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Arianna’s Thousand Threads

Marta Bevilacqua / Compagnia Arearea
2021

The theatre is our labyrinth! Through chairs and armchairs runs a colored thread — an ancient story comes to life.

Theseus, a young and adventurous king, seeks a monster with yellow horns and green legs. It is the Minotaur, who, when hungry, dances the tango. But sometimes monsters… are not what they seem.

Ariadne, his sister, lives inside a ball of light. She knows how to knit, and when she is in love, she weaves a thousand colored threads. Between sweaters, hats, and coats, Ariadne and Theseus weave their love — as long as a summer storm.

Ariadne closes the MITICA trilogy, conceived by Marta Bevilacqua for younger generations: a journey of research into the body and mythological themes, observed through the lens of contemporaneity.

Following Morfeo_il mio sonno è una danza (2019) and Icaro e Dedalo_ovvero non sono un angelo (2021), I mille fili di Arianna (2022) brings to the stage two dancers, three characters, and many threads — for countless are the connections this ancient story still holds with the present.

Dialoghi / Residencies for the Performing Arts at Villa Manin hosted the work in its embryonic phase, supporting the artists involved in weaving the very first threads.