Marco Martinelli and Ermanna Montanari

Marco Martinelli and Ermanna Montanari Workshop:

Alchemy at Work

Marco Martinelli and Ermanna Montanari will work on the art of combining and interweaving, which they consider the foundation of the theatre. The dramaturgy and the work of the actor are considered as two alchemical poles that influence and strengthen each other, wrestling to transform the staging into a life exercise. How to transform metal (the word) into gold (the phisical emotional live presence of the actor)? How to break a logical hierarchy (the actor executing the text) in favor of an organic vision (the embodied word)? We shall never forget that the avantgarde is the secret that the Greeks understood since the origins: The actor is the “technician of Dionysus”.

Marco Martinelli and Ermanna Montanari Bio

Marco Martinelli and Ermanna Montanari founded in 1983 the Teatro dell Albe, a company that has become established as one of the most important realities on the national and international scene. Marco is author and director, Ermanna is also author of most of the works, main actress and designer. The company has been interweaving the search for the “new” with the teachings of Traditional theatre, inventing a contemporary theatrical language. For their activity they have received awards and acknowledgements in Italy and abroad, as nine Ubu Prize (like the Academy Award for Italian theatre), the Lo Straniero Prize dedicated to the memory of Carmelo Bene, and two Golden Laurel at MESS International Festival of Sarajevo. In 1991 the Albe created Ravenna Teatro, one of the more lively theatrical centers in Italy, and in 2011 it will taken the artistic direction of the International Festival of Santarcangelo for the year 2011.