In 1996 Amy Luckenbach created Teatro Minimo, a
Florence based puppet theatre, whose work is a collaboration between the world of puppetry and that of music. In July of the same year the 52nd edition of the Settimana Musicale Senese saw the debut of this theatrical
company with A-ronne, the result of a collaboration between Luciano Berio and Amy Luckenbach. A-Ronne subsequently appeared at the Venice International Festival of Contemporary Poetry, the Semoneta Festival, the
Milano-Musica Festival (for La Scala), and the Festival Présences in Paris. The group's second production, Novissimum Testamentum: un ritratto di Edoardo Sanguineti based on Sanguinetti's poetic self-portrait in verse,
premiered at the Piccolo Regio of Turin for "Settembre Musica", and subsequently has been performed in conjunction with A-Ronne at Centro Tempo Reale (Florence), the Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Rome) for the
Association Amici di Santa Cecilia, the Festival of New Music of Macerata, and the Festival Internazionale Musica y Escena di citta del Messico. In 1999 the groups' production of Paisiello's "Serva Padrona"
was presented by Teatro Comunale of Florence at Teatro Goldoni. Their productions for children include Histoire de Babar, La Boîte a Joujoux , and Il Fannullone e il Pesce Magico. The Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori of
Florence, "Artigianato e palazzo" in Florence, and Santa Cecilia's program of theatre for children have all played host to Teatro Minimo. In May of 2001 Fantasy Sketches, a collaboration of Amy Luckenbach and
Maurice Sendak with music by Wolfgang Mozart had its world premiere at Santa Cecilia in Rome. In June this production will move to New Haven, CT to participate in the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. Future
productions are currently being developed and include collaborations with Luciano Berio, Phillip Glass, Betty Olivero, and Maurice Sendak. |
