Earthbound
I have worked as a dramaturg for Earthbound, a visual theatre production by Marta Cuscunà. Freely inspired by Donna Haraway’s Staying with the trouble, the show is a science fiction story in which a community of creatures inhabits the Earth in a near future doomed by global extinction.
I have supported the writing of the script by developing a body of research embracing eco-feminism, history of science and speculative biology. During the stage of production I then acted as a bridge connecting the theoretical basis of the work and the mise en scene, ensuring coherence between the script and the performance.
by and with: Marta Cuscunà
scenography: Paola Villani
assistant director: Marco Rogante
animatronic design: Paola Villani
animatronic realization: Paola Villani and Marco Rogante
sculpting animatronic creatures: João Rapaz, Janaína Drummond, Mariana Fonseca, Rodrigo Pereira, Catarina Santiago, Francisco Tomàs (Oldskull FX-Lisbon)
dramaturg: Giacomo Raffaelli
sound design: Michele Braga
lighting design: Claudio “Poldo” Parrino
technical director: Massimo Gianaroli
stage manager, chief electrician and sound engineer: Marco Rogante
stagehand: Simone Spangaro / Jurgen Koci
set construction: laboratory of Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione
technical sponsor: igus®
pulleys: marta s.r.l. forniture per l’industria
metal construction: Righi Franco Srl
steel wires and sheaths for bicycle brakes: Franza Giuseppe
special thanks to Giusi Merli who kindly providing her likeness to make Camille 1 and to Guqin Wu for so generously sharing a part of our journey
production: EMILIA ROMAGNA TEATRO FONDAZIONE, CSS TEATRO STABILE DI INNOVAZIONE DEL FVG, ETNORAMA
with the support of: São Luiz Teatro Municipal (Lisbon), Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Lisbona, i-Portunus, A Tarumba – Teatro de Marionetas (Lisbon), the citizens and citizens who joined the #iosonoMecenate project (I MECENATI: Carlo Chiarino, Anonimə, Tania Grimaldi, Anonimə, Multiservice di Gloria Vezzoli, Davide Pocchiesa, Eleonora Belloni, Claudio Regeni, Giovanna Rovedo, Omar Manini, Veronica Viotti, Michele Ferrandino, Isabella Sartogo, Roberto Franco, Anonimə, Gianna Gorza, Serena Stocco, Angela Ascari, Laura Cantarella, Agata Cacciola, Anna Zucchiatti, Alessandro Amato, Franco Parlamento, Anonimə)
in collaboration with: Dialogues – Residency of Performing Arts at Villa Manin 2018/2020
thanks to: Andrea Macaluso, Antonella Ninni, Barbara Boninsegna, Eleonora Odorizzi, Cuscunà/Zucchiatti Family, Villani Family and employees firm Marta, Filippo Raschi, Francesco Gritti, Francesco the Bicycle Man, Il lavoratorio, Jean-François Mathieu, Laura Marinelli, Maria Magalhaes, Sue Ellen, Chiara Venturini, Samuele Nicolettis for Veleria Onesails, Valentina Fogliani.
Image credits: Guido Mencari