Cinque storie di corpi perduti
texts by Antonio Franchini, Wanda Marasco, Valeria Parrella, Silvio Perrella, Manlio Santanelli
with Alessandro Cepollaro, Francesca De Nicolais, Renato De Simone, Ettore Nigro, Lucia Rocco, Bruno Tramice
set design Carmine De Mizio, Michela Petrella, Mario Di Nardo, Dario Pererano, Vincenzo Fiorillo
produced by Ente Teatro Cronaca Vesuvioteatro
The Pentathlon was defined “modern” when the Baron De Coubertin, sometime during late nineteenth and early twentieth Century, decided to tell it apart from the ancient Greece. He did so gathering in one competition only the five disciplines that were better fit to test resistance, ability and strength of the ideal soldier. A man, in fact, to be considered fit for war needed to know how to climb, shoot, fight with sword and – why not? – swim and run very fast. Therefore the body had to give shape to an integrity, allowing the soldier to properly face the hazards of his time, especially war. There are other hidden dangers for the modern man’s body: family failure, inappropriateness to time, change of style. The literary dramas of the modern Pentathlon tell of these lost chances, of lost bodies, of the defeated moods in social encounters, casual, but unavoidable in life and sports. A description of the bodies and personalities to give shape to, like the soldiers of late nineteenth Century. A forging, however, that is very often unsuccessful.
June 23 H 21:30
June 24 H 22:00
timing 1 H
