The Manoel Theatre, in Valletta, is next week hosting a groundbreaking dance and music performance inspired by the Mediterranean and featuring an ensemble of Greek and Italian dancers and two Maltese singers.
Led by Simone Mongelli, an Italian music artist based in Greece, Bodyterranean highlights the most primal musical instrument: the human body.
Combining traditional Greek and Southern Italian songs with body percussion and choreography, the ensemble will only use their bodies and voices to create their soundtrack.
Joined by local vocalists Doreen Galea and Mariele Zammit, the troupe will tell stories of joys and sorrows, of love, exile, motherhood and diversity − stories that people of all cultures and backgrounds can recognise and relate to, and which cry out for equality and peace.
Described as creating “music without instruments”, Mangelli and the cast of Bodyterranean have been performing across Greece and the Mediterranean since 2017, resulting in an extremely fine-tuned piece of dance theatre that is to delight music and dance lovers alike.
Bodyterranean will run for two shows only at the Manoel Theatre, Valletta, on February 7 and 8 at 7.30pm. Tickets are available at https://teatrumanoel.mt/event/bodyterranean/ or by calling the Manoel’s box office on (+356) 2124 6389.
