Metamorphosis
Virgilio Sieni (Florence)
Musique d’Arvo Pärt
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
Victor Jacob, direction
Première belge
Coprésentation OPRL
No stranger to the Festival, the talented Italian choreographer Virgilio Sieni returns with his latest creation. He has designed choreography for five dancers, against the backdrop of the sublime music of Arvo Pärt – the celebrated Estonian composer – interpreted on stage by 33 musicians from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège. The created of refined, accessible contemporary music, which is inspired by Gregorian chanting and ancient polyphony, Arvo Pärt has developed his own styled called tintinnabuli, or the extreme refinement of composition. Based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Virgilio Sieni creates a choreography that aims to reflect on the infinity of gestures. The dancers, who appear as enigmatic creature- bodies, make their movements like calligraphy, continuously appearing and disappearing like waves. A creative transhumance in which mesmerising music, opalescent scenography and hyper- sensitive dancing meet in a single breath, as part of a quest for absolute beauty!
Mise en scène, chorégraphie Virgilio Sieni
Interprétation Marina Bertoni, Giulia Gilera, Maurizio Giunti, Andrea Palumbo, Sara Sguotti
Musique Arvo Pärt (Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, Trisagion, Sequentia, Für Lennart in memoriam, Greater Antiphons, Da pacem Domine, Silouan’s Song)
Musique interprétée live par l’Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège dirigé par Victor Jacob
Lumières Paolo Meglio
Assistante chorégraphie Giulia Mureddu
Scénographie et costumes Gregorio Zurla
Collaboration Silvia Salvaggio
Production Compagnia Virgilio Sieni
Coproduction Bolzano Danza
En collaboration avec AMAT & Civitanova Danza. La Compagnie est soutenue par le Ministère pour les Biens et les Activités culturels, Région Toscane, Mairie de Florence.