COLOMBIA: ITALIAN DANCERS DEFY GRAVITY IN PLAY OF WATER AND LIGHT AS WATEWALL IS PERFORMED IN THE IBEROAMERICAN THEATRE FESTIVAL

Record ID: 388845

  • Title: COLOMBIA: ITALIAN DANCERS DEFY GRAVITY IN PLAY OF WATER AND LIGHT AS WATEWALL IS PERFORMED IN THE IBEROAMERICAN THEATRE FESTIVAL
  • Date: 8th April 2004
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF PERFORMANCE SHOWING ACROBATS IN THE WATER
  • Embargoed: 23rd April 2004 13:00
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  • Location: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
  • Country: Colombia
  • Topics: Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVAEXGBXBBSR3GBJIZFZPB8STI6
  • Story Text: Italian dancers defy gravity in a play of water and
    light as "Waterwall" is performed in the IberoAmerican
    theatre festival in Colombia.




    An Italian theatre group delivered this week one of
    the most anticipated performances in Colombia's
    IberoAmerican Theatre Festival, bringing together a play of
    water, lights, choreography and heady rhythms in "Waterwall".

    Twelve dancers from Italy's Materiali Resistenti Dance
    Company suspended by harnesses, elastic cords, swings and
    trapezes climbed, swung and snuck across a large metal
    scaffold under a cascading waterfall.

    Ivan Manzoni, "Waterwall"'s creator, is a young Italian
    choreographer who breaks down the traditional barriers of
    architecture and the language of dance with a dynamic and
    pulsing personal stamp.

    Manzoni said he created "Waterwall" to explore the
    balance between the movement of dancers and machines in the
    hope of giving the audience an "unforgettable vision".

    "Waterwall"'s waterfall is four metres high, ten metres
    wide and uses 16,000 litres of water.

    "The mechanical structure that was created for the
    waterfall is one of the most complicated in the history of
    Italian engineering. We are proud of it and I think that
    it's something worthy of being shown to the world," Manzoni said.

    The IberoAmerican theatre festival, one of the largest
    in the world, runs until Sunday (April 11). More than
    1,200 artists are participating in 540 shows.
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