Dell’Arte Company presents Lume Teatro

SOPRO

Co-created and performed by Carlos Simioni of Lume Teatro (Brazil); directed by Tadashi Endo

November 9-11, 2007

Friday and Saturday at 8 PM; Sunday at 2:30 PM

Magic Theatre (Marina and Buchanan Streets, Fort Mason Center, Building D, 3^rd Floor, SF)

TICKETS: $15 general Friday and Saturday; $10 general Sunday matinee; child/student/senior discounts available to all shows

BOX OFFICE: (415) 441-8822 and www.magictheatre.org

INFO: http://www.dellarte.com

The Dell’Arte Company, the internationally recognized physical theatre ensemble based out of Humboldt County, is delighted to present SOPRO, a transcendent solo performed by Carlos Simioni of the acclaimed Brazilian company, Lume Teatro.

Lume Teatro is internationally renowned for their staggering range of diverse works derived from their exploration of rigorous physical disciplines.

Carlos Simioni’s performance in SOPRO is a solo work that takes the audience through an amalgam of time, images, and sounds by way of slow movements, sans words. Created by Carlos Simioni, Tadashi Endo, and Denise Garcia; and directed by butoh artist Tadashi Endo, SOPRO is an inspired interpretation of the Portuguese word ‘breath.’ The cycles of life are reflected in minimal gestures that recall the falling of a seed, a trunk in the wind, the whirl of leaves in a torrent of water, the resistance of a small being against giant raindrops. Simioni provokes the sensation of time made visible. These performances of SOPRO were made possible by a TCG Future Leaders: International Fellowships objective of the New Generations Program.