"Canta oltre l'umiliazione ed oltre il buio
un orizzonte ancora ricco di sogni
un sole ancora pronto nell'agguato.
Canta, sì, che la speranza
è sempre là, strada ferma e radiosa,
anche se attorno a noi
si infittisce la rabbia della notte."
(F. Tuqan)

The performance, created by Serena Gatti , with the patronage of Pisa Province and of CentroNordSud in 2006, starts from a journey in Palestine and develops throughout an intense research of litterature, testimonies, contacts with volunteers, humanitarian associations and from artistic and human experiences.
The mise-en-scéne narrates with extreme semplicity some life experiences. It searches for a difficult balance between the brutality, the harshness and the delicacy of the issue. It evokes the conditions of a reality wich is extra-ordinary from our perspective; it creates and emotional memory that is far from the political debates and focusses where media do not reach.

Freely inspired by Suad Amiry Works
Created and acted by Serena Gatti
Light design Cristina Fresia
Assistano director Francesca Gatti
production Provincia di Pisa; Centro Nord-Sud, Azul Teatro

Where & When
MATER FESTIVAL
Montepulciano, ilCAntinonearte Teatri - 14th of march 2009, at 9.15 pm

Serena Gatti born in Pisa in 1977, she has graduated in Literature at Pisa University with a dissertation on J.Genet LesParavents and Ma in Theatre Studies at the University of Bologna with a research on the relation between voice and movement.
Director and performer, she traines with international masters: Rena Mirecka, Gey Pin Ang, Danio Manfredini for theatre, Simona Bucci, Charlotte Zerbey for dance.
In 2005 she founds Azul Teatro, wins the fundings Movin'Up Gai for the performance "By the Way" directed by Ang Gey Pin, performance that premièred in Singapore, 2006. In the same year she participates to the Magdalena Project side by side with Ang Gey Pin. With the support of Pisa Province she has created "Palestine Street" and "Maldoriente", two performances on Palestine with the collaboration of the singer-songwriter D.Giromini.
Other realisations for the scene:"Umori Erranti" with the photographs made by the anthropologist R.Pagliei and the poems of W. Symborska; "Awake" dance performance on Keith Jarret's musical universe; "Rosa Marina" theatre interpretation of a traditional italian fairytale; a physical theatre solo freely inspired by Jean Genet essay "Le Funambule".
She is currently performing for the "Amlet" directed by Roberto Bacci,collaborating as assistant director with the Fondazione Sipario Toscana; she holds theatre workshops in cultural centres, companies, schools and theatres, and professional refresher courses for teachers organised by Cred.
In 2008 Serena Gatti has been invited by Sao Paulo do Brasil Teatro Vocacional to direct a seminar for the project coordinators.