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STREETS ON THE STONE

STREETS ON THE STONE

 

WITH

Francesco Bocchi, Laura Bruni,

Amalia Ruocco

CONCEPT, DIRECTION, CHOREOGRAPHY

Amalia Ruocco

COSTUMES AND SET DESIGN

Amalia Ruocco, Elisa Vignolo, Francesco Bocchi, Laura Bruni

Thanks for the support Crexida, Endas and Fienile Fluo, Italy, Bologna

Show Created with the Support of 

the Emilia Romagna Region 

" Certainly a performance that left the audience speechless [...] They are therefore roads, or rather cultures, histories, humanity, that come to life from those stones and emerge from a living scenography. Men and women on stilts dance ancient rites and spin whirling blades of fire. Fire and sprinklings of water, even on the ground, in ancestral propitiatory dances. White smoke envelops the divinity that appears from the scenography. A ship at the mercy of the winds and fate, perhaps symbolizing man's journey in his mortal life, which ends in darkness, because in the end, just like in the beginning, it is always dark. But then life begins again. A show with a strong evocative impact and archetypal power. "

The Voice of the North East, 7/7/25

In Ovid's "Metamorphoses," a depraved humanity is wiped out by a terrible divine flood, leaving only a gentle elderly couple, Deucalion and Pyrrha, alive. Left alone, they will be the sole architects of the repopulation of the species, reborn from the stones they drop behind them. Starting from this cathartic gesture and drawing on other sources and influences, such as the traditions of Taiwanese Buddhist temples, the Indian tales of the Mahabharata, and Nietzsche's tests, our performance unfolds through evocative images, blending dance—on the ground and on stilts—acrobatics, the use of fiery objects and living sets, puppetry, and object theater.

The show has had several site-specific performances, often preceded by creative workshops, which have involved artists and theater and dance enthusiasts in the research process and in the public performances. Performance locations include the Villa Spada park (July 2021, Bologna) and the Amendola Park (July 2023, Modena); the Palazzina Pucci (October 2021, Modena); the Barchessone Vecchio in San Martino Spino (October 2021, Modena); and the Eco Museo delle Acque in Ridracoli (June 2024, Forlì).

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