Photos by Giuseppe Salerno

9-15 Oct 2010 Diamond Jubilee Big Hall. Dar es Salaam

Dedicated to Matteo

Choreography: Vanessa Tamburi 

Concept free inspired by: “Il cielo degli ultimi” by Maria Grazia Cutuli 

Music by: Brian Eno & David Byrne /Lagash /Jakob Poll 

Musical Arrangement: Jakob Poll/Maisha Music 

Costumes design: Mabinti Centre - Matteo Rampolla

Light design: Vanessa Tamburi 

Video design: Nassos Chatzopoulos

Photos: Gianrico Battaglia – Vanessa Tamburi 

Dancers: Pili Hassani, Nshoma Nkwabi, Islam Awadhi, Isack Peter 

Duration: 20 min

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Lost Rights is a stunning production that premiered at the Visa2dance Festival, Dar es Salaam in October 2010 and was realised in collaboration with the FLUSSO dance project, in Italy.  The piece is specifically designed for four young Tanzanian dancers. The result shows a combination of movements taking root in two different cultures. The styles of each dancer were extracted to highlight their talents and then amalgamated into the choreographer’s language. The piece articulates nine sketches of the life of children in Liberia, Zambia, Somalia, Angola, Ivory Coast and Rwanda: stories of lost rights and dignity. The piece is inspired by “The Sky of the Last Ones”, a book that collects articles written by MARIA GRAZIA CUTULI, an Italian reporter killed in Afghanistan in 2001. Her articles cover stories of life and interviews with witnesses. Tales of women, children and war: "Those that we forget because we do not belong to ".