FLORENCE, ITALY – Alberto Canestro in this new production collaborates with Laura Agostini to realize a special tribute to the soprano Maria Callas, in an extraordinary interpretation by the Lyric Dance Ballet Company. Lyric Dance Studio & Lyric Dance Company will perform Saturday, 4th July 2015 at Teatro Romano in Fiesole at 9.30 pm.
The production uncovers the very essence of this woman and the spirits of the main female figures in her story in a play between private and public life. Through dance the lyrical moments of her personal drama are expressed, contrasting with the ephemeral beauty of her public life. The costumes have been designed and created personally by Alberto Canestro and are integral to the movement and dramaturgy of the work.
As the moon’s face seems to be dark and hidden, Maria Callas’s compelling gaze unveils not only her shadow and fragility but also the homesickness and nostalgia that dramatically call her back to her origins. Her allusive expression marks the marriage misfortune and the child loss and manifests the vanity of earthly things and the transience of time.
During this fascinating journey, we discover Callas the Artist, a rigorous musician and singer. However, we also perceive Maria the woman caught between her artistic life and human history, a character from one of the greatest love tragedies of our times.
With the language of dance and the body we would like to offer you a moment of peace, hope and beauty, a gesture that comes from the conviction that no love is forever lost.
For you “….bird with a powerful eagle voice and eagle trembling” (P.P. Pasolini from Medea)
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