lūmĕn
art direction / set design
client: Comune di Ripatransone
Ideatrici / Creators
Chiara Girolami, Francesca Girolami
Direzione Artistica / Artistic Direction
Alex Urso, Andrea Castelletti, Chiara Girolami, Francesca Girolami
Direzione Tecnica / Technical Direction
Marco Lanciotti
Comunicazione / Communication
Alex Urso, Andrea Castelletti, Maria Ida Maroni
Ufficio Stampa / Press
Maria Ida Maroni
Scenografia / Scenography
Chiara Girolami, Francesca Girolami
Light Designer
Alberto Belluco
Videomaker
Edoardo Lupacchini
Ballerina e Coreografa / Dancer and Choreographer
Veronica Vagnoni
Voice-over
Piergiorgio Cinì
Poetessa / Poet
Silvia Pessina
Drone
Alex Marè
Fotografia / Photography
Renato Aversano
Make-up
Fiorella Castelli
Le città e i borghi italiani sono pieni di eventi popolari e di tradizioni folcloristiche che si ripetono ogni anno, colorando lo spirito del paese e alimentando quel senso di radicamento al proprio territorio.
In Le Marche region, for example, every year, during the Octave of Easter, a pyrotechnic tradition – among the most evocative in Italy – takes place. The Cavallo di Fuoco tradition has been going on since 1682..
Ripatransone’s main street and square, and the building facades are lit up by fireworks and sparks flying out from a mock white horse, pulled by the cheering and ecstatic crowd.
The consequences of Covid-19, in addition to deeply affecting the world of art and entertainment, had silenced many events of this kind, squares all over the world had emptied and small towns had become even more silent.
This silence gave birth to lūmĕn, a video performance born from the need to celebrate this ancient tradition through a contemporary cultural language. The aim is to recreate in the urban space the same sensorial experience felt by the locals during all these years.
Light, sound and movement. Three essential elements of Cavallo di Fuoco and on which the performance comes alive. A contemporary dancer, abandoned in a sort of reverie, enacts the horse’s movements and the rising rhythm of the performance. White noises and beams of light surround her, touch her and fall into the ground like the vanishing fiery sparks drop on the Piazza. A poetry open and close the video, leaving the audience with a question that feels like a renaissance.