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Paradiso: Man’s Enduring Search for Perfection
Take passage through the heavenly cosmos and find answers to the obstacles of vanity, ambition and desire.
“I have been to Paradise and this is what I saw…”
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Paradiso: Man’s Enduring Search for Perfection brings together an international creative team and a diverse cast to produce a sensual, earthly choreography. Inspired by the final part of Dante’s Divine Comedy, this 40-minute dance production shares common human struggles performed in an energetic celebration of dance.
This interpretation of the third part of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy is produced by Akademi, with direction and choreography by Jose Agudo, it features an original score by Bernhard Schimpelsberger.
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“Turn your gaze heavenward and leave this restless world behind.”
Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy
Creative Team
Direction and choreography: Jose Agudo
Original score: Bernhard Schimpelsberger
Consultant Dramaturg: Lou Cope
Costume: Martina Trottmann
Producer: Nina Head
Original direction by Hilary Westlake.
Cast
Archita Kumar, Carmine De Amicis, Edward Arnold, Ellen Yilma, Francesco Migliaccio, Kamala Devam
Supported by
Circulate Consortium, Wac Arts, The British Library, Watermans Art Centre and The Nehru Centre.
Media Credits
Images: Simon Richardson
Trailer: James Williams