANCHA VIA CIRCUITOUS &
WENCESLADA (RODANTE); SHORT
BELLY DANCE DRUM SOLO, RAQUY & THE CAVEMEN (NAKED, 12 MIDDLE EASTERN DRUM SOLOS)
Dramaturgy MARK GEURDEN
Light
design JAN FABRE, WOUT JANSSENS
Costumes JAN FABRE, KASIA MIELCZAREK
Assistant
to the director &
rehearsal coach LORE BORREMANS
Technicians WOUT JANSSENS, GEERT VAN DER AUWERA
Translation
Italian-German VERENA SCHMEISER
Translation
Italian-English CLAIRE JENKINS
Production TROUBLEYN/JAN FABRE (ANTWERP, BE)
in
coproduction with FONDAZIONE CAMPANIA DEI FESTIVAL – NAPOLI TEATRO FESTIVAL ITALIA
(NAPOLI, IT), TANDEM SCÈNE NATIONALE (ARRAS-DOUAI, FR), TOVSTONOGOV BOLSHOI
DRAMA THEATRE (SAN PIETROBURGO, RU), CHARLEROI DANSE, CENTRE CHORÉGRAPHIQUE DE
WALLONIE-BRUXELLES (BE)
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