A Dance-Theater journey through the ages of a Renaissance woman conceived and choreographed by leading German choreographer Verena Weiss. Premiered in 1999, St. Etienne, France, and performed since then in Germany and New York City. Accompanied by Renaissance and early Baroque English and Italian lute songs from composers such as John Dowland, Thomas Campion, and Giulio Caccini.

This project connects highly refined artistry of modern dance with a fascinating and intimate music of European Renaissance composers. New premiere of the project in Stadtheater Luzern in December-January 2008/2009.

4 dancers – Tanztheater Verena Weiss
2 musicians – Ensemble Phoenix Munich

A Renaissance night vivifying historical settings by poetry, music, dance and actor’s speech. Premiered in Germany for the festival Wege durch das Land in 2004, chateau Wendlinghausen.

Texts: Petrarca, Giovanni Boccaccio, Giordano Bruno,
Sylvia Plath, Peter Handke, Inger Christensen
Music: Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Marchetto Cara, Adrian
Willaert, Philippe Verdelot, Jacques Arcadelt

Music: Ensemble Phoenix Munich, art. director Joel Frederiksen
Dance: Tanztheater Verena Weiss at Stadtheater Luzern, choreography Verena Weiss

6 Singers (SMATBarB)
6 Instrumentalists (1 Cornetto, 3 Sackbutts, Percussion, Lutenist/Guitarist)
3 Dancers
2 Actors

The aim of the project is to pay hommage to the Italian Domenico Martinelli (1650-1718), the architect of famous Chateau Austerlitz. Martinelli belongs to the most important personalities of his time who were active in Central Europe.
He is important especially for Austria (Vienna) and Czech Republic (Austerlitz and other buildings in Moravia). Still, his activities touched also Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Slovakia and other European countries.

Martinelli's designs are kept in Milan. In 2007 there was a big exhibition of designs from the "Martinelli Collection" in Castello Sforzesco. Our project consists of lectures and concerts about Martinelli given by the top Europen specialists in art history - Prof. Dr. Helmut Lorenz/Vienna, prof. Jiří Kroupa/Brno etc. The musical part of the project consists of a  concerts of music from the time of Martinelli given by Joel Frederiksen. Part of the project is also an edition of book about Martinelli, which was published in 2006.
www.domenico-martinelli.com