Mont Ventoux
national premiere
With Mont Ventoux, the KOR’SIA collective revisits the work that Francesco Petrarca wrote in 1336, Ascent of Mont Ventoux, apparently just a letter recounting the ascent to a mountain in an April afternoon. Through an ascent disguised in simplicity, Petrarca offers an alternative to the faith of the world, an ascending journey for humanity to elude and leave behind the dark years of the Middle Ages, bringing about a paradigmatic shift to the world to come–humanism. As the KOR’SIA collective perceives it, this story, Mont Ventoux, still offers us the possibility of learning from the past, which can be transformed into a better experience of the present, and therefore in the construction of a better future for all. — KOR’SIA
national premiere
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Credits
Idea and direction
Mattia Russo, Antonio de Rosa
Choreography
Mattia Russo and Antonio de Rosa in collaboration with the performers
Dancers
Benoît Couchot, Angela Dematté, Samuel Dilkes, Emilie Leriche, Helena Olmedo, Andrew Scott, Dovydas Strimaitis, Ana Van Tendeloo/Martina Anniciello, Edoardo Brovardi
Dramaturgy
Agnès López-Río
Scenography
Amber Vandenhoeck in collaboration with Mattia Russo and Antonio de Rosa/ Kor'sia
Original music
Alejandro da Rocha
Original Song
Raquel Tort Vázquez
Costumes and creative direction
Luca Guarini in collaboration with Aitor Goikoetxea, Levi's (all denim)
Production
Gabriel Blanco, Paola Villegas, Andrea Méndez (Spectare)
Technical direction
Meritxell Cabanas
Co-produced by
Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Conde Duque, Tanzplattform Rhein Main, Hessisches Staatsballet, Roma Europa Festival, The Watermill Center, Festival Bolzano Danza - Fondazione Haydn di Bolzano e Trento, Grec Festival de Barcelona, Tero Saarinen Company, Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Madrid, OperaEstate Festival Veneto
With the assistance of
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport - Government of Spain, Community of Madrid, City Hall of Madrid, European Festival
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