LONTANO BLU <A distant blue>

a unique International artistic collaboration between Italians in the world that parallelo has been developing with Italian-Argentinian artists since 2003. An 'eventos especialos' at the International Mercosur Theatre Festival in Cordoba, Argentina in October 2005. makes its Australian premiere at the Adelaide Festival of Arts, 3 - 6 March 2006.

OPENNING NIGHT IN CORDOBA, ARGENTINA :: OCTOBER 2005

Getting a show up here in Argentina has proven to be a race to the finish line!

We crossed it last night and LONTANO BLU opened to a capacity audience: 600 people lining up for two blocks to secure good seats was breath taking!

Being a Festival here, there was a real mix of people present, including press and special guests from Government agencies, and an Australian Embassy official who flew from Buenos Aires especially to see the show. We also had a few Ozzies in the audience, one of whom is here for research and had read the on-line article in The Australian that appeared last month. And this morning he forwarded us this comment:

"Gracias, grazie, thank you for a worderful play. Last night I felt that finally Australia and Argentina through its Italian heritage touched somehting that binds these peoples that seem so dissimilar, yet they're foundational experiences really binds them together."
Roberto Esposto (PhD), University of Queensland

Read about Lontano Blu in the 2005 Cordoba Festival (in Spanish) > HERE

Article in The Australian > CHECK IT OUT

An article on this work appeared in Arts Hub recently > READ MORE
There have been various moments of development this year in Australia + Argentina.

LONTANO BLU DEVELOPMENT :: October 2005
The team from para//elo have spent the past few weeks applying he final touches to the work ready for its premiere as a special event in the Cordoba Festival.

LEFT PHOTO: Alvin Astorga (nonno) + Cecilia Roman Ross (Angela) during rehearsal with Teresa
RIGHT PHOTO: Walter Cammertoni (choreographer/dancer) + Ama Grosse (dancer)


Gustavo Lorenzatti (double bass) + Raffa Caivano (DJ)

:: April/May 05 - AUSTRALIA

Dino Bruzzone (Visual artist/ Set Designer) & Alejandro Romanutti (Architect/Collaborator) were in Adelaide from 27 April to 8 May. Their time in Adelaide was intense and included attendance at parallelo's TANGO BLUE fundraising event at SOSTA Argentinian Restaurant on Tuesday 3 May as special guests. They also gave a lecture on their work in Argentina in the Louis-Laybourne Smith School of Architecture and Design at the University of South Australia on Thursday 5 May.

Photo 1 (left to right): Alejandro Romanutti, Dino Bruzzone + Teresa Crea

Photo 2 (left to right): the Australian + Argentinian team at work


LONTANO BLU DEVELOPMENT :: April 05 - ARGENTINA

Claudio Pompili (Composer/ Sound Designer)'s second visit to Cordoba to finalise music/ sound for the project.

Photo (left to right): Andres Oddone (DJ), Claudio Pompili, Gustavo Lorenzatti (Double Bass Player), Patricia Sacavino (Composer/ Sound Designer, Argentina).

LONTANO BLU DEVELOPMENT :: March 05 - AUSTRALIA

Maria Victoria Marquez (historian from Cordoba, Argentina) was in Australia from 12 - 19 February to work on the Lontano Blu with Teresa Crea (Director), Elio Gatti (poet), Tony Mitchell (writer) and Peter Heydrich (Scenography).

Photo 1 (left to right): Paola Niscioli, Teresa Crea + Maria Victoria Marquez

Photo 2 (left to right): Tony Mitchell + Elio Gatti