Theater | Dance | Music
La Verità
Written and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca
Compagnia Finzi Pasca
In this acrobatic homage to Salvador Dalí, Swiss contemporary circus maverick Daniele Finzi Pasca (Donka: A Letter to Chekhov, 2012 Next Wave) conjures a lush vaudevillian dreamscape where rhinos juggle, corks fall like rain, and the eccentric surrealist appears as a wayward aquanaut, stumbling upstage while an aerial artist tumbles into the sky. This sensuous feast of feats unfolds before an original hand-painted backdrop by Dalí himself, a macabre rendering of Tristan and Isolde produced for a 1944 Metropolitan Opera ballet production. Movement, images, and ideas warp and linger like the haunting figures on the canvas, in a ravishing showcase of virtuosity, humor, and theatricality.
© Salvador Dali, Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí
Co-created by Julie Hamelin Finzi
Choreography by Daniele Finzi Pasca and Maria Bonzanigo
Music and sound design by Maria Bonzanigo
Set and props design by Hugo Gargiulo
Costume design by Giovanna Buzzi
Lighting design by Daniele Finzi Pasca and Alexis Bowles
Video design by Roberto Vitalini
Make-up and hairstyle design by Chiqui Barbé
Created in partnership with Cornercard and Grand Hotel Villa Castagnola
Meet fellow BAM members over a glass of wine at BAMcafé before La Verità.
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