2021.03.08
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陪伴工廠劇團結合戲劇與舞蹈,根據安徒生經典童話,創作出了《醜小鴨日記》。這一嶄新劇作繼續探討多樣性、身分、融合等議題,一如該劇團過往作品中不一樣的《灰姑娘》,以及莎士比亞《馴悍記》中與世人格格不入的凱瑟麗娜。
本作以日記形式,講述了一個耳熟能詳的故事:小天鵝被誤作小鴨,經歷了一生不同階段,終於發現了自己,以及安身立命之道。
「小鴨」在家中被排擠,在學校受欺負,體驗過轉瞬即逝之愛,更經歷了可怕的戰爭與捕獵。在安徒生的童話中,主人公看見湖中的倒影,因而發現了自己的真實身分;在這個改編故事中,生活在殘酷世界裡的醜小鴨也必須正視自己,接受自己,才能克服困難,完成蛻變。本作向我們展示了一個道理:不要試圖隱藏生命中積累的傷疤,反而應當珍惜它們。
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Diary of an Ugly Duckling
Presented by: Hong Kong Arts Festival
Produced by: Factory Compagnia Transadriatica
Platform: Website
Synopsis: Diary of an Ugly Duckling combines theatre and dance to adapt Hans-Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale for a new show in which Factory Compagnia Transadriatica continues to investigate diversity, identity and integration. This follows on from the company’s atypical Cinderella and the awkward, misaligned Catherine in its production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.
The adaptation tells in diary form the familiar story of the young swan, mistakenly believed to be a duckling, in various stages of her life, in which she discovers herself, and her place in the world.
Rejected by her family, bullied at school, the “duckling” experiences unexpected love and the horrors of war and hunting. It is a hostile world she will be able to surmount only when she looks herself in the eye and accept herself as she is, just like the hero of Andersen’s fairy tale who discovers his true identity by looking at his mirror image in the lake. The production shows we should not try to hide the scars we accumulate in life, but rather to treasure them.
Scheme/ Festival: The third edition of “No Limits”
Art Form: Drama, Dance
Director and writer : Tonio De Nitto, Ilaria Carlucci, Fabio Tinella, Luca Pastore, Francesca De Pasquale
Choreographer : Annamaria De Filippi
Scenography: Roberta Dori Puddu
Costumes: Lapi Lou
Music: Paolo Coletta
Lighting: Davide Arsenio
Production: Factory Compagnia Transadriatica, Fondazione Sipario Toscana, TIR danza