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FARFALLE ( Butterflies) Interactive theatre for children and adults April 10-14

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Co m pag n i a T.P.O. FARFALLE ( Butterflies) Directed by Francesco Gandi, Davide Venturini a co-production with Teatro Metastasio Stabile della Toscane Presented in association with ArKtype/Thomas O. Kriegsmann and Crying Out Loud UK Direction......................................................................Francesco Gandi and Davide Venturini Dancers........................................................................... Elita Cannata and Cristina D’Alberto Sound/Video Console.............................................Francesco Taddei and Marco Galardi Technician..............................................................................................................................Cosimo Gandi Digital Design...............................................................................................................................Elsa Mersi Sound Design............................................................................................................ Spartaco Cortesi Computer Engineering.......................................... Rossano Monti and Martin von Gunten Scenography and Objects...............................................................................Gregory Petitqueux Costumes.......................................................................................................................... Loretta Mugnai Scenography Assistant.........................................................................................................Livia Cortesi Voice Over..................................................................................................................Charlotte Zerbey Collaboration on Script..............................................................................................Stefania Zampiga Management................................................................................................................ Valentina Martini Executive Producer, U.S. Tour................................................ArKtype / Thomas O. Kriegsmann

FA R FALL E (B u tterf l i es) FARFALLE (butterflies in Italian) takes audiences on a magnificent journey through the lifecycle of a butterfly through the use of dance, video, images, music and interactive technologies. It is a sensory-rich journey that begins in the egg state, moves through life as a caterpillar and then, finally, shows the emergence of a butterfly. Two dancers tell the story inside the virtual landscape, with the audience participating in a variety of ways, from composing songs and lullabies with their feet, to chasing caterpillars on their bottoms, to using parts of their bodies and the five senses. They may be invited into the cocoon, to create a virtual painting with their arms or to sit for a rest on an oversized flower.

Compagnia T.P.O. Farfalle (Butterflies)

Co m pag n i a T.P.O. Compagnia T.P.O. was founded in Prato, Italy in 1981 as a children’s theater company devoted to creating works that are highly visual. The multidisciplinary approach uses music, dance, art, sculpture, digital media, computer technology, lighting and sound to tell the story. T.P.O. is an award-winning, internationally-recognized company that believes in creating dance/theater works for children that are visual, use movement, artistic objects, mechanical and digital devices and the interplay of lighting.

In 1999, Davide Venturini and Francesco Gandi became the artistic directors of T.P.O. With the emerging technology that has evolved, T.P.O. has used more and more digital technology, graphics and video and has combined these elements with the more traditional art forms of dance, theater and music.

T.P.O. created new methods of interaction between performers, the audience, and stage spaces by applying computer sensors and triggers to images and sound. They have also found new ways to collaborate with dancers, actors, directors, musicians, engineers, designers, writers and illustrators to create new works. Through these concepts, T.P.O. has gained fame and a reputation throughout Europe, Australia, the United States, South America and Canada.

ArKtype / Thomas O. Kriegsmann, Executive Producer, U.S. Tour - bio ArKtype is a New York-based company established in 2006 under the direction of producer Thomas O. Kriegsmann to support the finest in emerging and established international artists in the strategic development, production and touring of innovative new performance work.

ArKtype’s past work in the U.S. includes projects with Brooklyn Academy of Music (Next Wave Festival), Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Performance Space 122 (Fresh Terrain Festival of Performance Theater, Austin, TX), Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Hartford Stage Company (Brand:New Festival of New Works), Actors Theater of Louisville, New York Theater Workshop, Mark Taper Forum, Apollo Theater, The Culture Project and Lincoln Center. ArKtype’s acclaimed work has been seen across Europe, Africa, East Asia, North and South America and Australia. Mr. Kriegsmann proudly began his work in the production and development of emerging ensembles and is currently represented off-Broadway and on tours worldwide with The Farber Foundry (South Africa); Nalaga’at (Tel Aviv); Peter Brook / CICT (Paris); Phantom Limb (New York); Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen’s AFTERMATH (New York); Circa (Brisbane); Baryshnikov Productions/Krymov Laboratory (Moscow/NYC); Compagnia T.P.O. (Italy); Marrugeku (Australia); Superamas (Vienna); Aurélia Thiérrée and Victoria Thiérrée-Chaplin (France); KMA (London); Jay Scheib (Cambridge, MA); World/ Inferno Friendship Society (Brooklyn); Rude Mechs (Austin, TX); Theatre for a New Audience (New York), as well as curating the Baryshnikov Arts Center/FSU Ringling International Arts Festival with in Sarasota, FL. Upcoming and recent premieres include Phantom Limb’s 69˚S. in collaboration with Kronos Quartet, The Farber Foundry’s The Ramayana, Rude Mechs THE TOUR, Dayna Hanson’s The Clay Duke, Jay Scheib’s World of Wires and a national touring initiative in collaboration with Performance Space 122.

Exclusive U.S. Tour Contact: Thomas O. Kriegsmann, President ArKtype P.O. Box 180241 Brooklyn, NY 11218 P: (917) 386-5468 F: (347) 889-5031 E: tommy@arktype.org W: www.arktype.org

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Co m pa n y B i og r a ph i es Davide Venturini (Director) studied sociology at Cesare Alferi University in Florence. He has been with T.P.O. since 1983. He has directed productions with an eye to the pedagogical aspects of art and, in particular, the processes of visual communication, emphasizing the value of images and the use in theatre of hi-tech devices. He currently holds the post of T.P.O. author and artistic director.

Francesco Gandi (Director) studied at the DAMS Academy in Bologna. Since 1987, he has served with T.P.O. as author, director and actor. His works typically make prevalent use of images, props, figures and, in his latest productions, technology. He currently holds the post of president of the T.P.O. Cultural Association.

Elita Cannata (Dancer) was born in 1985. She started her professional training in Florence at Opus Ballet, where she worked for the young dance company in 2004. She graduated from Codarts-Rotterdam Dance Academy in 2007, where she performed with Megumi Nakamura and JosĂŠ Navas, among others. Between 2007 and 2008, she worked for Anoukvandijk dc in Amsterdam and Cathy Sharp Ensemble in Basel. In 2009, she moved back to Italy and began a Master of Performing Arts degree at Dams in Bologna, and in 2010, she was selected

by Biennale di Venezia for Choreographic Collision, while attending several workshops in London, Paris and Florence. In 2011, she was the assistant to the artistic director of Fabbrica Europa Festival in Florence.

Christina D’Alberto (Dancer) was born in Turin in 1989. She studied classical ballet with Claire Jahier and in 2006, performed with the Molecole Company in their production Heket. In 2007, she moved to Florence to study contemporary dance at Opus Ballet and since 2008, she has been a member of the young Opus Ballet company, working with many choreographers including Rosanna Brocanello, Daniel Tinazzi, Loris Petrillo, Gabriella Secchi, German Jauregui and Corinne Lanselle.

Franceso Taddei (Sound/Video Console) graduated from the School of Higher Musical Education in Saluzzo after attending the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara (Multimedia Arts).

He works as a sound technician in his own recording studio for concerts and in theater productions. He also works as a graphic designer. He has been working with T.P.O. since 2007.

Marco Galardi (Sound/Video Console) has played as a percussionist since 1990. He plays rock, funk, jazz and new forms of music and performs in Italy and abroad. He also works as a percussion teacher at S. Casciano Musical Academy and as a composer for documentaries and radio programs (il cammello radio 2). In 2008 he got a diploma at ENFAP as a sound technician.

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Elsa Mersi (Digital Design) uses a multidisciplinary approach for performing arts, computer graphics and website design. Her work focuses primarily on research and experimentation in new ways to interpret the relationship and interaction that link performer, image and space.

She also conducts research into new languages and systems of computer-based projection.

Spartaco Cortesi (Sound Design) works on audio productions in multimedia projects using mainly electrical instruments and audio software. He has five albums to his credit. Two of which are solo albums released under the pseudonym of Yellowcake. These were published in the late 1990s by KK Records, the seminal Belgian electronic music label. He has worked with T.P.O. since 2000.

Rossano Monti (Computer Engineering) is a self-taught computer specialist. He attended courses in computer engineering in Pisa until 2001. Since 1995, he has been a sound engineer and graphic artist for the Bonton group both live and in studio, he has contributed to the sTRANO network group and has taught computer classes. He has been with T.P.O. since 2002 working with programming and software, computer systems management and staging performances.

Martin von Gunten (Computer Engineering) is an electronic engineer who, after a spell in teaching, worked in the industry creating projects for hardware development and also programming software for various types of systems. His fascination with the blend of art and technology led him to join T.P.O. in 2002 for the creation of Children’s Cheering Carpet.

Livia Cortesi (Scenography Assistant) graduated in stage design at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. She has worked with T.P.O. since 1992, dealing with sets and items for all shows and workshops. At the same time, she works freelance with theaters, film and set workshops.

Stefania Zampiga’s (Collaborator on Script) research is oriented towards the relationship between words and movement. She has been writing poems for T.P.O.’s productions and for other contemporary dance works, since 1997. Amongst other things, she loves reading and writing in English. She is onstage with T.P.O.’s The Japanese Garden in its English version.

Valentina Martini (Management) graduated in Foreign Language studies in 2001 and in PROGEAS (organizing events) in 2004. She achieved the European professional qualification for planning performing arts in 2002. She has participated in internships at the Department of Culture of the town of Prato, and she has worked jointly with the University of Florence on devising a long-distance training program. She has handled distribution and organization for T.P.O. since 2004. lied.ku.edu | LIVE PERFORMING ARTS

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