Ay l’amor! is a complex sequence of voices, songs from Italian’s south rich
musical tradition and original polyphonic pieces composed on the theme
of love.
Actors descend
and climb ladders, rising above the spectators. They wear double-faced
masks that resemble, on one side, inanimate dolls, in their grotesque
stillness.
Multiplied faces and expressions give birth to surprising perspectives,
just like in real life, characters may have two or more aspects, emotions,
meanings: joy and sorrow, conquering/gaining and surrendering, hope and
disillusion, life and death.
Background tableaux vivant sare created during the songs, choreographic
actions and sketches join and divide characters alternating comedy with
intense poetic moments.
Songs of love with an ironic taste, and six characters that look like
they just emerged from a dusty cabaret or a crumbly circus of the thirties.
No words are used, only simple actions to help the public to understand,
imagine, recognize and perhaps relate, with their personal emotions or
story.
Sometimes real life appears, made of love and other passions (political
strive?), but it’s immediately transfigured by the actors in love
metaphors for a man or a woman.
This show can be presented in two different versions, depending on the
available place for the performance.
It can be done outdoor in a protected acoustic environment, with the public
seated in a frontal manner; this version consents a detailed and complex
dramaturgy.
It can be done outdoor in itinerary version: the show will unravel by
covering small distances with standing spectators, finding” ladders
on wheels among the way, using the town’s own charm and architecture
like windows, short walls, stairs, fountains, trees.
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