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LA VITA È SOGNO (Life is dream)

LA VITA È SOGNO is part of IL PASSATO IMMINENTE (The Unending Past)
Four-year project 2018-2021 > site-specific performative, choreographic, visual and sound installations conceived and directed by Maria Federica Maestri and Francesco Pititto.

2018 THE GREAT THEATER OF THE WORLD
The first part of the three-year project was carried out in the great halls of the Neoclassical Gallery and in the Teatro Farnese; over twenty artists, including performers from the Lenz ensemble and harpsichordists from the Arrigo Boito Conservatory in Parma, gave body to the scenic rewriting of the visions of the Great Theater of the World.

2019 LA VIDA ES SUEÑO
The second chapter was set up in the new North Wing of the National Gallery, where the precious Baroque collection is kept. An impressive installation of hospital beds dialogued with the functional structures designed in the 1970s by architect Canali and sacred depictions by Lanfranco, Schedoni, Spada, Ribera, Murillo, and van Dyck.

2020 TRILOGY CALDERÓN < HIPÓGRIFO VIOLENTO | FLOWERS LIKE STARS? | OTHER STATE
The third chapter of the Imminent Past consists of three solos inspired by Calderón’s works: Life is a Dream and The Constant Prince. Set in the magnificent spaces of industrial origin of Lenz Teatro, they are interpreted by the historical actresses of the ensemble.

2021 LIFE IS A DREAM
The fourth part of the project will be installed from June 19 to 25, 2021 in the historical-rural landscape of the Abbazia di Valserena, or Abbazia di San Martino dei Bocci, commonly known as Certosa di Paradigna, a former Cistercian abbey with Gothic and Baroque forms located in Paradigna, a hamlet on the northern outskirts of Parma. Founded in 1298 and deconsecrated in 1810, since 2007 it has been the seat of the CSAC – Communication Studies and Archives Center of the University of Parma.