Maja Delak, Mauricio Ferlin, Mala Kline: Rondinella

ABOUT PERFORMANCE

Emerging from the evocative exodus song Rondinella (written by Dario Marušić) spins the tales of love and loss, mystery and mysticism, comedy and commonplace, gently -- and with constrained nostalgia -- triggering memories and offering a glance at the past and the dear spaces and people we feel close to.

Rondinella, a lyrical and eloquent site-specific work, created for five dancers with live musician and video projection, was originally created and performed in the village square of Svetvinčenat / San Vincenti (near Pula) in Istria, Croatia with a 16th century castle and church as its backdrop, revealing the beauty and power of renaissance spaces on everyday imagination and longing.

CREDITS

Concept: Maja Delak, Mauricio Ferlin, Mala Kline
Choreography: Maja Delak, Mala Kline
Created and performed by: Maja Delak, Armando Schiffini/Matija Ferlin, Barbara Kanc, Mala Kline / Matej Kejžar, Jurij Konjar, Dario Marušić
Music: Dario Marušić
Lighting Design: Jaka Šimenc, Urška Vohar
Film direction/editing & installation: Mauricio Ferlin

SUPPORT

Produced by: EN-KNAP
Post-production: Emanat
Executive producer: Marija Skodlar
Production support: Jana Wilcoxen
Co-produced by: Istra Etno Jazz Festival
With the support: City of Ljubljana, Slovenian Ministry of Culture

REVIEWS

(At the) crossroads of Italian troubadour tradition and high-calibre contemporary dance.
Primož Jesenko, Delo, 31.08.2004

Rondinella is a gentle, well-accomplished performance. Although it is short, it does not appear as a collection of ideas, but turns out to be well-conceived, precise, totally complete: bittersweet flash, as it comes up at small thoughts about almost forgotten things.
Gregor Butala, Dnevnik, 31.08.2004