giovedì 20 giugno 2019
Salone delle Feste del Museo Archeologico Nazionale delle Marche – Ancona

LUCA SILVESTRINI FOOD può contenere tracce di… produzione

Un’esperienza sensoriale e partecipata con al centro il cibo e il nostro sempre più articolato rapporto con il mangiare. Questo è quello che Luca Silvestrini e Orlando Gough volevano realizzare e che, dopo mesi di ricerca e di prove, è diventato May Contain Food. Non avevano però previsto le tante questioni e gli ambiti tematici che mano a mano venivano affiorando e che toccavano nel profondo le esperienze e le sensibilità. Ad un certo punto questa seppur piacevole e leggera serata, seduti ad un tavolo tra un assaggio e l’altro, è diventata un modo per raccontare storie, esperienze ed attitudini in grado di provocare emozioni e ricordi tra il pubblico/ospite. FOOD è la versione italiana del duetto May Contain Food, May Contain You, creato a un anno di distanza dal pezzo originale. Questa versione a due scaturisce dal desiderio di portare un progetto come questo in spazi non necessariamente teatrali, in una dimensione più intima e conviviale.

creato da LUCA SILVESTRINI e ORLANDO GOUGH
performer Simone Donati e Virginia Scudeletti
con la partecipazione di Serena Martarelli
musica originale Orlando Gough
regia e coreografia Luca Silvestrini
scene e costumi Yann Seabra
disegno luci Jackie Shemesh

produzione MARCHE TEATRO / Protein

Luca Silvestrini, originario di Jesi (An), si laurea al DAMS di Bologna e nel 1995 si trasferisce a Londra per completare gli studi di danza al Laban Centre (oggi Trinity Laban). Nel 1997 da avvio alla compagnia Protein, che co-dirige con Bettina Strickler fino al 2004. Come direttore artistico della Protein, è conosciuto per il suo accessibile ma provocatorio stile di teatro danza, caratterizzato da un’attenta analisi della quotidianità. Contraddistintosi per aver realizzato memorabili danze di massa, tra le quali la Big World Dance a Trafalgar Square nel 2010, e per creazioni multi-generazionali a livello internazionale, Luca viene spesso invitato ad insegnare e a parlare del suo lavoro nell’ambito della danza di comunità, sia in Inghilterra che all’estero. Oltre alle creazioni per la Protein, Luca ha coreografato per la Royal Opera House, Transitions Dance Company, CandoCo, Bare Bones, Intoto, From Here To Maturity, Company of Elders at Sadler’s Wells, Sankalpalm, HeadSpace Dance, Verve e Sardoville. Nel campo dell’opera e del teatro ha lavorato con English National Opera, Theatre Rites, Royal Court Theatre, Duckie e Youth Music Theatre UK. Tra i premi riconosciutogli, il Jerwood Choreography Award, il Bonnie Bird New Choreography Award e il The Place Prize 2006 Audience Award.

Orlando Gough compone musica principalmente per opere teatrali (opera, teatro, danza, spettacoli musicali), ma crea anche grandi lavori di site-specific. Ha composto per Rambert, il Royal Ballet, Siobhan Davies Dance, Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company e il Dutch National Ballet. Altri lavori includono la community opera Imago per il festival di Glyndebourne; l’opera Road Rage per Garsington Opera; il site-specic Foghorn Requiem; l’ampia opera corale Stemmer per il Bergen Festival; l’opera corale The Observatory (Norfolk and Norwich Festival); la musica per il King John (Globe Theatre), Bakkhai e Mr Burns (Almeida Theatre), As You Like It (National Theatre) e Dr Faustus (Royal Shakespeare Company). Ha inoltre composto per la cerimonia di chiusura di Stavanager European Capital of Culture, per l’evento di apertura di Linz European Capital of Culture e per la riapertura del Coliseum a Londra. 

Thursday 20th June 2019

Museo Archeologico – Ancona

LUCA SILVESTRINI FOODproduction Marche Teatro

Ironic and exhilarating, “FOOD” invites the audience for the convivial moment of everyday life, the meal, unusually told through dance, music, theatre and…tomatoes.

The audience is welcomed by the company and invited to seat, choosing one of the thematic tables (meat, fish, vegetables, junk food, pasta, tradition); the performers/waiters offer drinks and ask the spectators about their relationship with food.

The show uses movement and music to witty and playfully address the awareness of eating, our relationship with food, its meaning in our daily life as a moment of encounter and sharing with others; it creates a profound sense of community and inclusion in the audience, that is actively involved in the performance baking a cake, taking part in a raffle, tasting food in a unusual way.

The show, that can be staged out of regular venues, is accessible and enjoyable for the audience of any age: the Italian production in 2018 has toured in the region hit by the earthquake, while the original English version was staged in community center, retirement houses, not theatrical venues.

“The original idea was a sensorial and partecipative performance about food and our always getting more complex relationship with it. At some point, we have realized that this playful night, sitting on a table and tasting together, could become a way to tell stories, experiences and inclinations capable of evoking memories and emotions, creating a convivial and intimate dimension.” Luca Silvestrini

created by LUCA SILVESTRINI e ORLANDO GOUGH
performer Simone Donati e Virginia Scudeletti
with the participation of Serena Martarelli
original music Orlando Gough
direction and choreography Luca Silvestrini
scene and costume Yann Seabra
light design Jackie Shemesh

production MARCHE TEATRO / Protein

Luca Silvestrini, born in Jesi, graduated in Performing Arts at Bologna University and completed his dance training at Laban, London. In 1997 he founds Protein, becoming widely known for idiosyncratic dance theatre work provoked by its deep connections with the everyday. His personality is stamped on large-scale cross-generational and participatory events (including Big World Dance, Trafalgar Square, 2010); he is invited to teach and speak in conferences about its work.

He has created work for Royal Opera House, Transitions Dance Company, CandoCo, Bare Bones, Intoto, From Here To Maturity, Company of Elders at Sadler’s Wells, Sankalpalm, HeadSpace Dance, Verve and Sardoville. Theatre and opera credits include work for English National Opera, Theatre Rites, Royal Court Theatre, Duckie e Youth Music Theatre UK.

His awards include Jerwood Choreography Award, Bonnie Bird New Choreography Award and The Place Prize 2006 Audience Award.

Orlando Gough is a composer (and sometimes lyricist, librettist, music director, MC, recording engineer, cookery writer), who writes operas, choral music, music-theatre, music for dance and theatre, and creates large-scale site-specific work. He has composed for Rambert, Royal Ballet, Siobhan Davies Dance, Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company and Dutch National Ballet. Other works include community opera Imago for festival Glyndebourne; opera Road Rage for Garsington Opera; site-specic Foghorn Requiem; choral piece Stemmer for Bergen Festival; choral piece The Observatory (Norfolk and Norwich Festival); music for King John (Globe Theatre), Bakkhai e Mr Burns (Almeida Theatre), As You Like It (National Theatre) and Dr Faustus (Royal Shakespeare Company). He has also composed for the closing ceremony of Stavanager European Capital of Culture, opening ceremony of Linz European Capital of Culture and re opening of Coliseum in London.