Umbra Solis

Colophon post about the performance held in Melkweg the 14 and 15th of April.

“Thank you ladies and genlemans. It is a honour for us to have you here tonight to see our work. I have been asked by the programmer of the Melkweg Theater here to give a little introduction speech out of the door, and so I do with pleasure.
What you are going to see tonight is a montage of tree pieces of work -created during the last year and a half- out of a common research with the choreographer Benedetta Mazzotti, her dancers, and the group of artists that have decided to join in the umbra solis project.
I don’t like to talk about the pieces to an audience that can see it in few minutes. Benedetta and I will be available after the performance in the bar to answer any question and to welcome your feedback about our work.

A few words about Umbra Solis. The project name comes from a image I was busy about. It is latin and means “the sun’s shadow”. I asked myself what could be like the shadow made by the objects himself that gives light. Maybe the shadow is inside? Umbra Solis is a term that we find in alchemy, and that is not really clear what it means. Maybe the need, as Carl Gustav Jung states, that is necessary to dig into the shadow to get to the essence of the “I” in a process that he calls “individuation”?
I live you with this question, and please feel welcome to our own exploration first results.”

(introductory speech)

La Scala

(the staircase) 2011

Mise an scene, concept and design Federico Bonelli music Alberto Novello, performed by Miguel H. Garcia (percussions) e Elisa Battistutta (electronics)

Le Furie

(the furies) 2010

by Federico Bonelli and Benedetta Mazzotti
dancers Eleonora Cantarini, Benedetta Mazzotti, Giovanna Rovedo
choreography by Benedetta

produced by umbrasolis
design, direction and dramaturgy F.B.
lights Vincent Van Roon
Costumes for “Le Furie” have been made by Yari Molinari

Sotto la Radice

(rooting)

by Federico Bonelli and Benedetta Mazzotti
dancers Eleonora Cantarini, Benedetta Mazzotti, Giovanna Rovedo
voice (on the italian version) Valeria Bianchi, (on the dutch version) Mareille Labohm
We are in debt to Mareille Labohm for the beautyfull dutch version of the original italian text.

multimedia technics, mixing and direct sound Michael Dotolo
technics Alessandro Vozza
video and documentation Victor Nieuwenhuis and Francesco Cavaliere
photos Francesco Cavaliere