Stravaganze in sol minore by Francesca Lattuada arrives at the Teatro Metastasio in Prato from 26 to 29 November 2025.
The magical virtuosity of Toti Scialoja (1914–1998) — a master not only of images but also of words — lies at the heart of this new creation by the Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto, designed for children and young audiences, where a dancer and an actor play with his poetic imagination.
The almost magical vibrations that spring from Scialoja’s poems are like the endless ripples formed on the surface of water when a stone is thrown in: they evoke unreal or hyper-real images and carry a musicality that blends poetry and nursery rhyme, where the extraordinary and the frightening go hand in hand.
Sotto un cespo di rose scarlatte (Under a bush of scarlet roses)
Offre il rospo tè caldo con latte (The toad serves hot tea with milk.)
Sotto un cespo di rose paonazze (Under a bush of purple roses)
Tocca al rospo sciacquare le tazze. (It’s the toad’s turn to rinse the cups.)
(Toti Scialoja, La mela di Amleto, 1984)
Regia e coreografia: Francesca Lattuada
Testi: Toti Scialoja (tratti da La mela di Amleto)
Musica: The Klezmorin, Gustav Mahler, Dean Martin, Clara Rockmore
Maschere e oggetti: Natali Fortier
Interpreti: Vittoria Franchina, Rocco Ancarola
Coproduzione: Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto e Centro Teatrale Bresciano
In coproduzione con: Centro Servizi Culturali Santa Chiara
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wouh0x0D4HQ
