Choreography
Davide Bombana

Music
Felix Mendelssohn, Jóhann Jóhannsson

Sound Editing
Silvio Brambilla

Lighting Design
Carlo Cerri

Costumes
Ermanno Scervino

Scenographic elements
Margherita Citran

Costume workshop
Lisa Perin

In collaboration with Comune di Verona – Estate Teatrale Veronese

Centro Servizi Culturali S. Chiara

Thanks to

Fondazione Toscana Spettacolo e il Comune di Carrara

Debut August 1, 2024, Teatro Romano, Verona

COB Compagnia Opus Ballet celebrates William Shakespeare with his A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The choreography is by Davide Bombana, who enlists lighting designer Carlo Cerri and costumes by Ermanno Scervino.

Bombana’s “Dream” is a growing and passionate merry-go-round of romantic adventures and connections.

“The starting point of my version of “The Dream” is based on the figure of Hermia, a young girl who refuses a marriage imposed on her by her family, rebelling and vehemently rejecting any kind of convention. Her nighttime escape into the woods becomes a disturbing journey into the unconscious of four young people who open themselves to love.

Their impetuous libido is interwoven with the story of Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairy world, and Puck, a disturbing elf, who amusingly causes general disarray among the characters with the help of a magic flower. Meanwhile, three eccentrics wander through the woods, preparing a bizarre show and thus serving as a scurrilous counterpoint to the story. We thus witness a paroxysm of more or less conscious and bizarre amorous connections.”

(Davide Bombana)

Davide Bombana dedicates his “Dream” to Silvia Poletti, who passed away in 2024. A tribute to her memory as a critic of great wisdom and sensitivity, as well as a person of enormous enthusiasm and love for our art form.

Duration 70 minutes