Controluce was born in 1994 when Jenaro Meléndrez Chas, biologist and painter, met Cora De Maria and Alberto Jona, musicians, in Turin, Italy. The idea was to join pictorial arts and the...
"Controluce Shadow Theatre" is a mixture of arts, genres and languages. Features performances with music, motion images, painting and literature...
Controluce's workshops are mainly a path into contemporary Shadows Theatre, following the company's 20 years old experience in staging performances inspired from modern and classic music, often opera. All aspects are included, from technique requirements to construction of puppets, but mainly drammaturgy and stage direction are involved.
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From 16th to 20th January 2019 16-17-18 at 20:00h. | Saturday at 19:00h. | Sunday at 17:30h. at Theatre Oriental-Vevey
24th January 2019 at 20:00h at Théâtre du Passage, Neuchâtel
2nd October 2018, 21:00h.
Casa del Teatro, Turin, inauguration INCANTI 2018
Dido and Aeneas
opera by Henry Purcell
Controluce Teatro d'Ombre
Dido&Aeneas
Rocca di Staggia Senese
15th June 2018, 21:45h.
dance: Gabriel Beddoes, Paola Bianchi
shadows: Elena Campanella, Alberto Jona, Jenaro Meléndrez Chas
technical: Sara Brigatti
