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Sonata per tubi

TUNES FOR TUBES

Classical arias music for unusual instruments

  • By and with: Ferdinando D’Andria, Maila Sparapani, Marilù D’Andria
  • Assistance during production: Marta Dalla Via, Federico Cibin
  • Sound and light design: Federico Cibin
  • Set design: Ferdinando D’Andria
  • Assistance for circus techniques and acrobatics: Riccardo Massidda, Gaby Corbo
  • Photo: Loris Salussolia, Elisa Cerè, Aris Gambino, Andrea Macchia, Marcello Cubeddu
  • Artistic residences: PerformingLands by IdeAgorà, Teatro dell’Argine, IntercettAzioni – Centro di Residenza Artistica della Lombardia
  • International residence: Eje Producciones culturales (Leòn – Spagna)
  • Duration: 60 minuti
  • Adapt for: Tout Public (all ages)
  • Circus techniques:  Chines pole, Acrobatic, Juggling
  • Musical instrumens: double bass tube, cello tube, violin, Mini-tube, Club sax, (Musical diabolo) Diabolophone, hula-hoop horn, amplified chinese pole, (Bass drum stage) Amplified stage
  • Production: Compagnia Nando e Maila ETS
  • With the support of: Ministero Italiano della Cultura (MIC) and Regione Emilia Romagna
“A straightforward and vital circus, very effective in its spontaneity.” ANDREA PORCHEDDU
“The value of an art that knows how to excite us and keep us in suspense.” FIORENZA SAMMARTINO
“You’ll return back home bringing along a piece of magic.” ROSSELLA MARCHI

Unusual music, or never seen before circus? This is the Circus of Invention!

Played and sung live, Sonata per Tubi is a contemporary circus show exploring the musical potential of circus gear and other objects, turning them into musical instruments through ingenuity and the use of technology.

“Everything we touch or interact with makes a sound – the circus gear, the stage, ourselves”.

The concert begins: pieces of tubes fly over the stage, and combine into a contrabass and a cello. The music carries on, going from Rossini to Bach, Beethoven, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones and Louis Armstrong.

Then, there she is: an adolescent girl, a modern princess, upsetting every harmony. The myth of teenagers throughout the world is that of the hero; in every teenager – in their fantasies, thoughts and in the depth of their spirit – there’s the need to do something heroic, something special and outside of the norms, in order to become an adult.

The circus feeds the frenzy of the trio through counterpoint, with clubs that become saxophones and “musical” diabolos. What follows is a crescendo of polyphonic songs for three voices, of dances and tests of courage through music and circus acts, that will lead to a final ritual of passage from adolescence to adulthood. The musical clown’s pizzicato reveals the souls of the three actors whom, with a language accessible to everybody, meet and clash in the magical game of life.

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