CHOREOGRAPHIES
CANTATA

Cantata is a choreography bursting with the typical vibrant colors of the South. Its passionate and visceral gestures evoke a Mediterranean and wild type of beauty. An instinctual and vital dance explores the various facets of the relationship between man and woman: seduction, passion, quarrels, jealousy. Cantata pays homage to the Italian culture and musical tradition, a popular work in the highest sense of the term. It includes Italian music of the ‘700s and ‘800s from lullabies to Salentine pizziche and Neapolitan serenades. In this ballet, created after my encounter with a group of musicians from Naples and Puglia, dance and music strongly intermingle.

Mauro Bigonzetti


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Cantata
Choreography: MAURO BIGONZETTI

Music: ORIGINAL AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM SOUTHERN ITALY ARRANGED BY GRUPPO MUSICALE ASSURD:* Cristina Vetrone (vocals, concertina, tammorra) Lorella Monti - Enza Pagliara (vocals, tambourine, castanets) Enza Prestia (vocals, tammorra, tambourine)
*Serenata by Amerigo Ciervo - Kindly authorized by Amerigo&Marcello Ciervo (I Musicalia)
Primmavera Lyrics by Eugenio Bennato – Music by Cristina Vetrone
Tango e vai Lyrics by Eugenio Bennato and Carlo D’Angiò (A’ cantina ‘e zì Teresa)


Costume design: HELENA MEDEIROS
Lighting design: CARLO CERRI

Created for the Ballet Gulbenkian, 2001

Restaged for Aterballetto: Pisa, Teatro Verdi, 31 January 2002
Available with recorded or live music performed by the Gruppo Musicale ASSURD
Length: 40 minutes
Ballet for the entire Company