Art and culture en plein air with the Festival DanzEstate Junior 2022 organized byASMED / Ballet of Sardinia with the artistic direction of Massimiliano Leoni: four days between creative and musical workshops, games and shows for girls and boys from Wednesday 15 June to Saturday 18 June to the Public gardens from Cagliari but also “surprise” forays by artists in the parks and gardens of the city with the originals Promenades think for Waiting for DanzEstate.
A dense book of appointments for the laboratories suitable for very young people (and families) which will come alive starting Wednesday 15 June (every morning from 10:00 to 12:00 and in the afternoon starting from 16:00) between the creation of “Dinosaur Fossils” and “Dinosaur Eggs” – but a fabulous “Dino-Kit” could not be missing, complete with “tailor-made” crests, scales and claws and there is also the “Bronto-Mosaic”, the precious “Fossil Amulet” and the “Landscapes” Prehistoric ”all to be imagined – in the company of Tore l’AnimaTore (for girls and boys aged 3 to 6).
“Danzando con le note” is the theme and title of the Creative Music and Dance Laboratory by the percussionist and composer Marco Caredda and the dancer and choreographer Sara Pischedda, where budding artists can have fun inventing rhythms and small choreographies (age 7- 12 years). The workshop proposed by Ersilia Danza and directed by dancers and choreographers (and dance teachers) Alberto Munarin and Elena Regno, on the other hand, is called “Look and Try” for a playful and creative approach to dance, through body language and movement ( age 6-11 years).
The Festival DanzEstate Junior 2022 also proposes a rich and interesting program for the four days from 15 to 18 June, from the original “Pinocchio on the road” by Con.Cor.DA / Movimentoinactor, conceived, directed and starring Flavia Buccero, on stage with Leila Ghiabbi, Fausto Paparozzi and Pauline Manfredi, for a pop reinterpretation of the adventures of the famous puppet (Wednesday 15 June – 4.00 pm ) to “Encanto” by the Compagnia Estemporada with choreography by Livia Lepri, inspired by the Disney film of the same name (Academy Award for best animated film) about the Madrigal family who lives in a small village in the mountains of Colombia, among magical houses and special “talents” ( Wednesday 15 June – 4.40 pm).
“Neverland” di Versiliadanza (Wednesday 15 June – 5:45 pm) is inspired by the story of Peter Pan for an ideal journey with the child who did not want to grow up and his Wendy on “the island there isn’t” between pirates and mermaids , fairies and the inevitable crocodile while “White and Red” of the ASMED / Ballet of Sardinia with dramaturgy and direction by Senio Giovanni Barbaro Dattena brings to the stage “The love of the three pomegranates”, the famous folk tale narrated in “Lo cunto de li cunti” by Giambattista Basile, with a fantastic plot between love and magic (Wednesday 15 June – 7.00 pm)
Journey into the world of Gianni Rodari with “To get the stories wrong” by Ersilia Danza (Thursday 16 June – 5:00 pm) in the company of Giovanni Perdigiorno and Alice, known as “Cascherina” then “The Wind and the Maiden” of the ASMED / Ballet of Sardinia (Thursday 16 June – 6.15 pm), a modern fairy tale inspired by the legends of Mongolia between the kidnapping of a princess and the exploit of a brave prince, the perfidy of a necromancer and the intervention salvific of a mysterious and mythological creature … but above all the voice of the wind.
Between poetry and philosophy with “Little Something – in the Paris metro” by Twain / Centro di Produzione Danza (Friday 17 June – 5:00 pm), winning show of I Teatri del Sacro 2017, inspired by the homonymous story by François Garagnon, on the search for spiritual values necessary to face “the chaos of life” , in a metaphorical and fantastic key, while Il Crogiuolo proposes “Mary’s goat” (Friday 17 June – 6.30 pm), a play freely inspired by the work of Maria Lai with the conception and direction of Rita Atzeri, to bring the little ones closer to the languages of art, in a dreamlike dimension, between fantastic tales and childhood memories.
Three versions of the famous fairy tale in “Little Red Riding Hood / Once upon a time there was a wolf and a girl” of the Atacama Company (Saturday 18 June – 4:30 pm), a creation by Patrizia Cavola and Ivan Truol that explores the symbolic meanings of crossing the forest, between danger, disobedience and self-knowledge, then “The box of ideas” by ArtMouv (Corsica), a performance by and with Hélène Taddei Lawson and Juha Peka Marsalo (Saturday 18 June – 5.45 pm) to «build a world of peace, friendship, sharing».
The DanzEstate Junior 2022 Festival ends with a flourish with two productions of the “hosts” – theASMED / Ballet of Sardinia: the enchanting “Me, Pinocchio” by Marco Nateri, with music by Marco Caredda and choreography by Sara Pischedda, also protagonist on the stage next to the very young Riccardo Zoccheddu, to rediscover the wonder and innocent gaze of childhood (Saturday 18 June – 19:00), and the irreverent “Look Parade” (Saturday 18 June – 8.45 pm) by and with Sara Pischedda and Luca Castellano, who evokes the atmosphere of the Eighties, between sensuality and hedonism: “a free, colorful, light-hearted, unconscious world, in the name of aesthetic perfection, of narcissism “to rediscover the taste for the ephemeral.
Space also a games and competitionsto grapple with the target shooting and have fun with the soap bubbles. Among the novelties the DanzEstate Card which guarantees a front row seat for all shows with a special reserved cushion (up to 10 minutes before the start) as well as a gadget of your choice between a t-shirt or bag, and even a portion of popcorn and cotton candy a day.
Participation in workshops and shows is free; reservations are required for the workshops (places are limited); it is also possible to reserve seats for shows. Info and reservations by WhatsApp message to the number 342 7838614 by e-mail to the address danzestate@gmail.com (between 09:00 and 17:00).
From 15 to 18 June at the Public Gardens of Cagliari the DanzEstate Junior 2022 Festival