Sections on this page:

• Basic Information
• About Quattro Maggiore (by Keith Ferrone)
• Pictures from the 2014 Performance at the Bargello Museum
• Pictures from the 2014 Performance at the Four Seasons Hotel
• Pictures from the 2014 Performance at the Ponte Vecchio
• Pictures from Quattro Maggiore 2013
• Video Clips from Past Performances of Quattro Maggiore

Basic Information

dates: Sunday, July 20, 2014 at 9:30 pm, and Monday, July 21, 2014, at 9:30 pm

place: Museo Nazionale del Bargello (courtyard of the Bargello Museum)
Via del Proconsolo, 4
Florence, Italy

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Company: Florence Dance Company
Artistic Director: Keith Ferrone and Marga Nativo
Choreography: Keith Ferrone
Music: Antonio Vivaldi
Music Conductor: Giuseppe Lanzetta
Costumes: Indigo Millar, Dagmar Lise Pedersen
Lighting Design: Lucilla Baroni
Sound Collage: Tom Stiles

Dancers:
Vanessa Bambi, Silvia Bertoluzza Elisa Capecchi, Serena Ferrone, Rachael Stewart, Egle Pranzini, Daniele Del Bandecca, Tsubasa Tagoku

Art: Images from Geome One: Alberti's Window, by Adi Da Samraj

Click here for pictures from these performances at the Bargello Museum.

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Quattro Maggiore 2014: A Multimedia Dance Event length: 05:49 event date: July 20, 2014 views: 5916 On July 21 and 22, 2014, The Florence Dance Company performed the multimedia dance event, Quattro Maggiore ("Four Seasons") — set to the music of Vivaldi (his most well-known work, "Quattro Maggiore", performed live) and the art of Adi Da Samraj. The venue was the courtyard of the historic Bargello Museum in Florence. This video clip provides an introduction to the place (Florence), the dancers, the musicians, the art (images from Adi Da's Geome One: Alberti's Window, in four different colorings for the four seasons), and the costumes (which were color-coordinated with the art). Also in this clip: Italian art critic, Giuliano Serafini (author of Matisse e il Mediterraneo and Goya, praises the combination of music, dance, and art: "It's the best!". Serafini, Keith Ferrone (director of the Florence Dance Company), and Ruchiradama Nadikanta all note the technological advance represented by the LED lighting in the back panels, that brought out the color in Adi Da's art to a far greater degree than in previous performances (assisted by new fabrications of Adi Da's art), and enlivened the dancers' performance. Ruchiradama Nadikanta: "Absolutely exquisite! . . . It was one symphony — of dance, and art, and music. . . Adi Da was immensely present, infusing every note and every step, as well as shining through His extraordinary Art. . . You feel [the dancers] really dancing to the Art." Videographer: Matt Braithwaite

Special Performance: The Four Seasons at The Four Seasons. There will be a special "VIP event" at 7:30pm on July 22, 2014, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Florence. Opening reception at poolside (with appertif, music, and dancing). At 9:00pm, the Florence Dance Company will perform, with conductor Maestro Giuseppe Lanzetta, solo violinist Marco Lorenzini, and the Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina. 10:00pm: Dinner at poolside.

On July 22, 2014, Four Seasons Hotel Firenze and the Florence Dance Company will host an event in the Gherardesca Garden (see the video below), as part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Florence Dance Festival. In the biggest private garden of the city, the evening atmosphere will welcome Quattro Maggiore, a dance event inspired by the four seasons of the year, accompanied by the famous music by Antonio Vivaldi performed by the Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina.

The ballet reveals itself through the seasons, with the choreography of Keith Ferrone and Marga Nativo exceptionally highlighted by the paintings of artist Adi da Samraj in a show of colour and light that will surely enchant. Four Seasons Hotel Firenze is enhancing this extraordinary artistic synthesis between music, dance and painting with a poolside buffet dinner of excellent Tuscan specialities.

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"Dancing on the Bridge of the World": A Special Performance at the Ponte Vecchio. There will be another special performance of Quattro Maggiore, called "Dancing on the Bridge of the World", on the evening of July 24, 2014, at the Ponte Vecchio. The Ponte Vecchio is a medieval multi-arch bridge over the Arno River in Florence, Italy. It is one of the most historic bridges in the world, and the earliest bridge at this spot is believed to have been built in Roman times.

This event is the final one of the 2014 Florence Dance Festival.

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About Quattro Maggiore

by Keith Ferrone
(director, Florence Dance Company)

The idea to choreograph The Four Seasons goes back to my college days when, every Sunday morning, I and my roommates listened to thirty-three rounds of Vivaldi. I had only just started my study of dance, but even then I felt that Vivaldi's music was already tickling my fancy.

A few years ago, I met that music again, after reading a review in the New York Times of a new and bold reinterpretation directed and played by violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter for the Trondheim Ensemble. Their strikingly original version required the listener to completely re-evaluate Vivaldi's impact, not just as classical music, but as contemporary music. At that same moment, a lucky encounter with Marco Pallanti, the new president of the Consorzio Chianti Classico, gave me the opportunity to set Vivaldi's "Winter" to new choreography for the "Preview Chianti Classico" event at the Stazione Leopolda in February, 2006.

More recently, Alessandro Benedetti (Secretary of the Meyer Foundation) and I were involved in a major project with the Tuscany Department of Culture, celebrating the life of the late architect, Leonardo Savioli, as seen through the eyes of his partner, artist Flora Weichmann. The opportunity to combine the privileged life of the artist with Vivaldi's The Four Seasons yielded fresh insights. We associated Spring (Concerto no.1 in E major) with the passions of youth. Summer (Concerto no. 2 in G minor) was the season of love. Autumn (Concerto no. 3 in F major) was creativity. And Winter (Concerto no. 4 in F minor), was life, reaching it fulfillment. The set was named "Spring Flora", and it went on stage for a charity event for the Meyer Hospital at the Teatro Goldoni in Florence on June 6, 2009.

The preview of the ballet took place in the second edition of the Mugello Dance Experience in Palazzuolo sul Senio. As the staging of the ballet was taking shape, the idea of associating the ballet with the art of the great international artist Adi Da Samraj occurred through a meeting with Richard Quinn of Da Plastique, the company with a mandate to promote the artist's work. Assisted by art critic Giuliano Serafini (who, in the past had recommended that our dance art be associated with the art of Adi Da), we selected four works from Adi Da's vast repertoire that fully resonated with this dramatic ballet.

The current title of the ballet, Quattro Maggiore, reflects a juxtaposition of plasticity and movement, visual art, and of course music. It also includes the costumes designed and made by Dagmar Lise Pedersen and Indigo Millar. The design lighting of Lucilla Baroni is incisive.

Pictures from the 2014 Performance at the Bargello Museum

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photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo courtesy DaPlastique, © ASA 2014

Pictures from the 2014 Performance at the Four Seasons Hotel

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photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

Pictures from the 2014 Performance at the Ponte Vecchio

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© Richard Osbourne 2014

© Richard Osbourne 2014

© Richard Osbourne 2014

© Richard Osbourne 2014

© Richard Osbourne 2014

© Richard Osbourne 2014

© Richard Osbourne 2014

© Richard Osbourne 2014

© Richard Osbourne 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

photo by Richard Osbourne, © ASA 2014

Pictures from Quattro Maggiore 2013

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Scenes from Inverno in Quattro Maggiore

Scenes from Primavera in Quattro Maggiore

Scenes from Primavera in Quattro Maggiore

Scenes from Primavera in Quattro Maggiore

Director Keith Ferrone introduces Quattro Maggiore and speaks briefly about Adi Da

The backstage rush before the dancers ascend to the stage

rehearsal

Pictures from Past Performances of Quattro Maggiore

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Video Clips from Past Performances of Quattro Maggiore

full page link If video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above).	Bargello Museum performance of Quattro Maggiore length: 05:25 event date: September 2009 Bargello Museum performance of Quattro Maggiore. Adi Da Samraj for Vivaldi. Ballet by the Florence Dance company, set in the stunning courtyard of the Bargello Museum in Florence.

full page link If video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above).	Florence Dance Company: Quattro Maggiore, July 14, 2009 length: 04:26 event date: July 14, 2009 From the ballet, Quattro Maggiore ("Four Seasons"), set to the music of Vivaldi and the art of Adi Da.

full page link If video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above).	The Florence Dance Company: Teatro Goldoni, Florence length: 04:59 event date: December 5, 2009 Video trailer from the Quattro Maggiore ("Four Seasons") Dance Event, December 5th, 2009, Florence Italy. Music by Vivaldi, art by Adi Da.

full page link If video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above).	Teatro Goldoni, Florence length: 08:01 views: 3942 The Florence Dance Company performs Quattro Maggiore ("Four Seasons") live at Teatro Goldoni. Music by Vivaldi, art by Adi Da.

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Quattro Maggiore: Palazzo dei Congressi, Bologna, Italy length: 01:10 event date: January 30, 2010 views: 5372 Keith Ferrone, director of the Florence Dance Company, introduces the ballet, Quattro Maggiore ("Four Seasons"): Adi Da Samraj for Vivaldi, in a packed auditorium with 1,300 guests, on January 30, 2010. Music by Vivaldi, art by Adi Da. The performance is in celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the newspaper, 'Il Resto del Carlino'.

full page link If video won't play in place, refresh the page and try again. Or you can click "full page link" (above).	Florence Dance Company length: 03:38 event date: July 16, 2009 Florence Dance Company's "Quattro Maggiore" ("Four Seasons") with art by Adi Da Samraj and music by Vivaldi, from the Florence Dance Festival, 2009.

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Florence Dance Company - Quattro Maggiore: Adi Da Samraj per Vivaldi length: 02:41 event date: July 15, 2009 Slide show of this stunning ballet, Quattro Maggiore ("Four Seasons"): Adi Da Samraj per Vivaldi, which combines The Florence Dance Company, the Image-Art of Adi Da Samraj, and the music of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. [This video clip may not play on this page on certain devices. You can always watch the clip on YouTube instead.]