LES MISERABLES – C&C COMPANY

LES MISERABLES

C&C COMPANY (IT)

30 May 2020 21.00 live on > youtube

Lavanderia a Vapore Corso Pastrengo, 51 Collegno (TO)servizio navetta gratuita da Metro Fermi alla Lavanderia A/R

Ladies and gentlemen! Look at this creature, as God made it, it’s nothing, really nothing. And now they look at art, it walks briskly, it has jackets and trousers, it wears a saber! Look at the progress of civilization: everything progresses. The monkey is already a soldier; certainly not much, it is the lowest step of the human species! Georg Büchner-Woyzeck

LES MISERABLES. A ruthless and immoral fresco on today, a contemporary middle-class drama, familiar sometimes. A roundup of stereotypes, already seen, already said and acted. The theater of human misery: body and voice at the service of a painful chorus that echoes Aristophanes’ Frogs, perhaps an Offenbach operetta or even the famous Brechtian opera. Static and immobility in response to the imminent, evident (physical, political, social, environmental …) collapse. What’s going on around us? An in-depth analysis of the current situation and the search for connections between the forms of protest present – rarely based on the idea of human evolution and revolution – and the historical Enlightenment vision, which puts Culture and Art at the center of change. A work that again leads the company to investigate contemporary social issues, through a strong impact “amphibious” language and a complex dramaturgical level in support of the work.

Un approfondimento sull’attualità e sulla ricerca di connessioni tra le forme di protesta presenti – raramente fondate sull’idea di evoluzione e rivoluzione umana – e la storica visione illuminista (illuminata), che mette Cultura e Arte al centro del cambiamento. Un lavoro che porta nuovamente la compagnia a indagare tematiche sociali contemporanee, attraverso un linguaggio “anfibio” di forte impatto e un complesso livello drammaturgico a sostegno dell’opera.

C&C Company identifies itself as a project for the creation and development of an ever-evolving artistic language, directed towards a physical and dramaturgical investigation, in close relationship with urgent contemporary social issues. Characterized by constant work and without superstructures, C&C is interested in the depth of interpersonal relationships with the aim of bringing truth to the stage through a deeply physical language that allows the audience to feel represented within its universality. The company, born in 2011 from the artistic meeting between Carlo Massari and Chiara Taviani, denotes from the beginning a vocation for the hybridization between dance, physical theater and other artistic codes, making use of valuable collaborations with professionals from all over Europe. The company boasts intense tours in Italy and abroad and prestigious international awards – including Hiver Oclytes / Les Hivernales (FR), Hannover International Choreographers Competition (DE), Zawirowania Competition (PL), Konzert Theater Berne (CH), Machol Shalem Dance Competition (IL), ActFestival (ES), Premio Danza Roma (IT), CrashTest (IT). Recurring creations that involve community. At the same time, the training projects aimed at performing in collaboration with relevant Italian festivals and cultural realities are constantly evolving, including Rome Europe, Agorà Coaching Project, Glass Theaters, Art Factory International, as well as collaborations and co-productions with famous companies of great international importance such as Petri-Dish (BE), Cia Du’k’to (ES), Ortika (IT).

Carlo Massari was born in Bologna in 1984 and already at a young age he ventured into various artistic disciplines. At only 14 he joined the O.T.E. Saracinesche and subsequently Compagnia del Teatro dell’Argine. He collected numerous Italian and foreign collaborations as performers: Venice Biennale, Compagnia della Rancia, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Balletto Civile, Compagnia Abbondanza / Bertoni and Cie PetriDish (BE). In 2011 with the artist Chiara Taviani he created the C&C Company, making numerous national and international successful productions debut. Various collaborations with different realities of the Italian and European panorama, including Agora Coaching Project (IT), Dukto (ES), La Verdi (IT), KDC (PL), Compagnia Ortika (IT). Since 2017, the direction of C&C has been entrusted solely to Carlo Massari. Since 2019 he has been Artistic Director of the Festival Danzare il Tramonto (BO) and of the Anfibia project (Art Factory International – Leggere Strutture).

Choreography Carlo Massari / C&C Company
With Carlo Massari, Alice Monti, Stefano Roveda, Nicola Stasi
Co-production Triangolo Scaleno/Teatri di vetro, TCVI/Danza in Rete
Vocal coaching Chiara Osella
Year of production 2020

Selected at NID Platform 2019

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