Dopo anni girovagando per il mondo, Ligia torna in una delle sue "case" assieme al suo progetto.
L'emozione è tanta, ma lo è anche la paura di portare la Mansarda in un luogo nuovo, con persone sempre diverse. Questa volta la serata si terrà al Palazzo Venezia, un palazzo storico di Napoli sul tratto centrale di Spaccanapoli. L'ingresso con il cortile e le mille stanze che si snodano al suo interno ti trasportano in una dimensione più intima, nonostante sia a pochi metri dalle vie trafficate del centro. Salendo le scale si arriva ad un giardino nascosto da cui si sentono le prime note degli artisti che fanno le prove. A poco a poco la sala si riempie e si parte! La serata è organizzata in collaborazione con Emergency e una delle loro operatrici ci fa un'introduzione per raccontarci dove sarà destinato il ricavato della serata.
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The last Mansarda night was a pleasure to be a part of. It was my first and I’m sure it won’t be my last. From the start, people the room buzzed with anticipation. Guest were trickling in, picking out people then didn’t know would be there and calling hellos and waves across the room. Bottles of wine and tiramisu passing around and the excited chatter of catching up on news.
I wade past the crowds of the Cobblestone Bar into the back space. It’s a quaint, moody space and was bustling with people who had likely heard about the uniqueness offered by La Mansarda events through it’s previous attendees. A diverse catalogue of performers in spoken word, poetry, artistry, music and dance, many of whom are a variety of nationalities with their own engaging stories of how their art has allowed them to connect with their sense of self, life story or place of origin.
On a Saturday like many, walking around Dublin looking for something different than the usual pint, I ended up at the La Mansarda event in the Hendrick Smithfield. I already knew the event and performed there in the last few years, but I have to say I’ve never seen something like that night in Dublin. The theme of the night was ‘A night of community’, and I have to say that after everything that is happening in the world right now, no best title could have been chosen for such an event. I had the opportunity to discover communities of musicians and artists from literally completely different parts of the world, in a new and captivating way, all together to celebrate the different realities active in Ireland. Video maker: Lobo G. An afternoon in a brick box full of emotions. Dublin is a grandma's closet. There is always this lingering mold smell in it. It is disorganized in the best way possible, with containers of different shapes, sizes, and times everywhere. Here, you will find old things in new boxes and new stuff in old boxes. Furthermore, there is always this weird sense of nostalgia floating between the bricks. During the summertime, when the students are replaced by the tourists in the closet and the American accent can be heard more than usual in the Temple Bar quarter, the traditional summer event of la Mansarda is held in one of those old brick cubes. When I entered the Smock Alley Theater, one of the most famous places in Dublin, which has been a theater, then a church, and then a theater again, the place was already drowning in music and noise. Upstairs, over the main room, a wedding reception was at its second round of cocktails. The place was... The month is June, the city is London, and the sky is, typically, overcast - right on brand. In the library of Bush Theatre there’s a buzz going on; La Mansarda’s own little livewire, Ligia, is providing a good jolt of electricity, and the circuit is completed by her co-conspirateur Marta, founder of Bike Ducts Cycling Club (BDCC), and DJ and techy, Francesco. Chairs are being configured, speakers positioned, turntables set up. Tonight’s the night The Big Smoke gets for the second time its serving of the secret La Mansarda recipe, with a little help from friends over at BDCC - and oh what a night it promises to be. |
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