Aterballetto: Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

In celebration of the 400th anniversary of Monteverdi’s extraordinary Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (The Combat of Tancredi and Clorinda), director Fabio Cherstich and choreographer Philippe Kratz have reconceived the piece, which translates the struggle between man, woman and religious belief into a powerful contemporary dance performance. 

 

Aligning with the composer’s original vision, this contemporary interpretation of a “sacred text” of Italy’s cultural heritage combines physical action, instrumentation and voices. 

 

 

 

 

Direction and visual: Fabio Cherstich 

Choreography and Movement Direction: Philippe Kratz 

Music: Claudio Monteverdi 

Dancers: Gador Lago Benito, Alberto Terribile 

Tenor: Matteo Straffi 

Harpsicord: Deniel Perer 

 

Co-productions: Fondazione Nazionale della Danza / Aterballetto, Teatro Regio di Parma, Torinodanza Festival - Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale, Ghislierimusica - Centro di Musica Antica. 

 

The project is part of Italia Danza, a co-project by the Direzione Generale per la Diplomazia Pubblica e Culturale del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale (Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation) and CCN/Aterballetto to promote Italy’s artistic heritage abroad. 

 

Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda was conceived in 2024 as a dance and live music project for the promotion of Italian cultural heritage, commissioned and coordinated by the Direzione Generale Musei (Directorate General for Museums), curated by the Musei Nazionali di Perugia – Direzione Regionale Musei Nazionali Umbria (National Museums of Perugia – Regional Directorate for National Museums of Umbria), and CCN / Aterballetto, with the support of the Direzione Generale Spettacolo dal vivo (Directorate General for Live Performance).