ILIAD #2 Knees



4-5-8-9-10-11-12 giugno 2026 | ore 21.00 | Aula Canuto


Site-specific

Aula Giorgio Canuto, Ospedale Maggiore, Università di Parma, via Gramsci 14, Parma


Dramaturgy, imagoturgy_Francesco Pititto

Performance composition, installation, costumes_Maria Federica Maestri

Performer_Tiziana Cappella, Francesca Grisenti, C.L. Grugher, Lorenza Guerrini, Aldo Rendina, Sandra Soncini, Carlotta Spaggiari




From Priam begging for mercy kneeling at Achilles' feet to George Floyd lying face down on a sidewalk suffocated by the pressure of the police officer Derek Chauvin's knee on his neck, a single universe of violence and suffering.


The new performative action places the human body at the center and focuses on the position of the loser, the defeated, the victim who begs for mercy before the executioner - a condition horribly recurring in the war epic; getting down on one's knees is also the position of gratitude, of the body that wants to remain in contact with the bottom, the root, the invisible, the dark, the unknown and at the same time tend upwards, the air, the other by himself, spherical, luminous, vibrant, sensitive.



More info about ILIAD#2 Knees -->



Tickets


Full fare 20 €

Reduced fare student / teacher / AUSL employee / under 30 / over 65 12 €

Reduced fare University of Parma and Toschi Institute students 6 €



Info and reservations: Tel. 0521 270141 | whatsapp 335 6096220 | mail info@lenzfondazione.it

Subscribe to the newsletter

Subscribe to receive our newsletter with all the latest theatre updates