The Journey of madrisa with Heike Vigl, Ulrike Kindl & Corin Curschellas

The journey of the Madrisa...... between music, narration and what lies behind it!

Dialas – Salige – Gane: the mysterious vegetation spirits of the Alps have many names. Their image, however, is always very similar, from Graubünden to Tyrol to the Dolomites, and beyond to Friuli and Slovenia. And the old traditions that are told about them in many languages always follow the same pattern: High up in the mountains, where hardly anything grows today, there used to be a fertile alp. She was guarded by a friendly girl, and her gifts made people rich. Then the inevitable happened: the beautiful fairy was insulted, or disregarded, or even called by her secret name, which people were not allowed to pronounce. Once recognized, the goddess had to leave, and with her happiness faded away: debris broke over the corridors and destroyed paradise. What ideas are behind such legends? The musician Corin Curschellas, the narrator Heike Vigl and the fairy tale researcher Ulrike Kindl embark on an interdisciplinary search.