2012 LOST RIGHTS

August 20/21, 2012 - Between the Seas Festival, NY

Dedicated to Matteo

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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: Megumi Eda, Erica Tamagnini, Francisco Ruvulcaba, Nile Baker 

Duration: 20 min

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Lost Rights was premiered at the Visa2dance Festival, Dar es Salaam in October 2010 and realized in collaboration with the FLUSSO dance project,  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.