a theatre story by Jean-Claude Carrière
from the poem Mantic Uttair by Farid Uddin Attar
directed by Anna Redi
with (in alphabetical order) Amiar Souphiene, Elena Baroglio, Roberto Caccioppoli, Andrea Caschetto, Tommaso De Santis, Manuela Fiscarelli, Carolina Patino, Anna Redi, Valeria Sacchi
stage design by Raffaele Di Florio
costumes Simona Marra
featuring the white voice choir Scuola Superiore Eccher (high school) directed by Chiara Biondani
vocal trainer Elena Baroglio
supervised by Linda Martinelli
produced by The C. Eccher Società Cooperativa (Music School), Servizi Culturali Val di Non e di Sole, Associazione culturale LeArTi, Associazione Chiaradanza
with the support of Fondazione Caritro
in collaboration with Istituto Francese di Napoli
Sala Assoli
July 7, H 19.00
July 8, H 21.00
timing 1 H 15 min
«For many years I had tried staging this sort of text – explains Anna Redi – and the formation of a theatre group, coming not only from Napoli, gave me just that opportunity.
The story is very well know in Islamic literature, it tells of a group of birds that travel in search of their true King; a ritual journey full of obstacles and challenges to overcome, and to find one’s self.
Each one of the actor dancers will interpret a character with the least set design and costumes required, complying with rigour and agile acting, in order to go from dervish to princess to bird».
