Sep 03 2006 - 16:00

Palazzo della Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto

Techniques of the word and techniques of the body

Edoardo Sanguineti

Moderated by Paolo Manfrini, artistic director of Oriente Occidente

Edoardo Sanguineti, in light of his recent collaboration with Monica Casadei on the creation of Poetaz!, explores the boundary between word and body, between poetry and dance, revealing their deep affinities and unexpected convergences.

For instance, when observing the flow of words and movements from a musical perspective, it becomes evident that both share a quest for rhythm, a universal principle that dictates the rules of poetic syntax as well as gestural syntax.

When the perspective shifts from rhythm to time, poetry and dance appear united primarily by their ability to tell a story.

The story of a people, conveyed through language, and the story of an individual, with the body accumulating marks through the passage of hours and days.

Edoardo Sanguineti, a poet, narrator, theorist, and critic, was born in Genoa in 1930 and is a leading figure of the avant-garde "Gruppo 63." Among his poetry books are Laborintus (1956), Triperuno (1964), WirrWarr (1972), Postkarten (1978), and Stracciafoglio (1980). He also edited the anthology Poesia del Novecento (Einaudi, 1969). He translated Petronius's Satyricon, as well as works by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Seneca, Molière, and Brecht.

In his theatrical texts, such as Teatro (1969), Storie Naturali (1972), Faust. Un travestimento (1985), and Dialogo (1991), he employs a playful system of dismantling traditional narrative forms and aims to recover "low" language. He also wrote for Luciano Berio's music, provided subjects for ballets, and created a version of Orlando Furioso directed by Luca Ronconi.

In the year of Verdi's centenary celebrations, Sanguineti published a booklet titled Verdi in Technicolor. His recent publication, Ritratto del Novecento, traces the identity of the twentieth century through 100 authors.