Compagnia Virgilio Sieni, Florence, Italy
Inspired by Tristes Tropiques by Claude Lévi-Strauss
TRISTI TROPICI
Idea, coreography, set design: Virgilio Sieni

18.09. 20:00, 19.09. 20:00
Terazije Theatre
Duration : 60 min.

Tristes tropiques, the corner-stone of modern anthropology, served as the inspiration for the Italian choreographer Virgilio Sieni who translated Lévi-Strauss’s perception of original cultures of so-called primitive peoples into signs of his subtle art about the essence of man’s existence and his inseparable art from pre-historical times to this day.

Concept, coreography, set design: Virgilio Sieni

Interpretation and collaboration:
Simona Bertozzi
Ramona Caia
Elsa De Fanti
Dorina Meta
Michela Minguzzi

Original music:
Francesco Giomi
Costumes:
Lydia Sonderegger
Lighting:
Virgilio Sieni Marco Santambrogio

Produced by:
La Biennale di Venezia, Berliner Festspiele – Spielzeit’europa, Bitef Theatre as part of the ENPARTS (European Network of Performing Arts) with the support of the Culture Programme of the European Commission in coproduction with the Biennale de la Danse de Lyon, Compagnia Virgilio Sieni