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Robert Wilson / Mikhail Baryshnikov

  • Letter to a Man
  • direction, set design, lighting concept Robert Wilson with Mikhail Baryshnikov
  • Sala Gran
  • 29/06/17 al 02/07/17

The director Robert Wilson and the legendary dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov join artistic forces to create a piece based on the famous diaries of Vaslav Nijinski, published in 1936, of which Henry Miller said: "It is a communication so naked, so desperate, that it breaks the mold. If he had not gone to the asylum we would have had in Nijinsky a writer equal to the dancer."
Letter to a man is a theatrical work performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov, who enters the fragmented mind of the great dance artist as he descends into madness. As always in Wilson’s works movements, text, lights, set and music are equal parts of an unrepeatable opportunity to enjoy these masters on stage.

Production team

Title:
Letter to a Man
direction, set design, lighting concept
Robert Wilson with Mikhail Baryshnikov
Production
a Change Performing Arts and Baryshnikov Productions project commissioned by Spoleto Festival dei 2Mondi, BAM, Cal Performances University of California Berkeley, Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA in collaboration with Teatros del Canal Madrid, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo/Monaco Dance Forum
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    based on the Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky

    text by
    Christian Dumais-Lvowski 

    dramaturgy 
    Darryl Pinckney

    music
    Hal Willner

    costumes 
    Jacques Reynaud

    collaboration to movements and spoken text 
    Lucinda Childs

    lighting design 
    A.J. Weissbard

    associate set design 
    Annick Lavallée-Benny

    associate director 
    Nicola Panzer

    sound design 
    Nick Sagar / Ella Wahlström

    video design 
    Tomek Jeziorski

    assistant director 
    Fani Sarantari

    stage manager 
    Thaiz Bozano

    stage engineer 
    Mauro Farina

    technical director 
    Reinhard Bichsel

    lighting supervisor 
    Marcello Lumaca

    stage master 
    Michele Iervolino

    followspot 
    Fabio Bozzetta

    assistant costume designer 
    Micol Notarianni

    Robert Wilson’s assistant 
    Owen Laub

    make up 
    Claudia Bastia

    production delegate 
    Simona Fremder

    extra-performer and scene change crew
    Junyi Sun Wang
    Kristina Orlovic
    Valentín Pagliaricci
    Anarosa Ramos


    a Change Performing Arts and Baryshnikov Productions project

    executive producers 
    Elisabetta di Mambro, Franco Laera   

    in association with
    Huong Hoang

    Commissioned by Spoleto Festival dei 2Mondi, BAM, Cal Performances University of California Berkeley, Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA.

    in collaboration with Teatros del Canal Madrid, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo/Monaco Dance Forum and CRT Teatro dell’Arte

    A special thank to 
    The Vaslav and Romola Nijinsky Estate
    Farrah Strauss & Giroux’s “The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky”, Unexpurgated Edition, edited by Joan Acocells
    Giorgio Armani

    "Asylum" and “Flooded Room with Chair” courtesy of James Casebere 

    supertitles
    Glòria Nogué

    With the support of Fundació Banc Sabadell and Fundació Abertis

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