{"id":10004180,"global_id":"www.fndaterballetto.it\/en\/?id=10004180","global_id_lineage":["www.fndaterballetto.it\/en\/?id=10004180"],"author":"2","status":"publish","date":"2025-10-16 17:19:46","date_utc":"2025-10-16 15:19:46","modified":"2025-11-04 18:19:05","modified_utc":"2025-11-04 17:19:05","url":"https:\/\/www.fndaterballetto.it\/en\/evento\/il-combattimento-di-tancredi-e-clorinda-13\/2025-11-06\/1\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/www.fndaterballetto.it\/en\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/10004180","title":"Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda","description":"

Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda<\/em> opens the Dance Week of the CCN\/Aterballetto.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Fonderia \u2013 Thursday, November 6 at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The theme of love overwhelmed by war and death \u2014 inspired by the story of Tancredi and Clorinda from Torquato Tasso\u2019s Gerusalemme Liberata<\/em><\/strong> (whose first draft celebrates its 450th anniversary in 2025) and set to music by Claudio Monteverdi<\/strong> (1624) \u2014 retains a striking contemporary relevance. The CCN\/Aterballetto<\/strong> reinterprets this legacy through dance, its privileged language for conveying the intensity and drama of the work, in a performance conceived by Fabio Cherstich<\/strong> and Philippe Kratz<\/strong>, featuring dancers Alessia Giacomelli<\/strong> and Kiran Gezels<\/strong>, tenor Raffaele Giordani<\/strong>, and harpsichordist Francesco Luigi Trivisano<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The performance is preceded and followed by contributions from Antonio Audino<\/strong>, theatre critic and journalist for RadioRai3<\/strong>, who, with his signature clarity, will cast a contemporary light on these \u201csacred texts\u201d of Italian cultural heritage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

The 11:00 a.m. performance is dedicated to upper secondary school students.<\/em><\/p>\n

APERITIF AT LA FONDERIA<\/strong>
\nFrom 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.<\/strong>, enjoy a tasting of local wines and products, in collaboration with the Mercato Campagna Amica del Tricolore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/i><\/span>CREDITS<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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Direction and visual: Fabio Cherstich<\/strong><\/span>
Choreography and stage movement: Philippe Kratz<\/strong><\/span>
Music: Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda<\/em> by Claudio Monteverdi<\/strong><\/span>
Dancers: Alessia Giacomelli<\/strong>, Kiran Gezels<\/strong><\/span>
Singer: Raffaele Giordani<\/strong><\/span>
Harpsichord: Francesco Luigi Trivisano<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Co-production: Fondazione Nazionale della Danza \/ Aterballetto<\/strong>, Teatro Regio di Parma \/ Festival Verdi<\/strong>, Torinodanza Festival \u2013 Teatro Stabile di Torino \u2013 Teatro Nazionale<\/strong>, Ghislierimusica \u2013 Centro di Musica Antica<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Born in September 2024, Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda<\/em> is a project aimed at enhancing live performing arts within museums and cultural sites, promoted by the Direzione Generale Musei<\/strong> and co-funded by the Direzione Generale Spettacolo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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For its realization, the Musei Nazionali di Perugia \u2013 Direzione Regionale Musei Nazionali Umbria<\/strong> \u2014 and in particular the Museo Archeologico Nazionale e Teatro Romano di Spoleto<\/strong> \u2014 established, with the support of the Direzione Generale Musei, a partnership shared with five other major cultural venues: Villa Pisani in Stra<\/strong>, Castello e Parco di Racconigi<\/strong>, Castello Svevo in Bari<\/strong>, Certosa di San Martino in Naples<\/strong>, and the Parco Archeologico di Venosa<\/strong>. Later, Castel Sant\u2019Angelo in Rome<\/strong> joined the initiative, hosting it as part of the 2024 summer festival Sotto l\u2019angelo di Castello<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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The project is part of Italia Danza<\/strong>, a co-designed initiative by the Direzione Generale per la Diplomazia Pubblica e Culturale del MAECI<\/strong> and the CCN\/Aterballetto<\/strong>, aimed at promoting Italy\u2019s artistic heritage abroad.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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<\/i><\/i><\/span>BODIES AS MIRRORS<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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In my vision of Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda<\/em>, I imagine a confined, circular space where proximity and the resemblance of bodies play a fundamental role. Together with choreographer Philippe Kratz<\/strong>, we explore the idea of bodies as mirrors, telling the story of a humanity at war with itself. Eros<\/strong> and Thanatos<\/strong> emerge as equally powerful forces, creating a paradoxical atmosphere within this perfectly balanced struggle between human beings. In our interpretation, Tancredi and Clorinda are contemporary warriors, bound to one another inextricably, compelled to fight and to relive a story already written.<\/p>\n

A single voice gives life to three characters \u2014 the text itself, Tancredi, and Clorinda \u2014 merging within the body and sound of one singer. This estranged voice, bound to a circular path, evokes a sense of constant repetition, underscoring the endless cycle of this story of love and death \u2014 a story destined, tragically, to repeat itself through the centuries and reach us still, carrying all its force as an emanation of Tasso\u2019s poetic power and Monteverdi\u2019s sublime music.<\/p>\n

Fabio Cherstich, Director<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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<\/i><\/i><\/span>INNER STRUGGLE<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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In Tasso\u2019s tale, set to music by Claudio Monteverdi<\/strong>, the most obvious themes are the struggle between woman and man and religious conversion \u2014 yet these are also the aspects I find least compelling. Transposed into dance, they would risk becoming a mere narrative of circumstances.<\/p>\n

A more philosophical or psychoanalytic reading of this struggle \u2014 from which both protagonists emerge defeated, deceived, and alone \u2014 feels far more engaging to me. Within the opposition of the two roles lies an entire world: the seeking, confronting, and wounding of one another. The dynamic is that of a ritual, a warlike confrontation between two entities drawing closer. The absurdity of the act is revealed when one of them loses their life, and we realize that the other has not won either\u2026 a powerful, shared wound that remains imprinted on both bodies. So, are these two people fighting each other \u2014 or a single person fighting against themselves?<\/p>\n

Philippe Kratz, Choreographer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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<\/i><\/i><\/span>Info & Biglietti<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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TICKETS<\/strong><\/p>\n

3 euro<\/p>\n

TICKET PURCHASE<\/strong><\/p>\n