Divina Commedia 2.0
“Divina Commedia 3.0 creates a unique universe, which is visual in a charming and style way: the costumes, set and light, the stylezed movement language of the performers, carried on with a funny sound plan and the roles of the traveller and the guide, who work as keys for following the story.
The performance makes a curing journey through its visually overwhelming scenes.“
DIVINA COMMEDIA 2.0, the final production of the Divina Commedia International Theatre Project, was created in Portugal in July 2012 in an abandoned marble quarry.
Following the structure of Dante’s Divine Comedy — Hell, Purgatory, Paradise — I directed the performance for a 20-member Finnish–Portuguese–Greek ensemble, transforming the quarry into a stage of the mind.
Divina Commedia 2.0 became a theatrical symphony about encountering the different parts of the self and discovering beauty.
The performance was presented at the Skupi Festival in Macedonia in November 2012, where it received the Best Performance Award.
Script & direction: Miira Sippola
Text dramaturgy support: Maria Kilpi
Performers: Diana Niepce, André Salvador, Fábio Moreira, Susana Nunes (POR); Nantia Papatheodorou (GRE); Ulla Raitio, Tuomas Tulikorpi, Jaakko Kiljunen, Idalotta Backman (FIN); Yuko Takeda (JAP)
Scenography: Aili Ojalo
Lighting design: Anaísa Guerreiro
Sound design: Sergio Martins & Rui Lima
Production: Myllyteatteri / Escrita na Paisagem Festival / Skupi ITI
