CASA explores the themes of cultural identity and personal alienation. It looks at the problems with cultural identification and integration while living in a global changing culture. It looks at how human interrelation, sense of community and solitude are all part of the everyday struggle to fit in. Casa is a theatrical dance piece with elements of structured improvisation. As the piece unfolds, characters wearing big heavy coats come to life and interact with each other. Each character has their own story and own journey. The sense of belonging, and what makes a place home are questioned.
INTERVIEW WITH ANNARITA
Credits
Choreography - Annarita Mazzilli
Performers - Annarita Mazzilli, Anna Scott, Katja Nyqvist, Clare Brzezicki, Nacho Garoz, Irene Werli, Joyce Gyimah, Chloe Hall-Smith, Ester Escolano, Arwen Hobday, Donovan Morris
Music - Anna Scott
Producer - Lumenis Theatre Company
Photography and graphic design- Francesca Mazzilli, Vito Miale
Special Thanks- Yonat Bitner, Mark Huhnen, Rachel Radford-Mathurin, Rosa Garsia Ruiz, Andy Higgs, Sharon Enav, Simon McCabe, Accademia Apulia UK
Perfomances
May 2011- The Blue Elephant Theatre
April 2011- St Pancras International (day event organised by Scenepool)
August 2010- The Camden People’s Theatre (Camden Fringe Festival)
March 2010- Victoria Train Station (London)
May 2010- Bexleyheath Shopping Centre (BigDance)
November 2009- The Space (Isle of Dogs- London)
Reviews
"The choreography by Annarita Mazzilli was beautiful, using large heavy coats as props and sometimes as extensions of the dancer’s bodies. A single cello provided music for the dancers and was incorporated into one particularly touching piece where the musician appeared to play music based on the dancer’s movements. I think the only way to sum it up would be ‘charming’."
Francesca Beckett 23rd May 2011 on www.ayoungertheatre.com
“CASA offers up a series of clever and diverting interpretations of cultural identity and belonging” “Five of the six dancers wear heavy woollen coats, which Mazzilli cleverly uses to suggest and symbolise various aspects of self and situation.” “CASA is …an interesting and well-realised study of selfhood, cultural identity and the construction of a sense of home.”
Lise Smith- Friday 13th August 2010 on www.londondance.com
INTERVIEW WITH ANNARITA
Credits
Choreography - Annarita Mazzilli
Performers - Annarita Mazzilli, Anna Scott, Katja Nyqvist, Clare Brzezicki, Nacho Garoz, Irene Werli, Joyce Gyimah, Chloe Hall-Smith, Ester Escolano, Arwen Hobday, Donovan Morris
Music - Anna Scott
Producer - Lumenis Theatre Company
Photography and graphic design- Francesca Mazzilli, Vito Miale
Special Thanks- Yonat Bitner, Mark Huhnen, Rachel Radford-Mathurin, Rosa Garsia Ruiz, Andy Higgs, Sharon Enav, Simon McCabe, Accademia Apulia UK
Perfomances
May 2011- The Blue Elephant Theatre
April 2011- St Pancras International (day event organised by Scenepool)
August 2010- The Camden People’s Theatre (Camden Fringe Festival)
March 2010- Victoria Train Station (London)
May 2010- Bexleyheath Shopping Centre (BigDance)
November 2009- The Space (Isle of Dogs- London)
Reviews
"The choreography by Annarita Mazzilli was beautiful, using large heavy coats as props and sometimes as extensions of the dancer’s bodies. A single cello provided music for the dancers and was incorporated into one particularly touching piece where the musician appeared to play music based on the dancer’s movements. I think the only way to sum it up would be ‘charming’."
Francesca Beckett 23rd May 2011 on www.ayoungertheatre.com
“CASA offers up a series of clever and diverting interpretations of cultural identity and belonging” “Five of the six dancers wear heavy woollen coats, which Mazzilli cleverly uses to suggest and symbolise various aspects of self and situation.” “CASA is …an interesting and well-realised study of selfhood, cultural identity and the construction of a sense of home.”
Lise Smith- Friday 13th August 2010 on www.londondance.com
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