“Pass/ages” is the first of three stages of the project “Rites of passage”, developed in three years and dedicated to think about the age from a feminine point od view.
Ancient rites of passage, in human history, are representing moments of intense relationship between human beings, society and nature. Our contemporary life is poor of such rituals, but instead is full of ageism (is stereotyping and discriminating against individuals or groups on the basis of their age).
“Pass/ages” is a reflection, through the language of performance, about the fragility and strength of today’s women, trapped between society’s ageism (even if apparently ‘politically correct’) and their inner wisdom.
“Pass/ages” is a performance dedicated not only to “aged” people, but also, and especially, to young men/women, so often manipulated and used by the consumistic style of life, instigated by a generational gap not needed, which becomes an useless istigation to hate differences between generations.
Is there human dignity with expiring date? Scheduled invisibility? Constant manipulation of the identity with utilitarian and commercial aims? Common sense and civilisation would say no.
Nowadays there is still a large part of women, victim of double discrimination: the sexist-one and the ageist-one. Especially in Italy, where, because of outdated traditions, the conquest of moral and civil sense (which on the contrary should be something normal), finds serious difficulties in becoming part of the collective conscience. Women in Italy, after a certain age, seem to expire and become invisible: for the media, for the job, for the love. They often become the object of aged humiliation and disparaging attitudes.
CREATIVE TEAM
Writer and Director: Elena R. Marino
With: Silvia Furlan
visual-sound design, video: Elena R. Marino
Video, Lighting and Sound Design: LiveArt
English translation: by Monica Furlan
Featuring the music of:
Partners: Fondazione Caritro, Provincia Autonoma di Trento (Servizio Cultura), Centrale Fies (Dro)
Dauer (Minuten)
55
Was wird benötigt
TECHNICAL DATA
performance title: "PASS/AGES "
company: Teatrincorso
Show duration: 55 minutes
Technical contact: Elena R. Marino, mob.+39.346.6049354, e-mail: direzione@teatrincorso.it
Special requires:
• we need to hang our special backcloth (we will be projecting over it from a distance of 5 meters) at
3,5 meters from the floor, at 5 meters from the proscenium and at 1,5meters (or better 2 meters)
from the theater backdrop or bottom;
• we need a pipe o batten 6 meters long for hanging (in width on the stage) our backcloth.
• We need 220V electrical power for our projector, or the availability on site of a projector with 5000
ansi lumen and very wide angle lens.
• We need to place our 50 meters VGA cable from the projector up to control room;
• We need to place a DMX512 cable (for shutter control on the projector) from the dimmers to the
projector and with another one from the proiector to controll room.
• We need to place the projector (wide angle lens, 5000 ansi lumen) on the ground centrally in
proscenium, at 5 meters from our backcloth.
Stage area:
• minimum width: 6 meters; depth: 7 meters; minimum hight: 3,5 meters;
• black box or black backdrop;
• clean stage, better if with clean dance mat;
• possibility to darken in order to project over
• dressing room for the actress
Lights:
• 24 channels DMX512
• two DMX512 cables: from dimmer to our shutter and another one from shutter to control room (to
light consolle, five-pole female);
• front, center and backlight pipes or batten with adequate cabling;
• 26 PC 1000 kW (or 500kW, if the theatrical place is a small one), completed with filter frames,
framing shutters (or other devices to shape the beam), yokes, pipe-clamps and safety chains;
• 1 Profile Spot (Ellipsoidal reflector spotlight);
• electric cables as needed
• Lighting console 48 channels, with play back stored sequences (with memory board).
If it is needed, we can take with us our ADB Domino 48.
(if you have color changing (RGB) LED stage lights we can use them instead of so many PC!)
Audio:
• speaker audio system adequate to the space and suitable for music/voice
• audio mixer with at least 8 channels (inputs: 6 jack 6.3 mm for audio sources and 2 balanced XLR
Cannon for wireless microphones)
• 2 radio microphones on boom (by the company)
• 2 CD players
We need on site:
• a technician for lights and audio settings
• an appropriate scale for pointing lights
• lighting and sound wires on site
• access near the stage in order to deliver set design
Assembly and disassembly:
• 6 hours for hanging and positioning lights and scenic design + 2 hours for rehearsal and setting
memory on lighting control consolle;
• expected duration disassembly: 1 hours
