11/18/2026 - 8:30 PM Uhr
Dance: Mbira
Finalist for the 2019 UBU Award for ‘Best Dance Performance’
choreography and direction by Roberto Castello
music by Marco Zanotti, Zam Moustapha Dembélé
text by Renato Sarti, Roberto Castello
with the invaluable collaboration of Andrea Cosentino
performers: Ilenia Romano, Giselda Ranieri, Erica Bravini (dance, vocals), Marco Zanotti (percussion, limba), Zam Moustapha Dembélé (kora, tamanì, vocals, balafon), Roberto Castello
Produced by ALDES – Teatro della Cooperativa
With the support of MiC – Directorate-General for Live Performance, the Region of Tuscany – Regional Performing Arts System, and the Romaeuropa Festival
Media partner: NIGRIZIA
ALDES supports the critical journalism of Nigrizia magazine, to which the proceeds from the sale of the show’s T-shirts will be donated
Special thanks to Cooperativa Sociale Odissea
duration: 90 minutes
Ironic, provocative and political. For decades, Roberto Castello has been a leading figure in Italian contemporary dance. With *Mbira*, he continues his exploration of social issues and civil struggles, willingly highlighting what is going wrong.
Mbira is a performance for two dancers, two musicians and a director which – through music, dance and spoken word – explores the complex relationship between our culture and African culture. Mbira is the name of a musical instrument from Zimbabwe, but also the name of the traditional music produced on this instrument. Furthermore, ‘Mbira’ is the name of an important traditional festival of the Shona people, Zimbabwe’s main ethnic group, during which people sing and dance. However, ‘Mbira’ is also the title of a musical composition from 1981 around which a controversy arose, one that clearly illustrates the extreme complexity and problematic nature of the cultural and moral entanglement characterising relations between Africa and Europe.
A word around which a surprising wealth of stories, music, dances, festivals and reflections on art and culture are woven, forming the fabric of a performance which, by combining styles and forms, meticulous scores and improvisations, written and oral traditions, contemplation and play, inevitably culminates in a celebration.
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