YOUNG DANCE Festival Zug
+Erba – A Forest in the City – Compagnia TPO (IT) | 4+
Co-production
CHF 15.– (Children)
CHF 25.– (Adults)
Recommended age: 4+
Duration: 50 minutes without an intermission
Exploration of the stage installation after the school performances on Fri 27.09.
Workshop after the performances on Sat 28.09.
This performance sees the young audience as well as the dancers from Compania TPO become part of a city where trees grow on houses, where grass grows and animals live everywhere, surrounded by colour. At the beginning of the show, «+Erba» is nothing but two enormous sheets on the stage. The two dancers add the pictures to these surfaces, and the movements of their bodies are transformed into in a dynamic environment. Suddenly within the city, a big factory appears which grows and grows, driving away the insects, birds and people and chasing the greenery. This is when the audience gets involved…
«+Erba» is an interactive performance and installation which brings to life new forms of expression which overcome language and cultural barriers. With the use of digital designs, the stage is transformed into a dynamic combination of images, sounds and bodies – in short, into an imaginary city of the future.
Artistic direction: Francesco Gandi and Davide Venturini
Performance/Dance: Běla Dobiášová and Valentina Consoli
Technical development: Rossano Monti
Visual design: Elsa Mersi
Music and sound development: Federica Camiciola and Francesco Fanciullacci
Costumes: Annamaria Clemente
Requisites: Livia Cortesi
Teatro Metastasio di Prato | Gemeinschaftsproduktion des Wheeler Opera House in Zusammenarbeit mit Aspen, CO – Region artists and environmental history.
Young Dance Festival 2024 sets the world in motion! National and international productions take young people on an exciting journey of (self-)observation, where playfulness, quirky ideas and critical questions are very welcome. The festival will host two wonderful productions at the Theater Casino Zug.