Bhagavadgītā
भगवद्गीता
Il Canto del Divino
artistic direction Luigi Dadina, Lanfranco Vicari
assistant director and artistic collaboration Spazio A Teatro
dramaturgy Tahar Lamri
direction Luigi Dadina
organisational coordination Thomas Cangini Bertoli, Albino Nocera, Martina Strada, Francesca Zinzani
organisational support Hiba Alif, Rachele Benzoni, Carolina Bianchi, Elisabetta Carlini, Heike Coletta, Cinzia Di Genua, Gabriele Fusconi Daniele Lorenzo Gargiulo, Chiara Gaudenzi, Sofia Ghezel, Maria Patrizia Monti, Francesco Parma, Emma Petriccione, Elena Sagripanti, Federica Savorelli, Omar Rashid, Walter Tocco
set design Nicola Montalbini
costume design Federica Francesca Vicari
graphic concept Massimiliano Benini
graphic layout Silvia Montanari
compositions and arrangements Francesco Giampaoli
songwriting Lanfranco Vicari
musical coordination Francesco Giampaoli, Enrico Bocchini
cantanti Jessica Doccioli, Lanfranco Vicari
on stage Camilla Berardi, Marco Saccomandi and the Coro e l’Orchestra del Grande Teatro di Lido Adriano
cura degli spazi scenici Massimiliano Benini
responsabili tecnici Matteo Rossi, Guido Tronco
fotografie Nicola Baldazzi
riprese video Antropotopia
ufficio stampa Iacopo Gardelli
in collaboration with Albe / Ravenna Teatro, Cooperativa Sociale Teranga
with the contribution of Comune di Ravenna, MIC – Ministero della Cultura
coproduction CISIM|LODC and Ravenna Festival
in collaboration with Teatro Alighieri
The Bhagavad Gita is a sacred text that forms part of the epic poem Mahabharata. It consists of a 700-verses dialogue between prince Arjuna and his spiritual guide, the god Krishna. The context is dramatic: the dialogue takes place on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, at the onset of a devastating war between two rival factions, the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The Gita deals with serious topics such as duty, action, morality, spirituality and liberation. The war that is about to break out is a universal conflict between dharma (duty) and adharma (injustice). Arjuna is overwhelmed by doubts and emotions, and in this moment of crisis Krishna offers him his teachings about life, death and the meaning of existence.
