virtual exhibit Room two
Gerardo and Anne
A room only for us
The story of the Teatro Club was invented within the walls of the home of Gerardo Guerrieri and his wife Anne d'Arbeloff. Raised in a cosmopolitan family between France, South America and the United States, Anne is passionate about theatre, a poet, a journalist and has extraordinary organisational skills. Gerardo, one of the most brilliant young theatre men of his generation, is already an expert in American, English and Russian theatre, a collaborator of Visconti, De Sica and Zavattini.
Beware of communists!
An expert on the American theatre, Guerrieri was long prevented from staying in the United States because of his political views. His wife Anne became the essential link with the then forbidden country.
To imagine the invisible through the visible
With actor and director Laurent Terzieff, Guerrieri shared a predisposition to see theatre as a way of exploring human consciousness.
A very secret man
Robert Wilson's plays presented at the Teatro Club were the occasion for an intimate yet intense dialogue with Guerrieri on going beyond traditional forms of theatrical performance.
The art of encounters
Judith Malina, founder of the Living Theatre with Julian Beck recalls the essential role Gerardo Guerrieri played in the history of their theatre.
Anne
Anne embarks on a journey through Europe to investigate the relationship between the Old Continent and the United States. She soon discovers that transatlantic dialogue, far from mitigating mutual prejudices, often reinforces them. Her investigation reveals how the perception of the United States in Europe is still steeped in stereotypes and mistrust.
Together
Gerardo Guerrieri and Anne Arbeloff's bond of friendship and artistic complicity with Ellen Stewart, founder and artistic director of La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club of New York, long nurtured the daring projects of the Teatro Club.