SUNDAY 6 APRIL 2025
4.30 PM

Compagnia Sosta Palmizi
Exercises of Fantasy

Theatre of actors
recommended age: 5 +

from an idea by Giorgio Rossi
created by Elisa Canessa, Federico Dimitri, Francesco Manenti, Giorgio Rossi
performers Elisa Canessa, Federico Dimitri and Francesco Manenti
set designs Francesco Givone, Francesco Manenti, Francesca Lombardi
costumes Beatrice Giannini, Francesca Lombardi
illustrations Francesco Manenti
lighting design Elena Tedde
technical execution Massimiliano Ferrari
production Associazione Sosta Palmizi
with the contribution of  MiBACT and Regione Toscana
with the support of Armunia (Rosignano, Livorno), Wintergarten – Atelier di Teatro Permanente (Livorno), Comune di Castiglion Fiorentino (Arezzo)
Thanks to Spazio Nunc, Elena Giacomin
Jury and Audience Award, Vimercate Ragazzi Festival 2021
Special Mention, Teatro per Ragazzi “Emanuele Luzzati” Comune di Santa Margherita Ligure 2023

A grey house. Three grey characters. Bored, dull and befogged by the technological medium, they move like prisoners of a predetermined mechanism, their gaze always turned towards the screens. But here comes an unexpected element! A butterfly will shift their gaze elsewhere and the house will become the scene of new adventures and transformation. A crescendo of emotions and ups and downs in which the three protagonists will finally rediscover the power of fantasy, in a continuous game to free their bodies and minds.

Using the language of dance and movement, Esercizi di fantastica recounts the power of the imagination that transforms things and people into something always unexpected and extraordinary. The authors were inspired by the idea of “Fantastica” (fantasy) by the writer Gianni Rodari, whose 100^th anniversary was celebrated in 2020. Close to the surrealism of the 50s and inspired by the work of Alfred Jarry and his pataphysics (the science of imaginary solutions), Rodari, in fact, affirmed the existence of a Fantasy in total opposition to Logic.