DECALOGUE - PART I

dramaturgy and texts Mara Perbellini, Andrea Valagussa and Stefano Alleva

dramaturgical project supervision Father Antonio Maria Tofanelli

project in collaboration with 19 Settembre s.r.l.

director Stefano Alleva

cast Barbara Piva, Ewa Spadlo, Diletta Acquaviva, Ancilla Oggioni, Giulia Urso, Fabio Massimo Amoroso, Pierpaolo Lovino, Paolo Gatti, Fabio Pinchi

associate director Marco Marangon

musical project and original music Maestro Angelo Bruzzese

musicians Gabriele Francioli (clarinet and saxophone), Beatrice Baiocco (bassoon), Anna Chiappalupi (violin), Diana Bonatesta (viola), Marco Agnetti (double-bass), Giada Frasconi (voice)

performer Micol Maidani

Weapons Master Andrea Tortora

scenic and stage design Stefania Sbarbati

stage photos Pino Le Pera

costumes Tiziana Patrizi and Piera Donati

lighting project Giulia Ausili

sound project Strani Rumori Studio

visual effects designer Michele Ragni

company photographer Anna Laviosa

assistant director Paola Carenti

assistant director intern Anna Tosti

Decalogue is a project for theatrical staging which has its source of inspiration in the cinematographic work of the Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski.

The Ten Commandments have the force of being laws capable of providing guidelines of values for every human being within his own interiority and individuality, but also capable of shaping social relations and the relationship between one individual and another.

The need to make use of the theatrical means, within its powerful immediacy and truth, to approach the flow of disturbances, concerns, the desperate search and rediscovery of the values at the basis of existence, the distressing metaphysical yearning, often unconfessed, unconscious or even concealed of contemporary Man has constituted the conditions that inspired the idea of the project and which also represents its deep motive.

Decalogue Part 1, Commandments from I to V will be articulated in five complete theatrical plays, result of the dramaturgic elaboration of just as many original subjects inspired by news stories, stories of humanity and everyday life with deep symbolic and dramatic value.

In the dramaturgical set up we wanted to avoid taking a confessional or moralistic stand, on the contrary the intention was to offer and propose reflections on noble and significant themes which imply involvement and identification from the audience, allowing absolute freedom of position and interpretation.

The writing of the pièces was entrusted to two young authors: Mara Perbellini and Andrea Valagussa.

The staging and the programming of Decalogue Part I will take place in the stunning location of the San Salvatore Basilica, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The "closed" and completed structure of each pièce allows spectators to enjoy the project partially or completely, according to the possibilities and circumstances.
The company, very numerous, is characterized by the heterogeneity of the components, all share important educational and professional courses of depth, different backgrounds and cultural, ideological, spiritual and thought experiences. All have contributed to the evolution of the original unpublished dramaturgy, which, starting from robust and effective structural foundations, maintains its profile of fiery magma on the move. An extraordinary, complex and profound adventure of theatrical research.

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