Finzi Pasca - Prima Facie

From a monologue for a single spectator to an Olympic ceremony. The distinctive poetics of the Compagnia Finzi Pasca took shape from the concepts of Teatro della Carezza and Gesto Invisibile. Developed over 40 years of experience, these concepts have consolidated a unique aesthetic and a highly personal style of creation and production, as well as a training philosophy for actors, acrobats, musicians, dancers, and technicians: a way of inhabiting space. Theater, dance, acrobatics, circus, opera, and documentaries: all come together in the Compagnia Finzi Pasca. The Compagnia Finzi Pasca was founded by Antonio Vergamini, Daniele Finzi Pasca, Hugo Gargiulo, Julie Hamelin Finzi, and Maria Bonzanigo in 2011, building on the work developed by Teatro Sunil and Inlevitas.

Based in Lugano, Switzerland, the Compagnia Finzi Pasca is among the leading independent artistic companies in the world. Over the course of its history, it has created and produced more than 35 shows.

Its creative talents have also created three Olympic Ceremonies (Turin 2006 and Sochi 2014, for the Olympic and Paralympic Games), two shows for Cirque du Soleil: Luzia in 2016 and Corteo in 2005 (the latter, with 8.4 million spectators in 10 years of touring), six operas, including Aida and Verdi's Requiem, officially entered the repertoire of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg; and Carmen and Pagliacci at the Teatro San Carlo.