Romeo Castellucci

Democracy in America
freely based on Tocqueville’s essay

Théâtre de Vidy
theater / 1h30
(with FR and ENG surtitles)
Price M (except special prices)
Thursday 30.03, 07:00 pm
Friday 31.03, 08:30 pm
Saturday 01.04, 02:30 pm
Sunday 02.04, 05:30 pm
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Romeo Castellucci embarks on the discovery of a forgotten celebration in which tragedy would recover its primary function: to be the necessary and obscure double of the political arena, to remind us of the drifting of beings and the dysfunction inherent to all human organization.

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Direction, scenes, lights, costumes:
Romeo Castellucci

Texts:
Claudia Castellucci
Romeo Castellucci

Music:
Scott Gibbons

Assistant director:
Maria Vittoria Bellingeri

Maître répétiteur:
Evelin Facchini

Stage sculptures and mechanisms:
Istvan Zimmermann
Giovanna Amoroso

Costume realisation:
Grazia Bagnaresi

Stage Manager:
Daniele Ferro

Stage-hands:
Andrei Benchea
Pierantonio Bragagnolo

Lighting technician :
Marco Alba

Sound technician:
Paolo Cillerai

Costumes keeper:
Elisabetta Rizzo

Decorator:
Silvano Santinelli

Photographer:
Guido Mencari

Technical direction:
Eugenio Resta

Technical staff :
Carmen Castellucci
Francesca Di Serio
Gionni Gardini
Daniele Magnani

Production supervisor:
Benedetta Briglia

Promotion and distribution:
Valentina Bertolino
Gilda Biasini

Production assistant:
Giulia Colla

Administration:
Michela Medri
Elisa Bruno
Simona Barducci

Economic consultant:
Massimiliano Coli

With:
Olivia Corsini
Giulia Perelli
Gloria Dorliguzzo
Evelin Facchini
Stefania Tansini
Sophia Danae Vorvila

And with twelve local dancers

Choreography freely inspired by the folk traditions of Albania, Greece, Botswana, England, Hungary, Sardinia.
With choreographic interventions by Evelin Facchini, Gloria Dorliguzzo, Stefania Tansini, Sophia Danae Vorvila

Production:
Socìetas
Coproduction:
deSingel International Artcampus, Anvers – Wiener Festwochen, Vienne – Printemps des Comédiens, Montpellier – National Taichung Theatre, Taiwan – Holland Festival, Amsterdam – Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin – Festival d’Automne à Paris avec la MC93-Maison de la Culture de Seine Saint-Denis, Bobigny – Le Manège-Scène nationale de Maubeuge – Teatro Arriaga Antzokia, Bilbao – São Luiz Teatro Municipal, Lisbonne – Peak Performances, Montclair State University
With the participation of:
Théâtre de Vidy, Lausanne and Athens and Epidaurus Festival
With the support of:
Ministero dei beni e attività culturali, Regione Emilia Romagna e Comune di Cesena