Like fireflies
- March 26th-27th 2017 . Like fireflies . Milan . Teatro i
- December 4th 2015. Like fireflies . Brescia . Wonderland Festival . Residenza IDRA
- March 4th 2016. Like fireflies . Bologna . La Soffitta
- December 11th 2015. Like fireflies . Ravenna . Palazzo Rasponi Open Space
- December 2nd-10th 2015. Residency for Like fireflies . Vulkano . Ravenna
- Novembre 23rd - December 1st 2015 . Residency for Like fireflies . Valtorto . Ravenna
- November 15th-22nd 2015. Residency for Like fireflies . Residenza IDRA . Brescia
- July 7th-14th 2015 . Residency for Like fireflies . Teatro Akropolis . Genova
- May 4th - 6th 2014 . ErosAntEros at Expolis . Milan
- January 25th 2014 . Come le lucciole - No title work in progress . Modena . Trasparenze . Teatro dei Segni
- January 19th – 24th 2014 . Creative Residency . Come le lucciole – No title work in progress . Modena . Trasparenze . Teatro dei Segni
- March 6th 2013 . Come le lucciole . No title work in progress . Premio Scenario . Milano . Teatro Verdi
- October 22th - 28th 2012 . Creative Residency . Come le lucciole . Ravenna . Ardis Hall
- Carla Nigro, Saltinaria, on Like Fireflies, April 8th 2017
- Agata Tomsic interviewed by "La Voce del Popolo" about the "Istria Nobilissima" 2016 Prize
- Silvia Mergiotti on the focus ErosAntEros: between Brecht and Pasolini, Recensito, March 15th 2016
- Alessandro Fogli on Like fireflies, Corriere di Romagna, Dicember 13th 2015
- Iacopo Gardelli on Like fireflies, Ravennanotizie, December 12th 2015
Continuous cuts to education and culture sectors can’t be accepted as solutions to face an economical crisis, yet it is currently happening all over the world. The common opinion about art is that it is a mere leisure activity, a worthless hobby, that even in its best scenarios can only be seen as an intellectual fiddle for a certain elite. Unfortunately we often forget the major role that art plays when it comes to emancipating the human mind, in developing an alternative thinking instead of adopting the one imposed by political power. We forget that imagination is an essential skill to the human being, skill not to be confused with the more commonly intended day dreaming, but as political act, necessary to regenerate society, in every evolution or revolution it may incur to.
“It is our responsibility not to let fireflies disappear. In doing so, we must ourselves assume the freedom of movement, a withdrawal which is not a retreat, a diagonal strength, the faculty to show shreds of humanity, an inflexible desire. We must therefore, standing back from reign and glory, in the open breach between past and future, become fireflies ourselves and thus renew a community of desire, a community of emitted glimmers, of dances in spite of all, of the transfer of thoughts. Saying yes in the night crossed with glimmers and not to settle for the description of no in the blaring light.”
Georges Didi-Huberman
concept and set design Davide Sacco and Agata Tomsic / ErosAntEros
direction, music and light design Davide Sacco
dramaturgy and script Agata Tomsic
with Greta Mini, Massimiliano Rassu, Davide Sacco, Agata Tomsic
costumes Laura Dondoli and Agata Tomsic
production ErosAntEros
with the contribution of Comune di Ravenna – Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2015
in residency at Residenza IDRA – Brescia; Trasparenze – Modena; Teatro Akropolis – Genova; E, Teatro Onnivoro, Ravenna Teatro – Ravenna
the show is nourished by the thought and words of Antonin Artaud, Julian Beck, Leo de Berardinis, Albert Camus, Georges Didi-Huberman, Tonino Guerra, David Lynch, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Luigi Pirandello, Andrei Tarkovsky
premiere Palazzo Rasponi Open Space, Ravenna, december 11 2015
duration 50 minutes
Project winner of Trasparenze 2013 Residencies Call
Project winner Genius Loci 2015 Residencies Call
DEBUT (December 2015)