2021-22 archive - teatro san materno

29.11
Sunday
at 17.00

CHF 25.– / CHF 20.– *

AUTOUR DU CORPS

New production by Compagnia Tiziana Arnaboldi

REPLY: AUTOUR DU CORPS. Tribute to Bauhaus

A tribute to Bauhaus
A cosmic journey, where everything revolves around a pulsating, breathing body dressed in nine concentric circles.

LAST AVAILABLE, ADVERTISED BY TELEPHONE 091 792 30 37

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25.09
Saturday
at 20.30

26.09
Sunday
at 17.00

fr. 25.- / fr. 20.- *

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In the Veins of the Earth

New production by Compagnia Giovani Tiziana Arnaboldi

Driving the dance creation, poems from Alberto Nessi, read by the author.

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Six dancers and a poet, surrounded simply by a pile of earth, which they make their way through. The glances, the hands and the feet wrapped in the bare, dark earth, are seeds, awaiting the moment when they are allowed to express their individuality and liveliness, tracing the memories that reside within us, furrows capable of generating wonder, beauty and hope.

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09.10
Saturday
at 20.30

fr. 25.- / fr. 20.- *

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Signé Picasso

featuring Olivier Calcada and Lucie Lataste

featuring Olivier Calcada and Lucie Lataste

Dance and sign language
The theatre is open for the public to take a look around, from 2 to 8 October, 3pm to 5pm

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Sign language on a journey between dance and voice.

The audience is plunged into a trip through the Pyrenees, revisiting Spain at war, revealing the painter's creative ardour in his studio and a dance to the rhythm of the wounded horse.

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21.10
Thursday
at 18.00

free entry

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Michela Zucconi-Poncini

Presentation of the book Charlotte Bara (1901-1986)

latest publication of the "Artisti del Museo" series

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26.10
Tuesday
at 20.30

27.10
Wednesday
at 20.30

fr. 25.- / fr. 20.- *

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ASPETTANDO MANON (WAITING FOR MANON)

A son's relationship with his mother

"To be able to love each other, you just need to nod in silence. One hints at their deep discomfort, the other nods. Silence is a fundamental component of this story.." from "La Morale del Centrino" (The Moral of the Doily) by Alberto Milazzo

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14.11
Sunday
at 17.00

fr. 25.- / fr. 20.- *

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DANCE

Anna Huber

Her work has been recognized with numerous international awards and scholarships, including the Anello Hans Reinhart in 2002 and the Swiss Dance and Choreography Award in 2010.

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analyses the vision of a body changed as a product of a particularly exposed performance. Laid bare, as if on a mirrored plinth and observed from all angles, the dancing body becomes a living sculpture which mutates, questioning itself, having to continually redefine itself and ending up lost, over and over again.

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27.11
Saturday
at 20.30

28.11
Sunday
at 17.00

fr. 30.- / fr. 25.- *

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Misericordia (Mercy)

Directed by Emma Dante: internationally renowned Italian actress, director and playwright

DANCE THEATRE

* * * Sunday sold out * * *

Misericordia tells us of three women, Anna, Nuzza, Bettina and Arturo

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They knit and they prepare little shawls to sell, in what appears to be a tiny knitting workshop. With them, lives a little one, Arturo, who can never stand still. Every evening, Arturo looks out of the window to see a marching band passing by, dreaming, like Pinocchio with Mangiafuoco's marionette theatre, that one day they will take him away with them.

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12.12
Sunday
at 17.00

fr. 25.- / fr. 20.- *

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Rainer Maria Rilke

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A tale of death, history and imagination. It deals with fear and art, in order to tell us about the power of poetry.

Rainer Maria Rilke, the Austrian writer, poet and playwright of Bohemian origin, is considered one of the most important German-speaking poets of the 20th century. He was a great friend of sacred dancer Charlotte Bara and her family.

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13.03
Sunday
at 17.00

CHF 25.– / CHF 20.– *

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Danza e mistero (Dance and Mystery)

A Tribute to Charlotte Bara

"Dance as Cultural Heritage" Swiss Award 2018 - Federal Office of Culture

Choreography and Direction by Tiziana Arnaboldi

* * * * * * * * * * places sold out * * * * * * * * * *

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Three dancers of great talent appear on stage, drawing out, through the space, the magical creative power of Charlotte Bara, adopting the gothic poses that inspired writers, poets, painters and artists throughout the twentieth century. At its core, the legs and pelvis offer the basis for exploring Charlotte Bara's historic gestures in their earnest interaction.

Coproduction of Teatro San Materno Ascona, Neuestheater Basel-Dornach
With the support of the Republic and Canton of Ticino DECS Swisslos, Federal Office of Culture, Commune of Ascona, Pende Foundation

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27.03
Sunday
at 17.00

CHF 15.-

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Sinopia

featuring youth dancers Marco Pergallini and Maria Stella Pitarresi

Winners of the "Teatro San Materno Residence" award at Festival Presente - Futuro (2021) at Teatro Libero in Palermo

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The "sinopia" is the preparatory layer of a drawing in which red earth is used, and through which the completion of a work progressively takes shape. In the biblical sense, the sinopia of the human being can be traced back to the figure of Adam and Eve, man and woman, the first layers of an entire genus.

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10.04
Sunday
at 17.00

CHF 25.– / CHF 20.– *

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Sei soste nelle vene della Terra (Six Stops in Earth’s Veins)

The Tiziana Arnaboldi youth company meets Graziano Martignoni

physician and soul whisperer, through the pages of his book "Pensieri nella brezza dei giorni".

Based on Tiziana Arnaboldi’s choreography, featuring poems by Alberto Nessi

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The choreography is structured around six stops, and six guiding words.
First stop: Exile, Second stop: Shipwreck, Third stop: Journey, Exodus, Threshold, Fourth stop: Traces, Fifth stop: Other geographies, Sixth stop: The 8 dance steps.

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30.04
Saturday
at 20.30

CHF 15.–

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Connotazioni tra corpi nudi (Connotations between naked bodies)

Riccardo Blumer presents his new book Connotazioni

published by Artphilein Edition - Lugano (2021)

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Architect and designer Riccardo Blumer tells us about the fundamental quality of language as the essential element enabling creativity, crossing disciplines such as dance, urban planning, architecture and design".

The text produces a sort of asymmetrical "bouncing" between human bodies and chairs, on a path characterised by the ability of connotations to disrupt any definition.

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08.05
Sunday
at 17.00

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Ça Ira

Loosely inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy of the eternal return

Featuring the young Maxime & Francesco company

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The three performers embark on a real journey with no final destination. For almost forty times they cover the perimeter of a right triangle, exploring its entire surface by means of wedding marches, funeral marches, military marches, folk dances, athletic marches, and religious marches: all eternal and primordial rituals of humans.

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15.05
Sunday
at 17.00

CHF 25.– / CHF 20.– *

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An Encounter with Silvio Perrella, Calvino and Dance

Silvio Perrella, Italian writer and literary critic, tells us about his passion for writer Italo Calvino (1923-1985) who, more than anyone else, knew how to project his imagination against the world as a screen.

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He used a direct and multifaceted alphabet, based on his appreciation of literature as an inimitable and irreplaceable vehicle of knowledge. This is also why his work encourages an exchange with other arts, especially dance. The stage will see the performance of two dancers creating extraordinary gestural geometries.

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04.06
Saturday
at 20.30

CHF 25.– / CHF 20.– *

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Due Etologi – Deux Ethologues

By and with Pierre Byland and Enrico Ferretti

Two distinguished scientists meet after a long time apart to check on the progress of their research.

* * * * * * * * * * places sold out * * * * * * * * * *

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Very pleased to see each other again and full of admiration for each other, they open their door to share their ethology experiments. The field investigations are conducted with great dedication and passion, continuing live on the Teatro San Materno stage.

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25.06
Saturday
at 20.30

free entry

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Dance and Interactive Video Installations

Paolo Scoppola

Teatro San Materno continues exploring visual research through images, thanks to interactive video installations. These involve video projections where content is generated by the movements of the dancers. Special cameras allow for the tracking of the movements of one or more people in front of the screen.

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02.07
Saturday
at 00.00

10.07
Sunday
at 00.00

free entry

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5th Research Workshop for Young Dancers

Teatro San Materno in Ascona is preparing to welcome a group of young dancers to embark on a new performing journey involving architecture and gesture.

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26.07
Tuesday
at 20.45

fr 20.–

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“Octotrip” 8

Band comprising six trombones a bass tuba and a euphonium

Research into the sound-body and architecture featuring the Octotrip musical ensemble

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Thanks to a residency at Teatro San Materno, eight musicians from France explore the relationship between sound and space in both the inner and outer areas of Teatro San Materno. Their rhythm is also populated by the sound of silence.

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