THEATRUM MUNDI

     Volterra 1981

     Blois-Malakoff 1985

     Holstebro 1986

     Salento 1987

     Bologna 1990

     Brecon-Cardiff 1992

     Londrina 1994

     Umeå 1995

     Copenhagen 1996

     Montemor-O-Novo 1998

     Bielefeld 2000

ISTA PRODUCTIONS

    Shakuntala

    The Jungle Book

    Orô de Otelo 

THEATRUM MUNDI
Londrina 1994

Excerpt of Taviani's text Theatrum Mundi : 
"...In Londrina, Brazil, on August 1994 the gods of Theatrum Mundi began to weave a giant tapestry depicting anecdotes, love stories, fables and myths. Sanjukta Panigrahi started to resemble the wizard Prospero in The Tempest. Her double - a tiger, a snake , a young girl looking at her reflection in the waters - was the Afro-Brazilian Augusto Omulú with his dusky, luminous skin. Indian gods and goddesses mingled with those of the African diaspora. Amidst the gods and goddesses with their ecstatic and terrifying dances , a small group of mountebanks moved around. There was also a solitary man in black carrying a parcel. For just a brief moment the packet revealed its contents: a skull. Was the man in black Hamlet?
Only the mountebanks survived the final destruction, rowing away, singing in a small boat towards the opposite bank of the lake. One of them, amidst the tumult of Shiva’s dance of annihilation, threw himself, fully clothed, into the water and swam to safety. The performance took place on a floating stage on the lake in Londrina. The darkness of the night was shattered by beams of light and fireworks..."

BALI: Swasthi Widjaja Bandem, dancer - Desak Made Suarti Tisnu - Tjokorda Raka Tisnu, dancer, musician - Tjokorda Istri Putra Padmini, dancer - I Nyoman Sedana, dancer, musician - Ni Nyoman Candri, dancer, singer - I Gede O Surya Negara, dancer, musician - Ni Ketut Suryatini, dancer, musician
I Ketut Suteja, dancer, musician - Ida Bagus Nyoman Mas, dancer, musician
Ni Warastrasari Dewi Bandem, dancer - Desak Suarti Laksmi, dancer, musician.

BRAZIL: Augusto Omolú, dancer, Candomblé tradition - Ory Sacramento, musician - Jorge "Funk" Paim, musician - Bira Monteiro, musician.

INDIA: Sanjukta Panigrahi, dancer, Odissi - Raghunath Panigrahi, singer, musician - Gangadar Pradhan, musician - Hemant Kumar Das, musician
Kishan Lal Sharma, musician.

JAPAN: Kanichi Hanayagi, dancer, Nihon Buyo - Shogo Fujima, dancer, Nihon Buyo - Sae Nanaogi, dancer, Nihon Buyo - Yoshikazu Fujisaka, musician
Taro Yamaguchi, singer, musician.

ODIN TEATRET: Kai Bredholt, actor, musician - Roberta Carreri, actor
Jan Ferslev, actor, musician - Iben Nagel Rasmussen, actor - Tina Nielsen, actor - Isabel Ubeda, actor - Julia Varley, actor - Torgeir Wethal, actor
Frans Winther, musician.