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The Florence Dance Company
presents
Not-Two Is Peace 2013
A Multimedia Dance Event
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A multimedia explosion of dance, music,
art, light . . . and Peace
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Official poster for Not-Two Is
Peace 2013
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Not-Two Is
PeaceTM and
Florence Dance Company
featured at
the Pergola Theater in Florence, Italy
Opening Gala Performance:
Teatro della Pergola
Friday March 15
at 21:00
(Includes After Show Cocktail Reception and Backstage DJ Set)
Second Performance:
Teatro della Pergola
Sunday March 17
at 16:00
Don't miss these spectacular performances in
Florence,
one of Europe's most important cultural centers
World class artists of dance, music, and visual
art come together for
an international event and message of peace
Featuring the art of Adi Da Samraj,
author of the book, Not-Two
Is Peace
Music composed by Andrea Portera
Performed live by the Ensemble Nuovo Contrappunto
and
Directed by Mario Ancillotti
With special guest composer Naamleela
Free Jones on piano
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Where artistic expression and a message for peace become
one.
Not-Two Is Peace is a multimedia explosion
of dance, music, video, art, and Peace. Inspired by the
literary work of the artist and philosopher Adi Da Samraj,
the work is a co-production of the Florence
Dance Company and the Ensemble
Nuovo Contrappunto for 20 dancers and 15 musicians all
performing live on stage.
The production is inspired by Adi Da's book, Not-Two
Is Peace. In this book, Adi Da Samraj presents an
approach to world peace that is based on the presumption
of prior unity, and that advocates a disposition of non-separation,
enabling the collective transcendence of global conflicts.
Making its debut
in 2011 to critical
acclaim, and then establishing the production in 2012,
the Not-Two Is Peace Ballet Theatre Event
expands to a new level in 2013 with more dance (three new
sets of dancers), more music (a live, 12-piece orchestra and a three-piece
choir), and more art.
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Celebrate peace with us in one of the most beautiful theaters in the world!
An explosion of feelings in dance, music, art, lighting, and video. An ode to peace and a global appeal of hope.
Inspired by the literary work of Adi Da Samraj, philosopher and creator of multimedia image-art now exhibited in
many galleries of the West, an ecstatic group of musicians, choreographers, composers, creators of light and emotions,
sculptors, dancers and costume designers gave birth to this event, for which the word "performance" is perhaps insufficient.
It is, rather, a choral celebration of Peace and, above all, prior human unity — the two are inseparable,
and are expressed in harmonious and deep theatrical form in Not-Two Is Peace.
This performance is also an opportunity to support the creation of The PG13 Dance Fund, which will help bring young people
to the theater. A part of the proceeds will go to this fund. We will also be giving some elementary and middle schools
the opportunity to bring young students to the theater to watch the matinee dedicated to the art of music and dance.
We count on your membership. Support the art, dance, young people, and the live show! Come to the theater with your friends!
Help us build PG13 Dance Fund! And become a supporter of this Gala for Peace.
And then... an evening of art, but also a celebration! After the March 15th show, enjoy the mysteries of "behind the scenes" in
the backstage, for a toast accompanied by musical entertainment and fun for all guests with our DJ.
See you at the theater!
The
Team
Keith Ferrone (director): Right from the start Adi Da's concepts of
Prior Unity of mankind as the root source for world
peace and solution for the present suffered state of
human existence set the stage for the ballet, along
with his incisive Image-Art
of larger than life proportions which filled the stage
with color, light and hope. Successively, we incorporated
compositions for piano by Naamleela Free Jones which
reveal a poetic sense of time and wonderment through
her warm and friendly performing that inspired the dance
as an optimistic wish for the next generation; magical
lighting design by Jean Paul Carradori; perfectly essential
costumes by Marga Nativo; and Ruy Carpenter's refined
and animated video processing of Adi Da's Image Art.
Pictures and Videos from the 2013 Performances
| full page linkIf video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above). | length: 09:29 views: 4296 The Florence Dance Company prepares and performs at the Pergola Theatre, Florence, in the March 2013 performances of Not-Two Is Peace. Accompanied by interviews with some of the dancers and members of the public responding to the performance.
Camera: Tanja Fleischmann, Lotte Braithwaite, Matt Braithwaite, Jasper van Laar Editor: Jasper van Laar
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| full page linkIf video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above). | length: 02:36 event date: March 15, 2013 ief video clip presents some highlights from Part 1 of the three-part ballet, Not-Two Is Peace, from the March 15, 2013 performance in Florence, Italy. The complete ballet is 1 hour and 20 minutes in length. It was choreographed by Keith Ferrone. The art of Adi Da Samraj is displayed in monumental projections of beautiful geometries, color, and light, at times animated along with the dance. The searing, original music score by Andrea Portera is lifted to new heights with the addition of a female vocal ensemble, Trio Canora.
In this video clip, Benedetta, Egle, Angelo, and Ylenia of the Florence Dance Company grace the stage of Italy's palatial theater setting, Teatro della Pergola. Part 1 of the ballet is performed by 1 male dancer and 3 female dancers — at times reminiscent of Balanchine's 1928 Apollo. |
Opening Night (March 15, 2013):
The audience taking their seats before the performance
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013 (© Richard
Osbourne)
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013 (© ASA
2013)
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013 (© ASA
2013)
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013 (© ASA
2013)
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013 (© ASA
2013)
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013 (© ASA
2013)
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013 (© ASA
2013)
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013 (© ASA
2013)
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013 (© ASA
2013)
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013 (© ASA
2013)
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013 (© ASA
2013)
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013 (© ASA
2013)
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013 (© ASA
2013)
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013 (© ASA
2013)
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013 (© ASA
2013)
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From the performances: March 15
and March 17, 2013 (© ASA
2013)
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Closing Scene with all dancers and
musicians on stage (© ASA
2013)
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Composer and pianist Naamleela Free
Jones taking a bow (© ASA
2013)
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Preparation and Rehearsal Pictures
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The Teatro Della Pergola is an incredible
theater with an incredible history.
It was primarily a court theatre used by the Grand Dukes of Tuscany.
It was only after 1718 that it was opened to the public. In this theatre,
the great operas of Mozart were heard for the first time in Italy,
and Donizetti’s Parisina and Rosmonda d'Inghilterra, Verdi’s Macbeth (1847),
and Mascagni’s I Rantzau were given their premiere productions.
By the nineteenth century, La Pergola was performing operas of the
best-known composers of the day including Bellini and Donizetti.
| full page linkIf video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above). | length: 03:52 event date: March 15, 2013 views: 4312 A few scenes from the preparation at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence on March 14, 2013. Some views of the famous old theatre itself. The use of back projection for the video produces very crisp images of Adi Da's art, without the projection being interrrupted by the dancers (who would stand between the projector and the lower part of the screen in a traditional forward projection system). br>Videographer: Matt Braithwaite |
Teatro della Pergola
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Teatro della Pergola was built in
1650 by the Medici family for the wedding of one of their
family
members. It was the family's private theater until the
mid 1700's.
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The Director of the Pergola, Marco
Giorgetti, leads the Florence Dance Company and members
of
Da
Plastique (representing the art
of Adi Da) into the theater.
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The backstage is huge. The theater
includes important functionality
that makes presenting a large multi-media production,
including an
orchestra, a choir, piano, dance, and fine art projections
of the art of
Adi Da an amazing possibility.
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Da Plastique co-Director Stanley
Hastings and Theater Director, Marco Giorgetti, study
examples of
the Art of Adi Da.
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An early planning meeting on January
31, 2013, with Da Plastique co-Director Stanley
Hastings,
sponsor Furio Fabio, and Florence
Dance Company Directors, Marga Nativo and Keith
Ferrone.
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| full page linkIf video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above). | length: 02:31 event date: 2013 The Florence Dance Company rehearses at the Florence Dance Center, in preparation for their March 2013 performances of Not-Two Is Peace.
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Rehearsal
in the studio of the Florence Dance Company
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Rehearsal
in the studio of the Florence Dance Company
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Rehearsal
in the studio of the Florence Dance Company
Rehearsal
in the studio of the Florence Dance Company
Rehearsal
in the studio of the Florence Dance Company
Rehearsal
in the studio of the Florence Dance Company
Rehearsal
in the studio of the Florence Dance Company
Rehearsal
in the studio of the Florence Dance Company
Rehearsal
in the studio of the Florence Dance Company
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Back page of the main Florence newspaper
on March 12, 2013
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Marga Nativo and Keith Ferrone speaking
with a TV crew
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Naamleela Free Jones speaking at a
press conference
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Ruchiradama Nadikanta, Naamleela Free
Jones, and Ruy Carpenter
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Dress Rehearsal: From the Opening
Sequence, Part 1 (© Richard
Osbourne)
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Dress Rehearsal: From Part 1
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Osbourne)
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Dress Rehearsal: From Part 1
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Osbourne)
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Dress Rehearsal: From Part 2 (© Richard
Osbourne)
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Dress Rehearsal: From Part 3
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Osbourne)
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Dress Rehearsal (© Richard
Osbourne)
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Dress Rehearsal (© Richard
Osbourne)
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Dress Rehearsal (© Richard
Osbourne)
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Dress Rehearsal (© Richard
Osbourne)
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Dress Rehearsal (© Naamleela
Free Jones)
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Dress Rehearsal (© Richard
Osbourne)
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Dress Rehearsal (© Richard
Osbourne)
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Videos from Past Performances
| full page linkIf video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above). | length: 02:42 event date: 2012 Trailer for the forthcoming feature-length film of Not-Two Is Peace Ballet by the Florence Dance Company featuring the work of choreographer Keith Ferrone and artistic director Marga Nativo, and featuring the art of Adi Da Samraj. The film is directed by award-winning director Terence Gross.
This trailer features new music composed by Andrea Portera and Naamleela Free Jones. While this ballet is a work in progress with plans for it to become a full length ballet in 2013, the 1 hour ballet-theater event already exudes incredible beauty and fullness even at this stage of development.
More about the forthcoming film here. |
| full page linkIf video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above). | length: 04:05 event date: July 22, 2012 On July 22 and 23, 2012, in a spectacular, multi-media event at Florence’s Bargello Museum — one of the city’s most prized historic buildings—the grace and talent of dancers and musicians will combine with the Image-Art of Adi Da.
Not-Two Is Peace is an adaptation by the Florence Dance Company of Adi Da's masterpiece, the book, Not-Two Is Peace. Not-Two Is Peace is part of an ongoing collaboration between The Florence Dance Company and the Art of Adi Da, that began in July of 2008 in a Piazza in Florence, Italy. Since then 3 major ballets that have been performed in Italy in the course of over 50 public shows. This now continues in 2012.
For more about the Not-Two Is Peace Dance Event, click here.
This video was narrated by Richard Quinn, Sophia Hoadley, and Keith Ferrone.
Music composed by Naamleela Free Jones. |
AUDIO |
| In The Time Of Light (Naamleela Free Jones, 2012)
part 7 of Music from the Ballet, Not-Two Is Peace length: 01:29 listens: 8715 Excerpts from Naamleela Free Jones's CD, In The Time Of Light. A musical celebration of light and peace, just in time for the Season of Light-In-Everybody! On July 22 and 23, 2012, the Florence Dance Company presented a multimedia spectacle entitled Not-Two Is Peace. The performance at the Bargello Museum in Florence, Italy brought together image-art by Adi Da Samraj, original ballet by the Florence Dance Company, and live music — a dynamic exploration of the principles of world peace and prior unity as described in Adi Da's book, Not-Two Is Peace.
Part Two of the performance featured music for solo piano, composed and performed by Naamleela Free Jones, and presented here in this commemorative recording. The CD also features photographs from the performance as well as the city of Florence.
To view more parts in this series, click here. |
Pictures
from Past Performances
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Not-Two Is Peace Press Conference, June 20, 2012
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Rehearsing in the Bargello Museum courtyard
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Rehearsal
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Rehearsal (© Richard Osbourne)
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Rehearsal
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Feature story in La Nazione, July 22, 2012
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Talking about the performance
Performance: July 23, 2012
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Performance: July 23, 2012
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Performance: July 23, 2012
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Performance: July 23, 2012
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Performance: July 23, 2012
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Performance: July 23, 2012
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Performance: July 23, 2012
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Performance: July 23, 2012
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Performance: July 23, 2012
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Performance: July 23, 2012
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Performance: July 23, 2012
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Performance: July 23, 2012
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