Synopsis
The ancients combined beauty and goodness in a single thought (and behavior). Kalòs kai agathòs: beauty will be a reward for those who are good, just. It is up to young people to rediscover these values, which today appear lost, debased in an increasingly violent social and political climate. It is up to the most fragile to remind us that the beauty of nature, of every nature, is far above all our moral judgments. 10 students with disabilities open, with this dialogue 0: on nature, the show Bluebird. A lesson on beauty, making it clear from the outset how much human beauty is the result of the constant exercise of solidarity, of the choice to be good.
Bluebird, by the 1911 Nobel Prize winner Maurice Maeterlinck, is the theatrical fairy tale of the pursuit of happiness: two little brothers travel through all worlds to finally understand that happiness is in generosity and friendship, much closer and more attainable than they imagined. Bluebird was staged by Salvemini students in December 2019, and in its 2023 re-edition it was the winner of the E. Turroni National School Theater Festival.
Credits
Director: Massimiliano Briarava
Running time: 4'
Year: 2019
Genre: Mini-Lesson
Production: ITE Salvemini
Workshop, direction, editing: Massimiliano Briarava
with students Matteo Barioni, Andrea Bertuzzi, Luca Bruni, Carlotta Calaresu, Lidia Davidenco, Margaryta Gorelik, Vitalya Rafalska, Erica Russo, Huzaifa Tayyab, Matteo Virgulti
Music: Godspeed You! Black Emperor
with the contribution of Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna
MIUR - Three-year plan of the arts