La "Compagnia dei Folli" // Exhibition in Castiglione Olona (VA) // Lumix GX80
English:
The “Compagnia dei Folli” was founded in 1984 by a group of young actors who approached the art of street and image theater with the dream of telling stories and legends through a particular tool: stilts. Inspired by the medieval grallatores, the Folli stage shows in Italy and abroad with stilts, fire and fireworks, transforming the squares and streets into magical and fantastic places.
In the first years of life, the Compagnia dei Folli made itself known for the shows staged during the most important historical re-enactments, but over the years it has managed to make its productions appreciated also in different fields (live broadcasts, events, theater festivals).
The turning point came in 1997 when the Folli decided to enter the world of entertainment professionals and the Company became an entertainment company which employs 4 full-time people and has a staff of 15-20 actors who take turns for the shows.
The experience gained in street theater combined with experiments with mountaineering and speleology techniques lead the Folli to use new scenographic machines, from balloons, to hot air balloons, from steel cables to elastic ropes or to the use of cranes for evolutions of the actors. The productions become increasingly spectacular thanks to the use of fireworks that integrate well with the scenes represented. In recent years he has gained significant experience in the contemporary circus with some actors trained at the most prestigious Italian and foreign circus schools.
Since 2015 the Compagnia dei Folli has been recognized by the Italian Ministry of Culture in the Street Theater section.
Since 1984 there have been about twenty shows produced, some still on tour.
Since 2001 the Company has restored, after 250 years, the famous tradition of the Flight of the Angel from the bell tower of Piazza San Marco in Venice for the beginning of the Carnival celebrations. For 10 years it was the Compagnia dei Folli that took care of the technical realization of the descent on a steel cable for a girl (usually a well-known face from TV or sports).
The Company has collected numerous performances of its shows in Italy and abroad: tours in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium. He has also crossed the European borders with important trips to Algeria (at the Festival Culturel Europèen), in South Africa (at The arts Festival in Grahamstown), in the United Arab Emirates (at the Al Qasba Festival in Dubay), in Russia and in 2011 in Japan as guests of honor at the 20th Daidongei Festival in Shizuoka.
He has participated in many festivals including: International Festival of Theaters from the World of Porto Sant'Elpidio, DteAtRo – Festival Internacional de Alcaniz (Spain), MERCANTIA Street Theater Festival of Certaldo, Sete Sol Sete Lunas in Portimao (Portugal), Arteinparabita with the artistic direction of Michele Placido, La Muralla in Pamplona with the debut of “Tomboilo” new production, Clown & Clown Festival in Monte San Giusto, Veregra Street in Montegranaro and many others.
This video offers in 15 minutes an extract of some of the most beautiful clips taken during the show/performance (which lasted almost 1h) held on the occasion of the annual Palio dei Castelli in Castiglione Olona (VA).
Italian:
La Compagnia dei Folli nasce nel 1984 da un gruppo di giovani attori che si avvicina all’arte del teatro di strada e d’immagine con il sogno di raccontare storie e leggende attraverso uno strumento particolare: i trampoli. Ispirandosi ai grallatores medievali, i Folli mettono in scena spettacoli in Italia e all’estero con trampoli, fuoco e fuochi d’artifico trasformando le piazze e le strade in luoghi magici e fantastici.
Nei primi anni di vita la Compagnia dei Folli si è fatta conoscere per gli spettacoli realizzati durante le rievocazioni storiche più importanti, ma negli anni è riuscita a far apprezzare le proprie produzioni anche in ambiti diversi (dirette rai, eventi, festival di teatro).
La svolta arriva nel 1997 quando i Folli decidono di entrare nel mondo dei professionisti dello spettacolo e la Compagnia diventa un’impresa di spettacolo che dà lavoro a 4 persone a tempo pieno e dispone di un organico di 15-20 attori che si alternano per gli spettacoli.
L’esperienza maturata nel teatro di strada unita alle sperimentazioni con tecniche di alpinismo e speleologia portano i Folli ad utilizzare nuove macchine scenografiche, dai palloni aerostatici, a mongolfiere, dal cavo d’acciaio alla fune elastica o all’uso di gru per le evoluzioni degli attori. Le produzioni diventano sempre più spettacolari grazie anche all’utilizzo di fuochi artificiali che ben si integrano con le scene rappresentate.
Per saperne di più: https://www.compagniadeifolli.it/storia/
Video:
All clips with Panasonic Lumix GX-80 m43 mirror-less camera, equipped with the Canon EF 50mm F1.8 STM lens +VILTROX speed-booster. Editing carried out in DaVinci Resolve 18.5 beta. Video's file-size 5.42GB, bit rate 49Mbps.
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