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"China represents an incredible resource for European artists, especially those who are able to share experiences and practices…For TPO, the main task with Panda’s Home is to fill the gap between the young audience, the contemporary world and Chinese traditions."- Chen Nan, China Daily.

 

 

Compagnia Tpo's Panda's Home is perfect for audiences of all ages with charm that will strike the hearts of adults, and magic that will engage the attention of children.

Internationally-recognized Compagnia TPO’s interactive theater comes to Charleston, WV from Italy. The company delighted FestivALL audiences in 2009 and 2014 with a style that combines pantomime, storytelling, dance-inspired movement, lights, and interactive technology, engaging audiences, in a performance you won’t forget.

 

We will understand how, for the Chinese thought, all the elements of nature are in relation to each other in a circular. This is 'the theory of the five elements (WU XING), one of the fundamental concepts of Eastern philosophy. According to this theory each element transforms and generates the following ones: wood-fire-earth-metal-water.

 

The "five elements" outline a virtual path in which the audience is really involved thanks to the interactive set that allows images and sounds to react simultaneously with the actions of the spectators, providing a suggestive opportunity of playing that will make the theatrical experience unique.

 

 

China SPAF - Shanghai Performance Arts Festival | "Going to the world" Award | "Panda's Home" | Shanghai (CHINA) | 2017

 

Feten 2019 | Premio al mejor espectáculo de danza a "La casa del panda" | Gijon (ES) | 2019

 

 

Visual, emotional, tactile, immersive... In TPO creation coincides with an interactive scenery. Using digital design all sets become “sensitive environments” continuous crossfades between art and play can be experienced. Dancers, performers and the audience share the stage and find a common ground of enjoyment beyond cultural and language barriers. Each artwork is designed to dialogue with players in motion, individual dancers or children. Images and sounds interface with the moving bodies on stage, transforming live gestures and virtual landscapes into a charming interactive art environment.

 

 

In TPO productions the role of performers achieves a special valence; thanks to the interactive effects the dancers on stage use their bodies in movement to “paint” and “play music” but, above all, they invite the audience children to explore the space with an approach to theatre that emphasises the use of the body and the gaze.

 

The TPO Company’s work is directed by a versatile and tight-knit team composed of Davide Venturini, Francesco Gandi, (artistic direction), Elsa Mersi (visual design), Spartaco Cortesi (sound design), Rossano Monti and Martin von Günten (engineering). On stage a team of dancers with international experience develops a constant aesthetic and expressive exploration in order to put the children in touch with contemporary dance.