CADMO LE VIE DEI FESTIVAL Associazione • il manifesto UNDER LICENSE TO SUMMER SPECIAL A GUIDE TO ITALIAN THEATRE THEATRE ITALIAN A GUIDE TO AND DANCE FESTIVALS

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Etinforma, the monthly magazine published two countries, permitting a reciprocal acknowledgement of by ETI - Ente Teatrale Italiano, closes the 96/97 season with a experiences. With the proposal of two very important interna- supplement dedicated to Italian theatre and dance festivals. tional projects, L’Ecole des Mâitres and I porti del Beginning with this special number ETI inaugurates a series Mediterraneo ETI wishes to promote a new way of dealing of insert that will be published periodically besides the maga- with the transmission of theatre knowledge and with the con- zine, so as to become point of reference for foreigner operators frontation between new generations from different countries, and audience, with an interest in the least known aspects of underlining once more the power of the theatre as a means to Italian theatre. With the prospect of renewing theatre exchan- overcome linguistic and cultural barriers. The Festival ges, it is a matter of capital importance, that there be a conti- d’Autunno of Rome, organized in collaboration with nuous flow of information, in other words, useful and upda- Comune di Roma - Assesorato alle Politiche Culturali, ted news that permits an ever growing trend of comparison. Associazione Cadmo and other cultural structures has given The development of international relations, is of primal the Italian audiences the opportunity to get acquainted with importance, especially in view of the reorganization of the performances from abroad, entitling ETI to become part of theatrical system. Therefore it has become necessary to overco- an international festival system, with the firm intention to me a level of exchanges restricted exclusively to performances promote future opportunities of mutual reflections. “tours”, giving priority to a real comparison between different We take this opportunity to underline how the guide Le vie dei cultures, with the scope of establishing a permanent network Festival can be useful in promoting and giving out information of contacts between different theatrical webs and a collabora- (the section of Italian theatre and dance festivals was translated tion in the system of production and organization. into English expressly for Etinforma); we therefore thank By favoring this exchange and comparison between the diffe- Associazione Cadmo and il manifesto, publishers for the whole rent artistic experiences, it will be possible to escape from a guide, for having given ETI the chance to distribute this sum- national system which is still too restricted, contributing to mary. The guide's content, pointing out both festivals of tradi- the growth of a new reality in the theatrical policy, thus giving tion and reviews dedicated to new trends, confirms the vitality space to the new generations. of Italian theatre distinguishing its lesser known aspects: an In accordance with this statements, ETI has promoted this extra opportunity to exchange cultural and artistic ideas, paving year together with ONDA (Office the way towards a common point of con- Nationale de Diffusion Artistique), a version, establishing new forms of co- professional convention for theatre and productions and projection addressed to dance in Italy and France, with the aim ENTE TEATRALE an audience wanting to look beyond its of relaunching a dialogue between the ITALIANO horizons. special issue 1997

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Le vie dei festival, a 200 pages guide that points of events, cultural and artistic proposals to those of a stan- out more than 6oo summer festivals of theatre, music, dance dard winter season. and cinema which take place in Italy and Europe. Published This year ETI has commissioned us an English version of by the Associazione Cadmo and the daily newspaper il the Italian theatre and dance festivals sections of the guide, manifesto, this year is at its fourth edition, it sold 50.000 which will be distributed abroad amongst theatrical opera- copies last year. tors,and we as operators, ourselves, welcomed this proposal It contains technical information (dates, addresses, telepho- with enthusiasm, hoping in this way to contribute to a more ne numbers, web sites etc.) underlining names and titles of immediate and better communication network between the relevance, as well as giving comments on the main characte- different countries. ristics of the various events. The book comes out in a A few lines to illustrate the editorial feature which is particu- pocket-size edition and is unique in its kind. On the one lar to this guide: the annotations pointed out are not based hand it gives the operators all the inside information needed upon an immaginative objectiveness, but reflect our way of on the complex universe of festivals providing data almost in understanding the performance, the event and the cultural real time in breve tempo on both Italian and foreign pro- environment: therefore it is neither a general nor a neutral gramming -often difficult to obtain- and on the other, wants information. For example, many small festivals taking place to attract or interest a public which is not necessary a regular in villages in the middle of nowhere and far from the main theatre-goer. tourist routes, have caught our attention and more than We like to think that our readers may use this booklet to get others deserve to be mentioned because of the great efforts ideas for planning a trip, maybe for the first time, combi- that have been put into their organization and artistic ning leisure with cultural events. projects. Futhermore we inform the reader that there has We have come to the conclusion after the compilation of been a selection of the performances mentioned, being una- this guide, has that summer festivals are more and more ble to list them all. In the show goes on section, one finds exposed to "global world "effect, which only technical and general information tends to abolish the genres, mingling of the listed event. the identities of artists and audiences, The guide may also be consulted bringing them closer together. As well through the web site: www.mir.it/ as being one of the few places left manifesto, in both the integral Italian which allow a different programming LE VIE DEI and the shortened English version. FESTIVAL ASSOCIAZIONE CADMO special issue 1997

Amandola (Ascoli Piceno - Marche) 5 FESTIVAL DI AMANDOLA 31ST AUGUST /7TH SEPTEMBER

Information: Comune di Amandola, Piazza Risorgimento 1, 63021 Amandola (Ascoli Piceno) Tel. 0736/847439 fax 847491

The festival opens with the ITALIAN ‘community play’ staged with the Arezzo and surroundings A first thirty people to present (Toscana) themselves in Amandola on August Abano Terme 15th; the show is built on the IL TEATRO E IL SACRO (Padova - Veneto) persons themselves, their faces and I LUOGHI DEL MISTERO their memories. There is another 10TH/15TH AUGUST ABANO DANZA FESTIVAL peculiarity of the show “Il teatro THEATRE & DANCE 26TH JUNE/14TH AUGUST delle case”: the Amandola houses, Information: the courtyards, the stables will open Il Carro di Jan, Information: every evening and the artists will Piazza S.S. Annunziata 1, Comune di Abano Terme, re-invent their shows using the new 52100 Arezzo Via Gobetti 14, spaces. Tel./fax 0575/370102 35031 Abano Terme (Padova) E-mail:[email protected] Tel. 049/8245269 fax 8245264 Arcidosso and surroundings The theme is "flight": from a The Festival programming deals (Grosseto - Toscana) flashback of memories collected with dance in its necessary into Album by Marco Paolini, for the complexity and possible TOSCANA DELLE CULTURE first time in a review completeness, from classical- 23RD JULY/10TH AUGUST (11th/14th/17th/25th Aug) to the romantic ballet to the modern and flying structures of the Sarruga experimental choreography. Information: (24th) the air-filled tubes of the Therefore all the shows are linked Accademia Amiata, Chapertons (10th) and the paper to this theme which the Festival Teatro degli Unanimi, puppets of Massimo Schuster FESTIVALS curators mean to develop on a 58031 Arcidosso (Grosseto). (26th) and Virgo Dolens by Peguy three-year project. Tel. 0564/968205, fax 968206 with Lucilla Morlacchi in its national première (29th/30th). Acqui Terme A small festival, but one with Traditionally the festival takes (Alessandria - Piemonte) precious intuition; we point out the place in non-conventional venues Colombian director Enrique Vargas, and doesn’t make any distinction ACQUI IN PALCOSCENICO born under the sign which marks of types, embracing dance 29TH JUNE/26TH JULY the encounter between artistic performances, theatre and street expressions and different cultures. theatre parades for children. Information: This year the theme is "poverty" in Other premières are La Tempesta Comune di Acqui the art of narration, ranging from performed by Teatro Nucleo (15th) Assessorato alla Cultura, the “Amiatina-Maremmana” and Piume a new choreography by Piazza A. Levi 12, traditon to that of the Sicilian of Giorgio Rossi/Sosta Palmizi (9th). 15011 Acqui Terme (Alessandria) Mimmo Cuticchio and to the Tel. 0144/770272 fax 57627 Venetian culture of Marco Paolini Asti with his Appunti foresti. Other (Piemonte) An international dance festival meetings are forseen with Giuliano directed by the ballet dancer Scabia who narrates The tragedy of ASTITEATRO Loredana Furno.The artists are: Roncisvalle and lastly Carlo Monni 26TH JUNE/6TH JULY Compagnia di Danza Teatro di in I cani di Gerusalemme directed Torino (29th); Loris Petrillo and by Andrea di Bari. Information: Andrè de la Roche (5th); Robert Teatro Alfieri, North (10th) Oriella Dorella and Via al Teatro 2, 14100 Asti. Denis Ganyo (16th), Compagnia Tel. 0141/355723 fax 557667 Baile Teatro Español (24th) and Balletto Nazionale Russo For many years this festival has Berjozka (26th). paid attention mainly to Italian contemporary drama. This year la Casa degli Alfieri have taken over the direction of this event and have adopted a new policy; its new

LA TARANTELLA DI PULCINELLA LA TARANTELLA intention is directed towards opening up its horizons to an international scene and above all to bring together all the arts

DISEGNI PER involved in the staging of a play. The contamination between music, theatre, dance and visual arts and that between different cultures, is already a widely treated theme by the younger generations of the

EMANUELE LUZZATI European artistic scene, and for special issue 1997

Bassano del Grappa 6 B (Vicenza - Veneto) Bacoli, Pozzuoli OPERAESTATE FESTIVAL (Napoli - Campania) 4TH JULY/31ST AUGUST

LA CULTURA DEL MITO Information: 26TH JUNE/31ST JULY Ufficio Operaestate Festival, Largo Corona d’Italia, Information: 36061 Bassano (Vicenza) E.C.O. Spettacolo Napoli, Tel. 0424/521850, fax 525138 Via Andrea d’Isernia 28, 80122 Napoli If you decide to spend your Italy a new law has been dedicated Tel. 081/665351 holidays in Bassano, do not fear to Benevento to this proposal by the Minister of Web.Http://www.newmedia.cmt.it/ be cut off from the best shows and (Campania) Culture Veltroni The program is mito97 cultural proposals. This amazing varied and hosts such "masters of E-mail [email protected] festival offers a rich and well BENEVENTO the stage" as Yoshi Oida, an actor assorted programme. Dance will CITTA’ SPETTACOLO who has worked with Peter Brook, The aim of this festival is to take the lion's share with Maguy 5TH/14TH SEPTEMBER and presents a work based on Zen “revisit” tradition in the light of a Marin's Mary B. (July 18th); texts Interrogations (27th), Judith new and updated sensitivity. The flamenco with Cristina Hoyos (July Information:

FESTIVALS Malina, founder of the Living traditional theatre section gives 22nd); Luciana Savignano with Associazione Prima Fila, Theatre, performs the leading role space to Patrizio Trampetti and the Bolero, with the choreography of Corso Garibaldi 28, in a play with a company from New Folk Band in Un Giorno credi... Maurice Béjart; Micha Van 82100 Benevento. Slovenia the Koreodrama in with Peppe Barra (18th July); Hoecke's Divertimento and Circus Tel. 0824/42711. Schizophrenia, written and directed Gloriana in ‘A Mugliera ‘e (29th); Momix with Supermomix by Damir Zlater Frey (26th); Masaniello directed by Nunzio (August 1st); Bill T. Jones with The programme deals with the Karunakaran master of the Gallo (26th July); Antonio Ursonate (August 4th); The north-south issue. Among the Kathakali dances and Casagrande in Iamme addò voice Tuscany's Ballet with The Tempest, artists announced: Gigi Proietti at choreographer for Peter Brook's and songs by Raffaele Viviani with Fabrizio Monteverde's the opening with lyrics, theatre and Mahabharata performs scenes (29th July); Pamela Villoresi in choreography (July 14th). For the songs; the début of Luca De Filippo from this show (2nd),while Sicilitudine (26th June); Mariano theatre programme we recommend as an unusual Pinter actor in amongst the foreign guests are: Rigillo in Caffè Gambrinus by Shakespeare's Midsummer night L'Amante with Anna Galiena, Derevo from St. Petersburg with Salvatore Di Giacomo (15th July). dream, directed by Elio De Capitani directed by Andrée Ruth Shammah; Once, with whom the Italian public For the dance section Raffaele (July 24th), Euripide's Le Baccanti, Gabriele Ferzetti and Francesca is familiar (1st) and a company of Paganini dances in Zorba il Greco staged by the Tam Teatromusica Benedetti in a work of Swedish

THEATRE & DANCE THEATRE acrobats and pyrotechnics from choreography by Lorca Massine (July 15th), Marco Paolini with ll playwright Lars Noren; Alberi nella Barcellona, Les Comediants (2nd July). Milione (August 9th), and the very foresta of the late Andrea Barbato, Anthologia (5th). And finally a few large company Ta Fantastika Teatro with Ivana Monti; Teatri Uniti with very interesting Italian companies Nero di Praga with the parable Don Stoppard's Rosencrantz and and in particular, promoters of Chisciotte (August 19th). And then Guilderstern are dead, with Andrea research who will take part: Casa again jazz, cinema, with films from Renzi; Raccontifiniti is an degli Alfieri presents Van Gogh 1996 Cannes Festival and 1995 interesting multi-workshop project written and directed by Luciano Venice Festival, and last but not with Ruggero Cappuccio who, since ITALIAN ITALIAN Nattino (2nd/4th), Sociètas least, 'Minifestival', youth theatre, the month of May has been putting Raffaello Sanzio presents his cinema, workshops and parties. together a large number of artists latest Giulio Cesare in an open air belonging to northern and southern theatre (28th), Pippo Delbono and traditions; along with Cappuccio his new and exciting Barboni. In himself, Laura Curino, Ermanna addition to this very interesting Montanari, Ugo Chiti, Claudio Di reality which strengthens the Palma and Ciro Damiano, Mimmo importance of the Festival, two Cuticchio, Franco Scaldati and young groups of actors which have Antonella Di Salvo, Gilles Coullet attracted the critics' and and Carlo Martinelli; the closing in audiences' attention in the last September will host a show with a couple of years are, Motus (4th) large number of actors, chosen and Laminarie (29th); the winner of among those attending the the Premio Scenario '97 Alma workshops. Rosè written by Elena Lolli and Anna Bella Di Costanzo, and the following complete the playbill for this year: Banda Osiris (27th/5th),'E Zezi (28th), Angela Malfitano (29th), Beppe Fasolis (29th), Titino Carrara (2nd), Theater Slava from St. Petersburg (3rd), Jorge Ruguerro and the group Blas de Otero (3rd), two mises en éspace from plays picked from the participants Premio Candoni Arta Terme (28th/29th) and video screenings by Premio Riccione TTVV (5th/6th). special issue 1997

Bologna Bolzano (Emilia Romagna) (Trentino Alto Adige) 7 BOLOGNA SOGNA BOLZANODANZA OPEN FESTIVAL 14TH/26TH JULY JUNE/JULY/AUGUST Information: Information: Comune di Bolzano - Ufficio Cultura, Comune di Bologna, Vicolo Gumez 1, 39100 Bolzano. Piazza Maggiore 6, 40122 Bologna. Tel. 0471/997388 - 991230 Tel. 051/203040 fax 997378 Web: http://www.comune.bologna.it

Mainly a stage for contemporary ITALIAN Bergamo It is interesting to point out that and established dance companies: Brescia (Lombardia) Bologna is a “university town” and Elisa Monte Dance Company (Lombardia) is the seat of one of the oldest (16th), Claude Brumachon (17th), SONAVAN... Italian Universities, built over 900 Francesca Lattuada (18th), Maguy D’ESTATE IN CITTÀ LE VIE DINTORNO years ago and still functioning Marin Company with the now 24TH JUNE/30TH JULY 10TH/14TH SEPTEMBER today as one of the country’s most memorable May B. (21st), Marie prestigious. Chouinard (23rd) and, at the end, Information: THEATRE & DANCE Information: Bologna's inhabitants who will Zagreb's ZKM Theatre (26th). Centro Teatrale Bresciano Teatro Tascabile di Bergamo, spend their summer in town must Contrada delle Bassiche 32, Via Colleoni 2, 24129 Bergamo. not fear to get bored thanks to Borgio Verezzi 25122 Brescia Tel. 035/235350 fax 242095 'Bologna dreams', an ideal urban (Savona- Liguria) Tel. 030/3771111, fax 293181 journey through art, shows and Small international festival of dance. Cinema festival in the FESTIVAL TEATRALE Following the tradition of the theatre, dance and music. An Courtyard of Palazzo D'Accursio; 12TH JULY/10TH AUGUST German theatre, this festival takes anticipation of the bill, still to be comic theatre and concerts in San off resuming the winter season's confirmed: a show of classical Giovanni in Monte; Multiethnic Information: productions with Il Folle e la morte Indian theatre-dance with Pei Yan festival in Lavino and in Quartiere Ufficio Festival, and Il ventaglio bianco written by Ling, Peking Opera performer; Barca; a courtyard staged Via XXV aprile 58, Von Hoffmansthal, directed by Giovanna Marini; Teatro Tascabile expressely for children by Teatro 17022 Borgio Verezzi (Savona) Carmela Cicinnati and Peter put on their latest performance Testoni dedicated to the youth; Tel. 019/610167 fax 612499 Exacoustos with Massimo Popolizio and the new conference-show by street theatre performances by and Sandra Toffolatti (27th Nicola Savarese, dedicated to the Teatro Ridotto; concerts in the Thanks to the Mayor's enthusiasm June/6th Jul). But, Douce France II, theatre of ancient Rome. Cloister of the Arena del Sole; and hard work this stretch of coast with an outline on French music FESTIVALS musical programme in Via has turned out to be a landmark and dance takes the cake as being Bertinoro Zamboni. The most interesting for many traditional theatre the most interesting project. (Forlì - Emilia Romagna) date with dance and music will companies who choose to In addition to the well known May take place in the space that was introduce their performances B. by Maguy Marin inspired from CRISALIDE - EVENTI DI TEATRO once the Tobacco Factory: Lion for the winter season.Yet again Beckett's universe (23rd July) and 28TH JULY /3RD AUGUST Opera Ballet (July 4th); Carolyn this appointment will be carried out Tambours du Bronx (24th Jun), we Carlson and Trilok Gurtu (July with the following plays at their point out: Dominique Boivin and Information: 13th); Cité de la Musique Dino début; Moliére's Il borghese her dance company with Carmen Masque Teatro, Saluzzi Trio (July 16th); Mudra gentiluomo with Ernesto Calindri (7th July) and last but not least in Via Mazzini 30, Béjart Lausanne - youth ballet directed by Filippo Crivelli the only Italian performance before 47032 Bertinoro (Forlì). company directed by Maurice (12th/13th/14th/15th); La its debut at Avignon, Solstice Tel. and fax 0543/743705. Béjart (July 17th); Dervisci Locandiera by Goldoni with Paola choreographed by Héla Fattoumi Roteanti Mevlevi & S. Erguner Quattrini directed by Lorenzo and Eric Lamoureux (28th Jun) A project that, although giving Ensamble Turkey (July 20th); Salveti (18th/20th); I nomi ve li and finally Zone Libere in priority to study and reflection, also and a tribute to Astor Piazzola by faccio in camerino written and La Saga di Madame Raymond pays particular attention to the Richard Galliano and the Tuscany directed by Mino Bellei (24th/25th June). spectacular dimension. It is divided Regional Orchestra (July 22th). (23rd/24th); Billy Budd by Melville, into three phases strictly linked directed by Sandro Sequi together. The first one sees a (27th/28th), Fiori di acciaio written workshop with Thierry Salmon, by Robert Harling directed by Patricia Salve, Renata Molinari, Teodoro Cassano with Anna Enrico Bagnoli; the second will Mazzamauro and Fiorenza have a public presentation of the Marcheggiani in the leading roles work relations drawn up by the (30th/2nd). Two productions will companies on the subject, whereas be staged exclusively for the the third phase will welcome the Festival: the first, Omaggio ai corpi shows: Marcido Marcidoris & incorrotti delle beate directed by Famosa Mimosa (August 1st), Walter Manfrè (3rd/4th), the Teatrino Clandestino and second directed by Lorenzo Salveti Fanny & Alexander with Sinfonia Inferno (5th-10th) whose cast is Majakovskiana (2nd), Teatrino made up of well known actors as: Clandestino with L’Idealista magico Anna Bonaiuto, Giovanni Crippa, (3rd), and Teatro Reon with Maria Paiato, Elizabetta Pozzi, Blas Poemetto assassino (3rd) . Roca Rey, Nestor Saied, Amanda Sandrelli, Toni Servillo and last but not least Luca Zingaretti (5th/10th). special issue 1997

Campsirago Cascina Castagnole Monferrato 8 (Como - Lombardia) (Pisa - Toscana) (Asti - Piemonte) CAMPSIRAGOTEATRO VETRINA ITALIA TEATRO E OLTRE 4TH/13TH JULY 1ST/15TH JULY 4TH/7TH SEPTEMBER

Information: Information: Information: Teatro La Ribalta, Teatro Politeama, La Casa degli Alfieri, Via Montegrappa 17, Via Tosco Romagnola 656, Località Cascina Bertolina 1, 22055 Merate (Como) 56021 Cascina (Pisa) 14030 Castagnole Monferrato (Asti) Tel. 039/9906841 fax 9906585 Tel. 050/744400 - 744298 Tel. 0141/292583-011/4367019 fax 744233 fax 0141/252572 Following the promises of the economic boom of the 60’s nearly This festival is dedicated to the The festival is the heir to In Fieri C all the inhabitants abandoned this younger audiences and is and takes place on the hillsides of village and fled to the valley in composed of workshops, theatre the Monferrato in the Casa degli Calamandrana search of welfare and better jobs. previews and a section dedicated Alfieri. The prologue is in June with (Asti - Piemonte) Today all that is left in Campsirago to contemporary drama and to the two workshops conducted by are the empty houses and the few new generations of playwrights. Catherine Schaub and Yoshi Oida TEATRO E COLLINE objects used in daily life, to remind with demonstrations at the end of 13TH/20TH JULY us of a once flourishing agricultural Castagneto Po, the courses which are open to the

FESTIVALS community. After a good hours' Torino and surroundings public. The following are the titles Information: walk through the woods you reach (Piemonte) of the program: Pitecus by Antonio Associazione Teatro e Colline, a place where you would never Rezza and Flavia Mastrella (4th), Il via Maestra 7, 14042 believe possible that cultural FESTIVAL DELLE COLLINE colore delle lacrime by and with Calamandrana (Asti) events take place! For the last TORINESI Francesco Silvestri, La Trilogia del Tel. and fax 0141/75733-75114 seven years this unusual festival 10TH/20TH JULY Balarino-Skankrér, an opera for has involved the local authorities in words, dance and song written by The delightful hills of the a project which aims to its Information: Alessandro Berti and Michela Monferrato host a festival restructurization giving the village a Associazione Festival Lucenti (5th); Oriente-storia del dedicated to research theatre chance to relive: a positive delle Colline Torinesi, principe Siddharta by Bobo whose new project looks towards outcome which nevertheless marks Via Po 2, 10123 Torino. Nigrone, Innerwald by and with the latest events in contemporary the end of the festival and how it Tel. and fax 011/8127551 Clelia Moretti, La eletta Gisela by theatre. Wim Mertens' music was conceived. This year's edition and with Federica Tardito (6th); opens this festival (13th); followed is the last and takes its leave with Here is a formula which brings Onda Teatro closes the festival by the enraptured music of the a very special project, one which together landscapes with acting, with Una danza sull'uva a

THEATRE & DANCE THEATRE Salento Officine Zoè (18th); tenors tells the history of this village: Il architectural itineraries and baccanale between reality and from Sardinia (20th). For the Paese dei Vinti in a co-production performances with particular literature in a ritual which in the theatre: Anna Redi (15th); Japigia of five theatre companies from the regards towards contemporary centuries binds has brought Teatro (17th); Koreya (18th); region of Lombardia specifically drama. An apparent disorder brings together wine and theatre. Domenico Castaldo (18-19th); staged for Campsirago to the overcoming of order: Moni Ovadia with his Cabaret (11th/12th): Compagnia Tangram Erodiade by Testori with Adriana Castiglioncello Yiddish (20th). in Trecolli (6th); Compagnia Innocenti (10th); Farinelli, a recital and surroundings Katzenmacher of Alfonso by Piero Nuti (11th); Enoica, a (Livorno - Toscana) ITALIAN ITALIAN Caltagirone Santagata in Petito Strenge (6th); recital by Giovanni Moretti and (Catania - Sicilia) Compagnia Lolli - Di Costanzo Alma Schifo written by Robert Schneider FESTIVAL DELLA RIVIERA Rosé (6th); and Teatro Città Murata with Graziano Piazza (12th); Voce ETRUSCA TEATRI IN CITTA’ in Gioco al Massacro (6th) and Il two monologues by Claudio Magris 3RD JULY/30TH AUGUST 6TH/11TH AUGUST Complesso de Sfroos in concert and Ugo Chiti for the company Arca (4th July); Scena Verticale in La Azzurra (13th); Giovanna d'Arco by Information: Information: stanza della memoria (5th); Maria Luisa Spaziani with Rosalba Associazione Armunia, Associazione Culturale Nave Argo, Compagnia Erbamil in Calzette Trevisan (14th); Città, Campagna Castello Pasquini, Via Fisicara 7/a , Rosse; Le Officine Schwarz (12th); by Valeriano Gialli (15th)."Teatro Piazza della Vittoria 1, 95041 Caltagirone (Catania) Pippo Delbono and his company in per Superga" is a project dedicated 57012 Castiglioncello (Livorno). Tel. 0933/22436 fax 55989 Barboni (5th). Other performances to the history of Turin: the venue Tel. 0586/752690, fax 754198 are: Giuliano Scabia in La cerva which will host these nocturnal This event takes place in the Tondo bianca; Le Masche directed by performances dedicated to the Every day new performances take Vecchio - a small 7th century Luciano Nattino; Gianni Solazzo in glorious "maglie granata "is the place in all the municipalities of amphitheatre - with performances Il miracolo di Gesù; I Narrabondi by popular and well known"dentera". the area, thus giving the spectator on the theme: "Classicals Beppe Rosso and Mirco Artuso of the opportunity to cover different Revisited". Here are a few titles : which dates are not yet available. and ever changing sceneries while L'Histoire du soldat with E.X.I.L 84, travelling through a territory rich in La Tempesta with Liminalia and history and wonderful landscapes. Martogliata directed by Ninni In the dance section we point out Bruschetta. the Gruppo Silenda (25th July), the Company Blu choreography by Alessandro Certini and Charlotte Zerbey (2nd/3rd Aug); Giorgio Rossi and Sosta Palmizi (5th/6th Aug); La Compagnia Kinkaleri with Cristina Rizzo and Matteo Bambi (8th/9th Aug); Compagnia Abbondanza-Bertoni (12th/13th Aug) and Micha Van Hoecke (21st/22nd Aug). special issue 1997

Certaldo Cividale del Friuli Civitanova (Firenze - Toscana) (Udine - Friuli Venezia Giulia) (Macerata - Marche) 9 MERCANTIA MITTELFEST CIVITANOVA DANZA 318th/27th July 19TH/27TH JULY 15TH/25TH JULY

Information: Information: Information: Terzostudio, Mittelfest, Centro Civico, Amat, Via della Gioventù 3, Borgo di Ponte, Via Marsala 19, 60121 Ancona 56024 Ponte a Egola (Pisa) 33043 Cividale (Udine). Tel. 071/2075880, fax 54813 Tel. and fax 0571/485078 Tel. 0432/730793 fax 701099 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.abelettronica.it/

A project on street theatre, an mittlefest This year's programme includes a ITALIAN enormous popular feast. This year E-mail: mittlefest@dns. combination of ethno-folk music Cremona sees more than 250 groups of abelettronica.it and cultural elaborations and (Lombardia) participants, but don't waste your choreographies: Carolyn Carlson time asking for a program, it Outpost in a border land that accompanied by Trilok Gurtu in RASSEGNA LA DANZA doesn't exist! continues a long research on the Dance and Percussions, a duet 7TH/30TH JULY 'Identity' issue, trying to connect (15th); Aterballetto with a Cervia with the 'other' from oneself, in choreopraphy by Micha Van Hoecke Information: THEATRE & DANCE (Ravenna - Emilia Romagna) order to define a project on in Divertimento per orchestra Teatro Ponchielli, tolerance. The hosting city being on (19th) and Compania Tangueros Corso Vittorio Emanuele 52, ARRIVANO DAL MARE ! the north-east Italian border, the directed by Mariachiara Michieli's, 26100 Cremona. FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE festival looks towards the East accompanied by the Orquestra Tel. 0372/407274-5, fax 460180 DEI BURATTINI E DELLE FIGURE European countries. Thus, in the rich Color Tango (25th). 23RD /31ST AUGUST musical and theatrical programme, The première of this festival is in the Italian and foreign hospitality, Collecchio dedicated to Dance & Percussion- Information: in the section dedicated to poetry or and surroundings A duet, Carolyn Carlson, in her Centro Teatro di Figura, in the shadows theatre offers, we (Parma - Emila Romagna) latest creation, for the first time on Via Cavour 12, always find the search for values stage, will dance accompanied by 48015 Cervia (Ravenna). that define the identity on one hand, NATURA DÈI TEATRI the Indian percussionist Trilok Tel. 0544/971958 fax 971922 and, on the other hand, incourage 29TH AUGUST/7TH SEPTEMBER Gurtu. Next on the program is E-mail: ctf @mbox.queen,it the spirit of civil living together. The Ragazzi Selvaggi a choreography by opening event is Danubio, itinerant Information: Robert North danced by Andrè de Over a hundred shows with show from a Claudio Magris' text, Lenz Rifrazioni, la Roche on a jazz score by Enrico different languages and styles that directed by Giorgio Pressburger, Via Trento 49, 43100 Parma. Rava (9th July); Flamenco with the FESTIVALS go from repertoires of popular which sees the participation of other Tel. 0521/270141, fax 272641 Compagnia di Cristina Hoyos in tradition to the most avant-guard Italian and foreign directors like Arsa y Toma (17th July), 15 experimentation. Shows from Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, Egisto The key reading is the synthesis soloists of the American Ballet will various countries will analyse the Marcucci, Federico Tiezzi and of between nature and culture in a dance for the gala evening Star of relation between theatre/fairy-tale thirty actors (19th); Vangelio by programme which gives the public American Ballet (20th July), Canti with The Little Red Riding Hood. Teatro Kismet Opera from Bari, with access to the creative process and Marini 3 e 4 by Virgilio Sieni (24th The opening will see a new work by professional and handicapped to the workshops. July); to homage Charlie Chaplin the ensemble of Claudio Cinelli, actors (20th). From Hungary Karl Parish churches, villas, and and his music, a ballet puppetter and also opera director. Kraus' musical The last days for courtyards will be the sites hosting coreographed by Mario Piazza Mankind directed by Lazlo Vandorli studies on Shakespeare through (28th July). And to end this review, Città di Castello (20th); from Croatia, Lessing's workshops of music, theatre, art L'Aterballetto presents (Perugia - Umbria) Nathan the wise directed by Georgij and poetry. choreographies by Micha van Paro(21st); Schifo by Robert Hoecke, Orazio Caiti, Mauro FESTIVAL DELLE NAZIONI Scheiner directed by Cesare Lievi Bigonzetti and the famous ballet 18TH /27TH JULY (21st); from Poland, Thomas Ravel's Bolero choreographed by Bernhard's Immanuel Kant (25th); Maurice Bèjart and danced by Information: from Macedonia, Shakespeare's Luciana Savignano (30th July) Associazione Festival delle Nazioni, King Lear. Under the banner of the Piazza Fanti, cultural exhange, Schizophrenia, a 06012 Città di Castello (Perugia). co-production between Mittelfest, Tel. 075/8559018 fax 8521142 Asti Teatro and Living Theatre with 25 Italian actors and the The previous editions followed a participation of Judith Malina, theme orientation dedicated to a 25 Slovene actors and the single European country, whereas mask Ptui and directed by this year the musical programme Damir Zlatar Frey (22nd). has no boundaries. In the opening, a The show Rozznjogl/Caccia double bill featuring Vittorio ai topi, in double Italian Gassman in the recital Anima e and Austrian version, that corpo nella vita e nel teatro (18th) will be directed, for the and in concert with Luciano italian edition, by Giampiero Pavarotti. The programme goes on Solari and for the Austrian version by with Prague Chamber Choir, directed Nikolaus Windisch-Spoerk (23rd); by Romano Gandolfi (20th); Grigory Rom Stalker with 12 Rom actors and Sokolov on Brahms (22nd); The directed by Loredana Putignani King's Consort directed by Robert (24th).The section of itinerant King (26th) and the Italian Virtuosi theatre features, among others, (27th). We also recommend the Merima, a show by Barbara della staging of the ballet-comedy Zemir et Polla that takes place on a train Azor (25th), of the Ensemble (25th). Finally we remind you that Almasis, directed by Iakovos the Festival poetry section is Pappas. coordinated by Cesare Tomasetig. special issue 1997

10 F Fano (Pesaro e Urbino - Marche)

IL VIOLINO E LA SELCE 13 JULY/6 AUGUST

Information: Comune di Fano Corso Matteotti 4 61032 Fano (Pesaro e Urbino) Tel. 0721/830145 fax 830146 D Web:http.www//gostec.it/ G fanospettacoli Dro E-mail: [email protected] Genova (Trento - Trentino Alto Adige) (Liguria) An exploration of an ever-changing DRODESERA FESTIVAL music-language, with its endless FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE 28TH JULY/3RD AUGUST and multiform geographical paths, DEL BALLETTO

FESTIVALS especially between Europe and 28TH JUNE/27TH JULY Information: Africa. For the dance section two Il Gaviale, national previews: Bill T. Jones / Information: Via Gramsci 10, 38074 Dro (Trento) Arnie Zane Dance Company with Teatro Carlo Felice, Tel. and fax 0464/504560-504444 Ursonate and Sur La Place (26); Passo Eugenio Montale 4, Web:http://www.garda.com/manife and Aterballetto in Nove ritratti, 16121 Genova. st/drodesera E- choreography by Orazio Caiti and Tel. 010/5381310, fax 590126 mail:[email protected] music by Paolo Castaldi (1). Closing with L'Imboscata by Franco After a few years of silence, this The Dro Festival, hosted in a small Battiato, festival art director, who, festival has taken on a new course village north of Lake Garda, as a perfect host, after giving room and has resumed its place present to its fond and regular to other artists, takes leave from amongst the dance chronicals. The public a strong cultural journey the public with a big concert. project carried out by Genova’s alternating between experimental Teatro Carlo Felice and the Teatro dance and narration and popular Fiesole ai Parchi di Nervi also sees the

THEATRE & DANCE THEATRE theatre. E (Firenze - Toscana) co-production with il Balletto di This edition's main project is Toscana of Blue Note, which is the "Towns that dance/relation Ercolano ESTATE FIESOLANA result of the complicity of a between Dance and Architecture" (Napoli - Campania) 4THJULY/7TH AUGUST computer and the collaboration carried out in Trento (28th) and Dro between the choreographer Mauro (29th) presented in collaboration FESTIVAL DELLE VILLE Information: Bigonzetti and the composer with the cities of Barcellona and VESUVIANE Fondazione Toscana Spettacolo, Antonio De Santis (4/6). The main Trento. It will feature dancers and 4TH/27TH JULY Via Alamanni 41, 50123 Firenze. attraction will be William Forsythe ITALIAN ITALIAN choreographers, from all over Tel. 055/219851 fax 219853 master of contemporary dance Europe, and they will experiment a Information: Web:http.www//fts.toscana.it choreography and who together new and intriguing relation of Ente per le Ville Vesuviane, e-mail: [email protected] with the Frankfurt Ballett presents dance with unconventional spaces Palazzo Reale, Piazza Plebiscito, Sleepers Guts (8/9) and an and with the street. 80132 Napoli. Fiesole is situated on the beautiful anthology of his latest creations: Among the Italians Roberto Tel. 081/405393, fax 412626 hills overlooking Florence where a The Second Detail and Enemy in Castello's Company, Unione Danza breathtaking view of the Tuscan the Figure together with Quintett Urbana, Virgilio Sieni and the It will take place in Villa countryside mingles together with with music by Gavin Bryars Compagnia Abbondanza/Bertoni Campolieto, a natural and the domes and spires of buildings (11th/12th). The Festival also with Romanzo d'infanzia. architectural setting of enchanting and churches of the Renaissance talks about women with two very Among the foreign companies we beauty: the opening will see Isa city of Florence. We hope that the important American companies recommend the Spanish Mal Pelo Danieli as the protagonist of program, which is still to be defined, both of which are led by women: with La calle dell'imaginero (30th). Luparella, written and directed by will keep its promise of a big the first is Twyla Tharp and For the theatre section Marco Enzo Moscato; following a announcement of a special project presents her ballet Heroes with Paolini's Il Milione, quaderno Parthenopean playwright and Persephone directed by Bob Wilson music by Philip Glass (28th/30th), Veneziano (1st), Laura Curino's actress, another important date music by Rossini and Philip Glass. the second is the Martha Graham Olivetti and Pippo Delbono's with a great Neapolitan artist: In the perfect setting of the Roman Dance Company (18/20). And the Barboni. Armando Pugliese will present, Theatre, the Estate Fiesolana brings festival closes with Alicia Alonso’s after nearly twenty years from its one of the most brilliant and Ballett Nacional de Cuba in Don first dèbut a new version of what complete artists of the international Quixote (23rd/25th) and the final was known as his forte, Masaniello scene back to Florence in a Gran Gala evening (27th July). which made him famous all over performance not to be missed Europe, with new music by Antonio (4th/5th July). Twenty Funk groups Sinagra (11/12). From USA a text will take part in the evenings by Alan Bowne on the AIDS crisis, dedicated to this lively and directed by Carlo Giulian (22); spontaneous dance; “Incontro con la Egisto Marcucci will instead deal musica rap e la modern dance” a with Plautus' Miles Gloriosus (27). project by Vittoria Ottolenghi (16th/ Among the musical appointments 17th July); Canti Marini by Virgilio we point out the Virtuosi di San Sieni (2nd/3rd); Balletto di Toscana Martino with Ciccio and other in Otello choreography by Fabrizio stories, a new and deeply ironic Monteverde (5th/7th August). In interpretation of the popular addition we point out that there is a Neapolitan song. music section of great interest. special issue 1997

Ginosa and surroundings Massa - Carrara (Taranto - Puglia) M and surroundings 11 (Toscana) FESTIVAL DELLA TERRA Magliano DELLE GRAVINE (Grosseto - Toscana) LUNATICA 18TH JULY /14TH AUGUST 6TH JULY/15TH AUGUST TRACCE DI TRACCE Information: 1a Parte Information: La Terza Musica, 6TH/24TH JULY Comune di Massa Carrara, Via Ospedale 7, Ufficio Cultura, 74014 Laterza (Taranto) Information: Via Cavour 17, 54100 Massa Tel. and fax 099/8296706 Escargot, Tel. 0585/899305

Casella Postale 141, ITALIAN Gibellina A research on artistic styles from 58100 Grosseto. Castles, cloisters, villages and (Trapani - Sicilia) the falling to pieces of melodrama Tel.and fax 0348/3317839 churches of 15 different and its tradition to the aim of communes of the province become ORESTIADI bringing out a new language or The festival ends in October, the the venues for drama, and dance JULY/AUGUST modes of expression between first part of which is dedicated performances and concerts of music and theatre. The following mainly to the musical section. Last classical and "other music". Information: companies take part: Compagnia years' artistical choice was a lively Amongst the names who make up THEATRE & DANCE Fondazione Orestiadi, Virgilio Sieni together with Symbola blending of the arts and maybe for the program are: the pianist Bruno Case di Stefano, and the Tamborrino Ensemble this reason the program has been Canino (8th July); the Orchestra 91024 Gibellina (Trapani) (18th/19thJuly); Jekyll, Carmine e postponed to the autumn season. Filarmonica from Moldavia (11th Tel. 0924/67844, fax 67855 altri animali by Michele Dall'Ongaro The Gruppo Percussioni Dadadang July); Contempo Trio ((17th July); and Michele Serra with Massimo in Parata per percussioni in Renato De Carmine (18th July); Unfortunately the final program of Popolizio and Barbara Lazotti movimento open the Festival. The Richard Galliano and the Solisti this important appointment has not (30th/31st); Pulci-Nella-House Filarmonica Giuseppe Verdi (8th); dell'ORT (19th July); L'Ensemble yet been completed. The few written by Giovanni Tamborrino with the Trio Gardel di Parma (19th); the Max Reger (25th July); Daniela names that have been released up Marco Manchisi (1st/2nd); Koreja pianist Marco Vavolo and the Giordano in Decameron (27-28th until now, confirm the fact that a performs Giardini di Plastica, a singer Faye Nepon will perform July); Virgilio Sieni (31st July) and trip from the "continent" is well divertissement using bodies, with the Orchestra di Toscana Micha Van Hoecke (11th Aug). worthwhile to see performances by sounds and images (27th/28th); (22nd); Marco Paolini (13th) and some of the most important Teatro Kismet Opera presents Moni Ovadia (24th.) represent the Milano international artists: and if this Vangelio a project for theatre and theatre. (Lombardia) were not enough, remember that handicap (25th). the view of the Gibellina is of Marina di Pietrasanta MILANO OLTRE FESTIVALS undescribable beauty. Most Gorizia (Lucca- Toscana) OCTOBER probably Jurij Alschitz, a maestro of (Friuli Venezia Giulia) the Soviet scenes and collaborator LA VERSILIANA Information: to Anatolj Vassiliev, opens the ALPE ADRIA PUPPET FESTIVAL 8TH JULY/29TH AUGUST Teatridithalia, program with an international MIRABILIA Via Ciro Menotti 11, 20129 Milano. workshop on theatre, co-ordinated 31ST AUGUST/6TH SEPTEMBER Information: Tel. 02/76110032- 76110007, by Alessio Bergamo (9th/20thJuly). Comune di Pietrasanta, fax 70123851 Towards the end of July the superb Information: P. zza Matteotti, American composer, Meredith C.T.A. 55045 Pietrasanta (Lucca) A festival which hosts prestigious Monk presents A Celebration Via Cappuccini 19/1, 34170 Tel. 0584/795263 theatrical companies with a special Service the musical inspiration and Gorizia. regard to contemporary Italian choreography ranges from Zen Tel. 0481/539668 fax 539668 There are four national premières productions. At this time the only writings to Sufi poetry, from of classical theatre: Sei personaggi definite appointment not to be Eethiopian songs to Hassidic This year the festival has a definite in cerca d'autore by Pirandello missed is Giulio Cesare produced Traditions: an ensemble composed international taste, confirmed by directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi by Sociètas Raffaello Sanzio. of 18 vocalists, twelve singers, two the production of The Beauty and (8th/9th July-7th/10th Aug); actors, an organist and ten the Beast in collaboration with the Filottete by Sofocle, directed by dancers take part in this Stuttgart’s Material Theater, the Teresa Pedroni (18th-19th July); E multi-media performance. Two presence of the Forman brothers’ ballando...ballando written and classical productions come directly shows in agreement with the the directed by Giancarlo Sepe (30th from Greece, the first is Theodoros Maribor and Klagenfourt, of the July/3rd Aug); Le allegre comari di Terzopoulos's Prometeo incatenato Liberec Theatre, of Schonbrun’s Windsor by Shakespeare directed by Eschilo and Medea by Heiner puppets from Austria, Anton by Nucci La Dogana. The dance Müller. In October the Festival and Anderle from Sloveenia and the section opens with : I viaggi di Teatro Biondo of Palermo co- Lutkovno Gledalisce group. Ulisse executed by Balletto di produce a play by Roberto Alaimo Spoleto (13th July); Bolero with the Cento divagazioni notturne and Aterballetto choreography by finally Concerto per piano solo e Maurice Bèjart (4th Aug); Don voce by the dark lady of American Giovanni, emozioni di un mito with jazz (but of Greek origins!) the Balletto di Toscana (18th Aug); Diamanda Galas whose repertoire Compagnia Teatro Nuovo di Torino ranges from oriental rythms to dances Zorba il Greco (12th-21st blues to radical jazz by Cecil Taylor. Aug); La Gatta with Movimento danza (20th July); Carmina Burana with the Ballet Contemporaneo de Caracas (25th July). special issue 1997

Modena Montepulciano 12 (Emilia Romagna) (Siena - Toscana) N LE VIE DEI FESTIVAL BRUSCELLO POLIZIANO Napoli SEPTEMBER/NOVEMBER 14TH/17TH AUGUST ESTATE A NAPOLI Information: Information: 17TH JUNE/ 30TH SEPTEMBER Emilia Romagna Teatro, Compagnia Popolare del Bruscello, Largo Garibaldi 15, 41100 Modena. Piazza S. Lucia 7, Information: Tel. 059/223783, fax 234979 53045 Montepulciano (Siena) Teatro Pubblico Campano, Tel. 0578/758529, fax 757620 Centro Direzionale Isola f/11, A festival which also takes place in 80143 Napoli other towns with theatre, dance Each year towards the middle of Tel. 081/5513396, fax 7345210 Mira and concert events selected from August, a numerous and (Venezia - Veneto) European and Italian summer affectionate audience, gathers From a programme that anticipates festivals. For this reason, like last around the singing of octaves musical and film reviews, we point FESTIVAL DELLE VILLE year, the programme will be ready alternated by storytellings. This out the most important theatrical 3RD JULY/7TH AUGUST at the end of the summer. We can year the heroine is Margherita da enterprizes: a preview at the teatro anticipate a definite appointment: Cortona and is as always Nuovo in the heart of the “Quartieri Information: an Emilia Romagna Teatro performed by the villagers Spagnoli”, one of the oldest Moby Dick-Teatri della Riviera, production, Oracoli will stay in themselves, who hand down this neighbourhoods of Naples, of

FESTIVALS Villa Principe Pio, Via Don Minzoni 26, Modena for a month, the sensorial tradition from father to son. Mario Martone and Andrea Renzi’s 30034 Mira (Venezia) workshop of the Colombian Enrique play I Sette contro Tebe, by Tel.e fax 041/5600212 Vargas, that is not only a show but Monticchiello Eschilo, the first part of a also a game, a brief but intense (Siena - Toscana) film/theatre project which apart Stunning villas on the river Brenta journey through various from theatre performances plans that turn into natural stages for sensations. TEATRO POVERO the shooting of a film which will be shows: Ville Widmann, Valier Corò, DI MONTICCHIELLO in the cinemas next season. The Minio Gidoni, Alessandri, Montalcino 319th July/10th August heart of the Estate Napoletana will Franceschi, La Speranza: charming and surroundings be the courtyard of the imposing settings that will host Marco (Siena - Toscana) Information: Castello Maschio Angioino situated Paolini's Il Milione (July 3-4), Dei Teatro Povero - Granaio, in the centre of the city. The liquori fatti in casa, staged by FESTIVAL DELLA VAL D’ORCIA P.ta Nuova, opening is delegated to Le mille e Beppe Rosso and directed by E DI MONTALCINO 53020 Monticchiello (Siena) una notte with Massimo Ranieri Gabriele Vacis (July 8), and 31ST JULY/24TH AUGUST Tel. and fax 0578/755118 directed by Maurizio Scaparro theatre/concert with Moni Ovadia (19th /25th June); Peppe Barra in

THEATRE & DANCE THEATRE and Vladimir Denissenkov titled Information: One of the most fascinating the musical comedy Lengua Perché no? (July 22). From Spain Teatro degli Astrusi, experiences in theatre-life for the Serpentina (28th/3rd July); the comic and visual theatre with Via Scale Bandi - Montalcino (Siena) summer is this particular festival of L’Opera dei centosedici with music the Chapertons, with a show of Tel. and fax 0577/849223 one performance only! During the by Roberto De Simone (16th/18th music and entertainment. (11); long winter nights the villagers July); two “primedonne” of the Teatro delle Briciole with Un Theatre, music and dance meet and think out a play which Neapolitan scenes: Lina Sastri in bacio...un bacio ancor un altro bacio scattered through the Val d'Orcia. will then be performed during the Concerto (23rd/24th) and Isa (18); Massimo Schuster, Italian For theatre: Shakespeare-Re di summer in the main village square Danieli in Ferdinando by Annibale ITALIAN ITALIAN puppetter that lives in Marseille with Napoli written and directed by under the guide of Andrea Cresti. Rucello (28th/30th July); La lunga Charta (23); and two events: the Ruggero Cappuccio, La tragedia di The title of this year's play is Falci notte di Giocasta directed by first by Laboratorio Teatro Settimo Roncisvalle by and with Giuliano and it ties up with a vital point for Leopoldo Mastelloni (1st/3rd Aug) with Il ritorno delle...zie d’America, Scabia and a workshop directed by the community of Monticchiello: and last but not least Masaniello where a dinner will be served Claudio Morganti. “memory”. An appointment not to by Armando Pugliese with original between the acts as part of the be missed firstly for the music by Antonio Sinagra performance (August 1/3) Montecosaro authenticity of this proposal and (21st/27th July). and the second, Il gioco dei destini (Macerata - Marche) secondly to enjoy a breathtaking scambiati, with Roberta view while tasting the famous Noto Biagiarelli (7/9). MONTECOSARO TEATRO "pici" and other typical dishes at (Siracusa - Sicilia) 4TH/26TH JULY the Taverna del Bronzone. Modena I GIORNI DI GIUFÀ (Emilia Romagna) Information: LA NOTTE DI GIUFÀ Comune di Montecosaro, 15TH/19TH JULY SIPARIO IN PIAZZA Via Gatti 4, 13TH JULY/25TH AUGUST 62010 Montecosaro (Macerata). Information: Tel. and fax 0733/229110 Comune di Noto, Information: Assessorato Turismo e Spettacolo Emilia Romagna Teatro - On the bill Laura Curino’s Passione Via S. Larosa Teatro Storchi, L.go Garibaldi15, (4) and Barboni, the new show by c/o Teatro Comunale, 41100 Modena Pippo Delbono with actors picked Noto (Siracusa) Tel. 059/223783 fax 234979 up from the streets and from Tel. and fax 0931/835073 psychiatric hospitals (18); a date A programme filled whith dance with Romanzo d’infanzia by the Franco Scaldati, one of the most and music events mixed with free dance company Abbondanza- famous living Sicilian playwrights is shows of typical local taste. The Bertoni, based on a text by Bruno the curator for these four days of most noteworthy artists will be the Stori and directed by Letizia seminars, and concerts and Momix (July 22nd) and a novelty Quintavalla: a preview of an reflections on Giufà and his artistic not to be missed in what we can interesting offer of dance-theatre potential for the theatre. call 'athletic dance' with the wholly for children. Italian group that promise thrilling evolutions; Kataklò (August 25th). special issue 1997

(Emilia Romagna) Parma P (Emilia Romagna) 13 NOTEDANZA Palermo 4TH/30TH JULY TEATRO FESTIVAL PARMA (Sicilia) MEETING EUROPEO Information: DELL’ATTORE FESTIVAL DI PALERMO Teatro Regio, 6TH/21ST SEPTEMBER SUL NOVECENTO Via Garibaldi 15, 43100 Parma. 22nd September/2nd November Tel. 0521/218691, fax 206156 Information: Associazione Teatro Festival Parma Information: From Emitt Powell’s gospels (4th) Teatro Due, Comune di Palermo, to the contemporary dance of Viale Basetti 12/A, 43100 Parma.

Assessorato alla Cultura, Carolyn Carlson, accompanied by Tel. 0521/208088, fax 231232. ITALIAN Villa Trabia, Via Salinas 3, the percussionist Trilok Gurtu Pesaro e Urbino 90141 Palermo. (9th), and the Stars of American Projects focused on themes like (Marche) Tel. 091/7405930-31, Ballet (16th ). From the magic theatre culture, cultural assets and fax 7405931 charme of the great Zizi Jeanmarie tourism, actors training, literature: SIPARIO DUCALE (22nd) and the great jazz with these are the main guidelines of the 27TH JUNE/15TH AUGUST Due to the high quality of its Michel Petrucciani (24th), to the avant-programme. In co-operation artistic characteristics, this is most songs of Brecht and Weill with the Magnani Rocca Foundation, Information: THEATRE & DANCE probably the only Italian festival performed by the extraordinary with a regard to multidiscipline and Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino which competes with the great voice of Ute Lemper (30th) to cultural tourism, it will present Ufficio Cultura, European festivals. the exhibition Fussli painter of Via Gramsci 4, 61100 Pesaro. This event takes place in different Parma Shakespeare and theatre projects, Tel. 0721/359311, fax 33320 historical venues of the city (Emilia Romagna) specifically commissioned, based Web: http://www.provincia.ps.it/ begining with the newly on Shakespeare and supported by cultura/ restructured Teatro Massimo which MARIONETTE & BURATTINI music, cinema and workshops E-mail:[email protected] hosts the amazing Peter 1ST/29TH AUGUST around the great English playwright. Greenaway and his performance of And then the staging of 'Midsummer The province of Pesaro and Urbino music, images and objects Cento Information: night dream' rewritten by Andrea have thought out a vast and oggetti per rappresentare il mondo Teatro Regio, Zanzotto; the transcription in verse articulated cultural and tourist (2nd/5th Oct.). Dance/theatre is Via Garibaldi 15, 43100 Parma. of Macbeth supervised by Edoardo itinerary that extends all over the simbolically represented by Pina Tel. 0521/218908, fax 206156 Sanguineti and with the theatrical country and surroundings where Bausch with Danzon (24th /26th advice of Gigi Dall'Aglio. Hamlet by unusual settings will become Oct.). The drama section also Born from the collaboration with Eimuntas Nekrosius, one of the stages which will host over 50 promises to be very entertaining: the Centre of Shadows Theatre of most radical innovators of theatre evenings of free live shows. The FESTIVALS Harold Pinter in person, the Cervia, it is purposefully linked to language (13th/14th); Jean endless richeness of the historical greatest living playright, directs an the festival Arrivano dal Mare! On Lauwers' Macbeth, a Needcompany- and cultural resources of these Italian version of Ashes to Ashes / the bill: Stac's Pupi, Ferrari's TAT Frankfurt production places is documented in the Ceneri alle ceneri with Adriana Asti Puppets, the bohemian Anton (19th/20th) and Fiona Shaw with exhibition Teatri delle terre di and Jerzyi Stuhr (30th Oct./2nd Anderle, Romano Danielli of Shakespeare and friends. Ibsen and Pesaro e Urbino, organised in Nov.). Furthermore in occasion of Bologna. enemies. Finally the programme Pesaro, with Maurizio Buscarino’s Pinter's Italian debut, Gianfranco presents the group Marcido beautiful images. Capitta has organized a series of Marcidoris & Famosa Mimosa and lectures dedicated to his films and the provocatory presence of Guido Poggio a Caiano videos: and on the 29th Pinter will Ceronetti on stage and in the street (Prato - Toscana) personally hold an interview- with an “organo di Barberia”. confession titled"Il mio FESTIVAL DELLE COLLINE Novecento". The remarkable 21ST JUNE/18TH JULY director Lev Dodin and his company from St. Petersburg, Information: the Malyj Museo Pecci, Via della Teatr, will Repubblica 277, 50046 Prato perform Tel. 0574/570620 Anton Fax 572604 Checov's Platonov (9th/12th In this rich and eventful music Oct.); the section of festival, which hosts many contemporary international artists that go from playwrights introduces the outstanding Cesaria Evora, lady Cento divagazioni notturne by of the “morna” to Misia with the Roberto Alajmo directed by Portuguese fado, we point out, for Claudio Collovà (23rd/26th the dance section, the presence of Oct.). For the music/theatre Carolyn Carlson, an authority in section Salvatore Sciarrino plays in contemporary dance, accompanied Vanitas directed by Roberto by Trilok Gurtu (11th July). Guicciardini (8th/9th October) and La Compagnia la Corte Sconta in Spargimento (4th /5th Oct.). The musical program proposes L'Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana with music by Charles Edward Ives, Edgar Varèse, Sciarrino and Debussy conducted in turn by Gabriele Ferro, Jurg Wittenbach Emilio Pomarico and by Marcello Panni. Parma special issue 1997

Spadoni, Luigi Dadina (10th -12th), Popoli 14 and last but not least the Dead (Pescara - Abruzzo) Chickens (5th- 12th), a high flying group of the Berlin avant-guard with ECHI - a work purposefully created for the FESTIVAL/LABORATORIO Festival, with a combination of 18TH/28TH JULY futuristic scenaries, technologies and rave parties (6/12). Information: "Jungle Hunde Artisti da cuccioli" Drammateatro, is Polverigi's offer to promote c/o Teatro Comunale, Italian and foreign young artists. Piazza della Pietà 21 We mention them in a list because 65026 Popoli (Pescara) it is worth to taking advantage of Tel. and fax 085/989727 Polverigi an eventful year that gives us the Porto Venere (Ancona - Marche) chance to get in touch with new An exchange between expressive (La Spezia - Liguria) realities that, will hopefully, languages and different cultures of INTEATRO become the life blood of the theatrical scene through in- PORTO VENERE 5TH/ 13TH JULY tomorrow's theatre: Compagnia depth itineraries, where the shows TEATRO DONNA Rebecca Murgi (8th), I.V.A.N., will be supported by workshops 18TH JULY/13TH AUGUST Information: Teatrino Clandestino and Fanny & and studies with the participation Inteatro, Alexander (9th/11th); Sean Tuan of researchers in various subjects. Information:

FESTIVALS Piazza Cavour 29, 60121 Ancona. John from Wales (9th); Compagnia Intertwined with the theatre DorainpoiTeatro, Tel. 071/200442, fax 205274 Amelia Bantes from Lisbon (11th); (among others Ravenna Teatro with Via San Giovanni Bosco 3/b, Web:http://www.bancamarche.it/te Scuola Paolo Grassi di Milano Incantati, Lus e Narrazione della 10015 Ivrea atro/festival/polverigi (10th); Compagnia Metadones- Pianura e Drammateatro with Tel. 0125/651208 fax 651134 Barcellona (12th). Dannati Angeli!) we find the voices Celebrating the twentieth edition of the Tenores de Bitti and of the Drama, music, dance, workshops, with a programme full of interesting Ponte nelle Alpi ad-lib choristers of Tuscany, Umbria productions:a program comprising dates and activities by artists (Belluno - Veneto) and Abruzzo together with the films and short films all having in coming from a dozen European Mongolian harmonic chant of common themes regarding the countries. Its distinctive feature is IL FILO D’ARIANNA singer Tuva Albert Kuvezin and the female universe. Here are a few of that all the foreign shows will be 2ND/6TH JULY group Yat-kha. the participants: Elizabetta Pozzi presented as an Italian première and Walter Malosti in Progetto and national exclusive. Many of the Information: Porto Sant’Elpidio Shakespeare a co-production with last generations of the most Teatro Impresa Belluno, (Ascoli Piceno - Marche) the Festival delle Colline; Non interesting Italian and European Via Caduti Ponte S. Felice 10, bevete quell'acqua! written by

THEATRE & DANCE THEATRE artists have appeared in this small 32100 Belluno. FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE Woody Allen directed by Mario festival which takes place in a Tel. and fax 0437/26563 TEATRO RAGAZZI Monicelli and Il martello del diavolo village. 18TH/27TH JULY by Remo Binosi directed by Oreste The programme is divided into A combination of different Valente. three sections. "Ah Europe!", an sections: theatre, music, following Information: international showcase that opens new tracks on the research and Comune Assessorato alla Cultura, the Festival with the Marseillais poetry and street theatre (new play Villa A. Murri , Company Festina Lente directed by writing, new productions and local 63018 Porto S. Elpidio ITALIAN ITALIAN Francesca Lattuada (5th ). The realities). The artists will be (Ascoli Piceno). section's star will be Belgian engaged in the search of new Tel.and fax 0734/992346 director Alain Platel who presents expressive styles and Bernadetje, a transgeneration soap methodologies: Pippo Delbono, Forty-two proposals in ten days from opera set in a real bumper car Aleph Theatre, LiberaMente, all over the world, offering a circuit (10th-11th). And again, from Barbara Della Polla, Lemming complete overview on the various Catalonia Incrépacion with Montse Theatre. representation techniques dedicated Sanchez and Ramon Baeza's to the youth. We recommend the flamenco (13th), and from Italy the group Thang Long Water Puppet much awaited comeback of Marco Troupe from Hanoi (Vietnam), a fine Paolini with Il Milione (6th). Great example of the very ancient art of expectation also for 'Ultracorpi', a 'puppets on water' (18th/19th). On vulcano of new ideas: for the first the programme some of the most time in Italy, from USA the Ron interesting Italian and European Athey company with Deliverance, youth theatre companies, among based on a text the deals with the them we point out: Mimmo Cuticchio 'disease', not suitable for sensitive with the “pupi”, a sicilian tradition people and for persons under (20th/21st); Teatro dell’Angolo eighteen (6th); Marcel.lì Antùnez from Turin (22nd), the Roca, historic founder of the Fura Teatro delle ombre with del Baus, will present a show Teatrombria from performed by 10 young Italian Florence (22nd). actors (9th); the Marsellais Company Point Aveugle directed by François Michel Pesenti will stage a very disturbing show on deprivation, obsenity and violence (11th-12th); Tattoo Theatre from Sarajevo with Le petit spectacle d’hiver directed by Mladen Materic (8th), Ravenna Teatro with Ekpumenek maru tuwaja (festicciola magica) with Ermanna Montanari, Marco Martinelli, Nevio special issue 1997

Ravenna Rio Maggiore e Manarola (Emilia Romagna) (La Spezia - Liguria) 15 RAVENNA FESTIVAL TEATRO A CIELO APERTO LA VIA DEI ROMEI. 19TH JULY/20TH AUGUST I PELLEGRINAGGI DELLA FEDE 19TH JUNE/26TH JULY Information: Comune di Rio Maggiore, Information: Via Signorini 3, Fondazione Ravenna Manifestazioni, 19017 Rio Maggiore (La Spezia) Via Dante Alighieri 1, Tel. 0187/920113 48100 Ravenna.

Tel. 0544/213895, fax 36303. This Festival promotes young ITALIAN artists and companies. The I SOLISTI DEL TEATRO R In an eventful and rich musical program is subject to change, but 25TH JUNE/25TH JULY programme there are some we anticipate the playbill as it Information: Radicondoli important appointments not to be stands now: L'Asino d'Oro directed Teatro 91, Via Margutta 51/a, (Siena - Toscana) missed. Thanks to a renewed by Mauricio Paroni de Castro (19th 00186 Roma collaboration between Ravenna July), Amleto e la statale 16 Tel. and fax 06/3207985 ESTATE RADICONDOLI Teatro and the Compagnia i performed by the Japigia Teatro On stage, both renown actors like THEATRE & DANCE 26TH JULY/10TH AUGUST Magazzini we can recommend (26th), Pulcinella e la dama bianca Piera Degli Esposti, Carla Cassola, Pietro Fenati and Ezio Antonelli's di Otello directed by Marco Marina Confalone, Anna Bonaiuto, Information: staging of La Volpe Renardo (June Manchisi (13th), Il signor Pirandello Athina Cenci, Roberto Herlitzka, Comune di Radicondoli, 20th/22nd), whereas Federico è desiderato al telefono, directed Alessandro Haber and young Via Gazzei 89, Tiezzi and Sandro Lombardi will by Fabrizio Monetti (20th August). artists that critics and the public 53030 Radicondoli (Siena) present Cantico spirituale di San have awarded with a special Tel. 0577/790726 Giovanni della Croce (July 7th-8th). Roma attention. Justice and the southern On the dance side Maurice Béjart (Lazio) issue: Il caso Sofri built on extracts A high quality program with excellent will be in Ravenna with Messe pour taken from the trial's papers and interpreters and the contamination le temps present (June 26th-27th), ESTATE ROMANA staged by Luigi de Majo; E i between theatre, music and and Micha van Hoecke will present 17TH JUNE/30TH SEPTEMBER meridionali che dicono di tutto literature. The musical section his new creation Pèlegrinage Information: questo? on southern culture opens with A. Ronne a puppet show (July 19th-21st-22nd-23rd). Comune di Roma, (8th).Two evenings dedicated to directed by Amy Luckenbach with Two special projects confirm the Assessorato alle Politiche Culturali, international theatre, named after music by Luciano Berio. Whereas Festival engagement in the Piazza Campitelli 7, 00187 Roma the unforgettable theatre critic the theatre section offers Dacia research field and in the search of Web:http//www.comune.roma.it Dante Cappelletti, will cover an FESTIVALS Maraini's Suor Juana presented by new proposals: the Teatrino The curtain is raised on what could historical and political issue: the Nico Garrone (26th/27th); Rosso Clandestino's Sinfonia be called the ‘mother’ of all tormented Middle East with relation Liberty by Nino Gennaro directed by Majakovskiana coproduced with summer events born at the end of to music and theatre (24th). Massimo Verdastro (28th); Sandro the theatre association I.V.A.N. and the 70’s in Rome and spread all FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE Lombardi in Viaggio terrestre e Fanny and Alexander, two of the over Italy and that in the last four DEL TEATRO URBANO celeste di Simone Martini by Mario most interesting groups of the last years has acquired a new energy. 6TH/28TH SEPTEMBER Luzi and Tre canzoni d'amore by generation. (July 1st). The charming archeological Information: Giovanni Testori (2nd Aug); Bambine settings are a ‘must’ for all the Abraxa Teatro directed by Maria Maglietta, Romans and for the numerous Villa Flora, via Portuense 610 winner of this year's tourists looking for ‘al fresco’ 00143 Roma Stregagatto prize (2nd); Da spaces that will enable them to Tel. and fax 06/65744441 Grosseto survive cheerfully to the heat in Theatrical staging thought for urban a Milano company of open air cinema, spaces. The same organization with Bobo theatre, dance and music for all coordinate also Stra...Festival, a Rondelli tastes. The festival will last for permanent international festival directed three months and among the that promotes street theatre and by theatre and dance programme we that will take place in various Massimo recommend: italian Communes during the whole Luconi LA CITTÀ IN TASCA summer. The programme has still (9th/10th). 21ST JUNE/13TH JULY to be defined. Information: ARCI Ragazzi, Via Monti di Pietralata 16, 00157 Roma. Tel. 06/41733356-7 Fax 06/41733372 web site: http:/www.uni.net/ arciragazzi E-mail: [email protected]

Roman summer season for children with music, theatre and cinema events. With the most interesting proposals of youth theatre with Italian Companies. special issue 1997

five foreign shows staged by artists Rovereto e Trento 16 well established in their own (Trentino Alto Adige) countries, but seldom or never presented in Italy, dealing with ORIENTE OCCIDENTE contemporary theatre even though 4TH/14TH SEPTEMBER they get the ideas from classical works. Also on the bill the final Information: results of the two projects: I porti Incontri Internazionali di Rovereto, del Mediterraneo coordinated by Corso Bettini 41, Marco Baliani (October 38068 Rovereto (Trento) 30th/November 3rd) and the sixth Tel. 0464/431660, fax 421404 edition of L'Ecole des Mâitres (at the Teatro dell'Angelo, in A wholly futuristic opening: on the Roma collaboration, for the festival, with inAuguration of the exhibition, at the (Lazio) the Teatro di Roma) directed by Museo Fortunato Depero, Gianina Franco Quadri and assigned this Censi. Dance the futurism, a tribute ROMAEUROPA FESTIVAL year to the great Anatolj Vassiliev to Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's 28TH JUNE/4TH DECEMBER (October 27th/29th). favourite dancer, a performance of LE VIE DEI FESTIVAL "aeroballets" re-arranged for the Information: Organized by the The Cultural Festival by Silvana Barbarini and Fondazione RomaEuropa, Policy Council, although associated Alessandra Maneri; in the evening,

FESTIVALS Via XX Settembre 3, 00187 Roma. to the Autumn festival for the last always with Silvana Barbarini, Tel. 06/48904024 fax 48904030 three seasons, did not lose its own Siiovlumnia Torrente n. 3 and peculiarity that is - besides the Uccidiamo il chiaro di luna... created Unfortunately this year the Festival publication of this precious guide for the students of the Scuola abandons the charming outdoor to the festivals that you are now D'Arte Drammatica Paolo Grassi. settings to settle down in theatre reading and which is edited by the The second Italian presence will houses. An introduction will take Associazione Cadmo - to choose feature Michele Abbondanza and place in July with three dance various Italian and foreign shows Antonella Bertoni with the project companies hosted at the Teatro from the summer festivals, and Sull'intimo dell'animo e del vestire, Sistina for a national première, stage them in various theatres and a journey through five phases before starting off for an Italian spaces in Rome. The main aim is dedicated to Mozart (5th-6th -8th- tour: Cristina Hoyos with her to connect unconventional kind of 10th-13th). Flamenco Company presenting offers with an audience of non From Great Britain three companies Arsa y Toma (2nd/4th); from regular theatre-goers. with a taste for contamination: France Lyon's Opera Ballet, that Shobana Jeyasingh, between Indian

THEATRE & DANCE THEATRE confirm their versatility with a Rovereto e Trento technique and western dance, with programme signed by Hervé (Trentino Alto Adige) Romance...with footnotes and Robbe, Bill T. Jones and Jiri Kylian, Palimsest (6th); the Ricochet music by Mozart (7th/8th), finaly SENZATITOLO EVENTI AZIONI Company with E muoio disperato The Khmér Royal Accedemy Ballet ESPOSIZIONI and Trading the night plain (8th) and from Cambogia regains a secular 18TH APRIL/15TH JULY Aletta Collins group with Che gelida wealth totally unknown to us with manina and Certain obsessions The court national Dances Information: (11th), that experiment a marriage ITALIAN ITALIAN (10th/11th). Numero civico I passanti, between the opera world and But we really get to the core of the Via Vittorio Veneto 5, 38068 choreography, taking inspiration Festival only in Autumn. A theatre Rovereto (Trento) from the Tosca, the first and the section dedicated to that theatre Tel. and fax 0464/439936 Bohème, the latter. that founds its expressive style on Web: http//www.eclipse.it/acd/ The main aim of the Portuguese the fusion with music: the Italian E-mail:[email protected] choreographer Paulo Ribeiro with his version of Les aiguilles et l'opium, work Rumor de deuses (9th), is to with Nestor Saied, directed by Although at the end of its journey, stage a sort of metaphysics of the Robert Lepage and music by Miles Roma it is worth recommending this body whereas the French Catherine Davis (October 15th/18th); Denis (Lazio) festival that develops around a Berbessou has been fascinated by Marleau with Les trois dernier jours declaration of method and to a the Argentinean tango with A fuego de Fernando Pessoa, music by FESTIVAL D’AUTUNNO cultural approach more than on a lento (10th). John Rea (October 21st/23rd). SEPTEMBER/NOVEMBER specific theme or issue. The The Festival closes with a section Then again forays into the field of project's leading spirits believe on Trisha Brown, an artist who North European dance with groups Information: that the work of a doctor, an never stopped to define her from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Eti Teatro Valle, astronomer or a mathematician aesthetic again and again, always Denmark, and into the new Via del Teatro Valle 23a, could touch people's sensitivity taking on new challenges. Aside the choreography grounds. Also dance 00186 Roma. just as much as an art exhibition or famous works like Set and Reset from Great Britain, Germany and Tel. 06/6869049, 6877396 a concert. They try to define and and the remarkable back solo If you Israel. 06/6892010 widen new boundaries within which couldn't see me, Ms. Brown The closing will see an overview on Associazione Cadmo, culture is promoted. A project's presents her most recent works, the Italian choreography writing of Via Flaminia 61, 00196 Roma. taillight is expected in September M.O., inspired to Bach's Musical the latest years, with a meeting Tel. 06/3202102 fax 3201994 with exhibitions of visual artists, Offer and, as a national première, with one of the most interesting E- mail : [email protected] contemporary music and the show Twelve Ten Rose, with music by interpreters, Virgilio Sieni and 1771 1801 L'idealista magico of Webern (13th14th). choreographer Cesc Gelabert. Prestigious and established date the young company Teatrino with theatre, opens the season Clandestino and with a meeting with works by Italian and foreign with the great French scientist artists which revive the René Thom. contemporary scene. Confirmed collaboration with Rome Film Festival that presents, like last year, a film review. The Eti's offers, still to be confirmed, pivot around special issue 1997

San Giorgio a Cremano, Santarcangelo S Amalfi di Romagna 17 (Napoli- Campania) (Rimini - Emilia Romagna) San Benedetto del Tronto (Ascoli Piceno - Marche) LA SCUOLA DI PULCINELLA SANTARCANGELO 17TH/20TH JULY 1ST/13TH JULY TERZO INCONTRO NAZIONALE DEI TEATRI INVISIBILI Information: Informazioni e biglietteria: 11TH/21ST SEPTEMBER Associazione I Teatrini, Santarcangelo dei Teatri, Ia traversa Città Giardino 9, Contrada dei Fabbri 15, 47038 Information: 80016 Marano (Napoli) Santarcangelo di Romagna (Rimini) Laboratorio Teatrale Re Nudo, Tel. 081/5866575, fax 5863451 Tel. 0541/626185, fax 620560.

Via Trento 98, ITALIAN 63039 San Benedetto del Tronto Sixth edition for this festival with This festival, which has been works: L’Ente Teatro di Messina (Ascoli Piceno) major puppets artists from all over running for many years, has always with Antonio, an interesting study Tel. and fax 0735/582795 Europe. The Festival is directed by been a milestone for the Italian of Shakespeare’s Julius Ceasar, Web: http: //www.insinet.it/renudo/ Bruno Leone and is organised in research theatre. With Leo de with Totò Onnis and directed by E-mail: [email protected] co-operation with the French Bernardinis confirmed as director Ninni Bruschetta (9th/10th); then Théatre du Polichinelle Parisienne for a three-year assignment, the one of the most acclaimed authors The Invisible theatres are islands of and the English Punch & Judy Festival approaches the end of the of the contemporary Neapolitan THEATRE & DANCE a surfacing arhcipelago, very young Fellowship. century reflecting on the Twentieth theatre, Enzo Moscato, with theatrical companies that want to A chance for the puppetters of all Century’s signs and memories. Aquarium Ardent (12th/13th); defend their own identity and that over Europe to meet and confront The programme, brainchild of a a co-production of Tam Teatro find it hard to come out in themselves on Pulcinella. National director's design and of his Musica and Dark Camera, mainstream theatres.With their and foreign companies on the bill, creative world, is included in a Euripide’s Baccanti, a project Third National Meeting they want, among others we point out: Rod much wider project that can be blending theatre with the research among other things, to reflect on Burnett (Great Britain), Philippe found in the winter seasons of sound and silence, conceived by the common poetics and theatre Casidanus (France), Marionetas del productions at the Bologna's San Pierangela Allegro, Marcello views. A necessity theatre, based Matadero (Spain), Tomas Jelinek Leonardo Theatre. What comes up Sambati and Michel Sambin not only on new languages but also (Bohemia), Frieder Simon is a possible end-of-the-century (8th/9th/10th); Moni Ovadia and on new connections, on a (Germany), Andrej Chavel and overview made by young and older his Yiddish orchestra with Il caso communication-act-values evidence. Valentina Smirnova (Russia), Otello theatre authors, that somehow Kafka (11th/12th); and then again There will be thirty self-invited Sarzi, Gaspare Nasuto, Renato confirm the signs left during the Marcello Colasurdo (12th), Ilaria groups. A Proposal Space will be set Barbieri, Aldo De Martino, and on a past years and that promptly come Drago - Testedastri (8th/9th), up, where other forty groups will national première on July 19th at back to Santarcangelo, pointing out Quelli che restano (8th/9th/10th), have the chance to present projects Villa Bruno di San Giorgio a the residential hospitality. As a L’Impasto (11th/12th/13th), FESTIVALS and research studies they are Cremano. Bruno Leone himself Festival's foreword, fifteen very Angela Malfitano working on. The programme will be with Tonino Taiuti with Duet. young companies that act as link (11th/12th/13th), Libera Mente confirmed by the end of July or with the future of the scene (8th/9th/12th/13th), Francesca beginning od August. San Miniato (1st/6th), Teatro Aperto (1st/2nd), Mazza (9th), Compagnia del (Pisa- Toscana) Umberto Franchini (3rd/4th), Serraglio (12th/13th), Teatro Sacchi di Sabbia (1st/2nd), S’Arza d’artificio (10th/11th). Besides the LA LUNA È AZZURRA Teatro (5th/6th), Magda Siti festival paper will be available also 1ST/5TH JULY (3rd/4th), Ergum Teatro - CRT this year, printed with fresh news (5th), Extramondo (1st/2nd), day by day, a precious guide that Information: Teatro di Sacco (3rd/4th), takes the audience through the Terzostudio, Via della Gioventù 3 Isolateatro (1st/2nd), Clelia festival’s paths. 56024 Ponte a Egola (Pisa) Moretti (3rd/4th), Nutrimenti Tel. and fax 0571/485078 Terrestri (5th-8th), Laminarie Sant’Omero (5th/6th), Crest (5th/6th), Terza (Teramo - Abruzzo) This year the shadow theatre Decade (5th/6th), Annabella Di festival is dedicated to fairy-tales: Costanzo and Elena Lolli, winners FACCE DI GOMMA characters from well known fables, of Scenario ‘97 Prize (3th). COMICO E COMIC MOVIE move about many small booths. We recommend some long awaited 23RD/30TH AUGUST On the main stage amongst others dates: the revival of Petito strenge a desecrating Bianca Snow and La (12th-13th) and the début of Ubu Information: Congrega dei Nani by the Teatro scornacchiato, itinerant show set Comune di Sant’Omero - dell'Erba Matta, the Teatro Gioco in the country (9th/11th), by Assessorato alla Cultura Vita and lastly, Visti da dietro, a Alfonso Santagata, an artist that Via Vittorio Veneto 5, performance which goes in and out mantains a very high quality 64027 Sant Omero (Teramo). from inside of itself by and with creative language, introducing Tel. 0861/81221 fax 88555 Alberto De Bastiani and Felice some young actors in the company, Pantone. like the lively Massimiliano For a whole week the market Speziani; the latest Nei leoni e nei square will turn into the stage that lupi, of Valdoca, based on a text by will welcome the musical comedy Mariangela Gualtieri, accomplishes of the Banda Osiris, of the Belgian a refined poetic maturity (3rd/6th), Collard and Danvoye, the English open reharsals of Al presente, a The Classic Buskers and of many new creation by Danio Manfredini, Italian artists. And then cinema, an artist with a great sensitivity, video and cartoons. very popular with his public and ‘maestro’ of young recruits (3rd/13th); la Nuova Complesso Camerata with two shows by Oreste Braghieri: La nuova gioventù (6th) and Verdi, un maestro racconta l’Emilia (8th/10th). The programme is enriched by other special issue 1997

Sesto Fiorentino Spoleto 18 (Firenze - Toscana) (Perugia - Umbria) INTERCITY FESTIVAL FESTIVAL DEI DUE MONDI 15TH SEPTEMBER/ 25TH JUNE/13TH JULY 1ST NOVEMBER Information: Information: Associazione Festival dei Due Mondi, Teatro della Limonaia, Via Duomo 7, Laboratorio Nove, 06049 Spoleto (Perugia) Via Gramsci 426, Tel. 0743/44325 fax 40696 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze). Tel. and fax 055/440852 In the rich and eventful programme Sassari and surroundings that includes music, dance, (Sardegna) Intercity - dedicated yet again to cinema, theatre and exhibitions T London - opens with an Italian with renown artists like Luciano GIROVAGANDO production Blasted-Dannati Pavarotti for the Galà Concert, we Taormina 29TH AUGUST/7TH SEPTEMBER directed by Barbara Nativi, which only recommend some (Messina - Sicilia) wants to be a demonstration appointments with theatre and Information: against war and violence, written dance. TAORMINA ARTE Theatre en vol e Menestrello by Sarah Kane, one of the best For the dance section: Amampondo 28TH JUNE/10TH AUGUST

FESTIVALS Multimedia, English playwrights of the new with thirteen dancers and Via Galilei 7, generation. Amongst the guests of musicians (27th/29th), Harlem Information: 07100 Sassari the festival worth mentioning are: Dance Theatre, milestone of Comitato Taormina Arte, Tel. and fax 079/200299 Steven Berkoff who presents his modern dance with a new Palazzo dei Congressi, One Man Show, a trilogy of choreography (2nd/6th), and for via Pirandello 31, This is mainly a street theatre monologues with which he took the first time in Italy the Tap Dogs, 98039 Taormina (Messina) festival, different venues of the city part in last year's Edinburgh a revisitation of tap dance, with Tel. 0942/21142 fax 0942/23348 will be taken over by the Festival. The company Out of Joint dancers dressed in carpenter work participants: Teatro Nucleo (Italy); directed by Max Stafford-Clarck in clothes (8th/12th). For the drama This festival, has been divided into DAH Teatr (Serbia); Cirque en Kit Shopping and fucking written by section Stefan Zweig's L'agnello two different periods, the first (France); Studio7 (Germany) just to Mark Ravenhill, a play which del povero, directed by Franco Però takes place in summer and the mention a few. shocked its audiences during the (June 26th-28th, July 1st-4th-6th); second during the Christmas theatre season in London last year. Nathalie Serraute comes back to festivities. Here is an anticipation Segesta The Frantic Assembly open the way Spoleto to assist the staging of two of the program: a new play by Dario (Trapani -Sicilia) to the more recent productions of of her new one-act plays directed Fo, never staged before, Il Diavolo

THEATRE & DANCE THEATRE the British scenes,which qualify as by Marco Lucchesi: among the con le zinne with Franca Rame in CICLO DI SPETTACOLI performances of strong visual actors Silvio Orlando, Renato the leading role directed by Dario CLASSICI impact. The festival closes with Scarpa, Roberto Citran (June 28th- himself (7-10); Giorgio Albertazzi JULY Claire Dowie, playwright and 29th); Michail Bulgakov's L'Isola will direct D'Annunzio's La figlia di actress of the stand up commedy, - Purpurea directed by Marco Iorio translated in Sicilian by Information: a genre of entertainement that Lucchesi and transalted by Manlio Giuseppe Borgesi in 1904 (5th/6th Istituto Dramma Antico, uses venues other than the Santanelli (3rd-6th7th-11th-12th- July); Il ratto di Proserpina by Corso Matteotti 29, traditional stage - presents her 13th) and Daniel Pennac's Rosso di San Secondo a choral ITALIAN ITALIAN 96100 Siracusa. Leaking from every orifice. In this Monsieur Malaussène, with directed by the young Federico Tel. 0931/65373 fax 21424 year's forcasts a section dedicated Claudio Bisio and directed by Magnano San Lio (19th/20th July); to readings and mise en espace Giorgio Gallione (9/12). As usual Via dei serpenti by Pino Misiti Imposing columns and ancient with particular acknowledgement the puppet company of the Colla directed by Marco Mattolini (2nd temples intactly preserved, towards theatrical research of Brothers will present Il Pifferaio Aug); Inquietitudine d'amore by surrounded by secular olive trees commedies from the London magico and Le mille e una notte. Mishima directed by Massimo Belli are a treat to ones eye and the scenes: Tony Harrison with The (3rd Aug), Abelardo ed Eloisa by view is unique: at Segesta, the Kaisers of Carnuntum, Philip Ridley Roberto Cavosi directed by Tonino atmosphere is mysterious, one with Pitchfork Disney, Sarah Kane Pulci (9th Aug). And more: Sei breathes an air of ancient history with Phaedra's Love and finally personaggi in cerca d'autore by and greek civilization. Entire Martin Crimp in Attempts of life. Luigi Pirandello directed by families arrive to this isolated spot Giuseppe Patroni Griffi from all parts of Sicily and climb up (18th/19thJuly); Il cuore infranto by the steep path which brings them John Ford with Chiara Muti and to the theatre; the sun is still high Luca Zingaretti directed by Franco in the sky, and they carry food and Però (8th Aug); Filottete by drink which they will eat on the Sofocles with Virginio Gazzolo, steps awaiting the performance to directed by Teresa Pedroni begin. Such a joyful and huge (1st Aug). participation is kept alive only in Finally for the ballet section: a Sicily. For the moment the only double bill with Ballet Béjart from anticipation we can give on the Lausanne (9-11th July) and the program is Plauto's Miles Ballet of the Zurich Opera Gloriosus directed by Egisto (14th/15thJuly).This festival also Marcucci. We suggest: a visit to has an interesting musical and the Zingaro Natural Reserve with a cinema section. swim on Scopello beach. special issue 1997

Torino and surroundings (Piemonte) 19 GIORNI D’ESTATE 1ST/30TH SEPTEMBER Information: Vetrina par Torino, Piazza San Carlo 159, 10123 Torino. Tel. 011/4424740 It is with great pleasure and a hearty encouragement that we

point out the city of Turin's attempt ITALIAN Terracina, Sabaudia to transform the summer till the (Latina - Lazio) end of September, into a varicoloured kermesse of events, FESTIVAL DEL TEATRO performances, and concerts, which ITALIANO-RIVIERA DI ULISSE divided into various thematic 26TH JULY/16TH AUGUST sectors, take over the city and its surroundings. One event will THEATRE & DANCE Information: precede all the others: on July 4th Associazione Festival del Teatro on the historical Piazza San Carlo, Italiano, Piazzale Sisto V 2, the Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai 00185 Roma. conducted by Eliahu Inbal and the Tel. 06/4455659, fax 4940858. Athestis Chorus will perform Web: http://www.agora.stm.it/ Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. italiafestival We point out a few of the appointments in the theatre and A theatrical space specifically dance sections: staged on the area around the AD OVEST DI PAPERINO Tempio di Giove Anxur on the 3RD JULY/11TH AUGUST headland that rises above The best of Italian comical light Terracina. A project on theatre and cabaret. contemporary national TORINO drammaturgy. Five offers on the FESTIVALLERE bill: Dario Bellezza's Apologia di Moncalieri FESTIVALS reato, Alessandro Varani's Relax, 28TH JUNE/15TH AUGUST Paolo Modugno's Motel, Daniele The main event at Parco delle Valmaggi's Parsifal, Francesco Vallere is "Nell'arte della Randazzi's Per il bene di tutti. We commedia": also recommend the film festival workshops, plays, ballet and for dedicated to movies inspired by the younger generations film theatre works, in Sabaudia from screenings. Here are a few names August 20th to 31st and the Fondi of the participants: Living Theatre, La Pastora Prize for an unpublished Judith Malina, Lorenza Zambon, Italian theatre work. Lucia Poli and Athina Cenci. SETTEMBRE MUSICA Tindari 3/24 SETTEMBRE (Messina - Sicilia) The program of Settembre Musica is very rich and varied and ranges TINDARI ESTATE from classical symphonic to 20TH JULY/24TH AUGUST chamber music and comprises a section on contemporary music as Information: well . The Orchestra Filarmonica Azienda Autonoma Soggiorno della Scala conducted by Riccardo e Turismo, Piazza Marconi 7, Muti open this event (3rd/4th July) 98066 Patti (Messina). and amongst many musicians of Tel. 0941/241154 international fame,we point out a few interesting appointments not The Greek Theatre of Tindari to be missed: the Hebrew lieder situated 60km. south of Messina from East European tradition on the northern coast of Sicily will performed by Moni Ovadia (18th); host a month of music, dance and Hanna Shygulla sings songs taken theatre. A few of the participants from the works of Fassbinder, Peter are: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Milva, Handke, Heiner Müller and others, the Wiener Philharmoniker soloists, accompanied by the pianist Jean- Pamela Villoresi. Marie Sénia (23rd). special issue 1997

20 U Urbisaglia (Macerata- Marche)

RASSEGNA DI TEATRO JULY/AUGUST

Information: Amat, Via Marsala 19, 60121 Ancona. Tel. 071/2075880, fax 54813 Trezzo sull’Adda

e Vaprio d’Adda Classical and ancient theatre set in , 1950 (Milano - Lombardia) the Roman Amphitheatre. We recommend the début as a ADDA DANZA national première of Il caso Fedra,

1ST/20TH JULY directed by Maurizio Panici with LE JONGLEUR Pamela Villoresi (July 23th-24th). Information:

FESTIVALS Teatridithalia,

Via Ciro Menotti 11, 20129 Milano. Various Venues of Molise DA DETTAGLIO Tel 02/703404 fax 70123851 V FERRAZZANO FESTIVAL As in its first edition last year, the Various Venues of Basilicata 1ST/13TH AUGUST Festival looks towards the latest

expressions of our national dance, IL PALCOSCENICO Information: MARC CHAGALL but quite rightly seals the program DELLA MEMORIA Associazione Festival, with an historical ballet one which 5TH JULY/30TH AUGUST Palazzo Chiarulli, Italian choreography is indebted 86010 Ferrazzano (Campobasso). towards: May B. choreographed by Information: Tel. and fax 0874/96785 - 416550 Maguy Marin, who was only twenty- Associazione Basilicata Spettacolo, five years old at the time the ballet Via Torraca 74, 85100 Potenza. A travelling festival which uses Viareggio was first performed fifteen years Tel. 0971/410360, fax 410739 churches and other fascinating (Lucca - Toscana) ago, in which all the pain and archeological venues such as

THEATRE & DANCE THEATRE horror of old age is depicted, using A project focused on the regaining Altilia and Pietrabbondante for its TGV VIAREGGIO-AVIGNONE irony, but also with great strength of the historical memory of the performances. 19TH/23RD JULY and bitterness (20th). An outline Basilicata sites in southern Italy, in on choreographers/dancers who order to make them flourish again Verona Information: have left a mark in the 80's and matching them with the shows (Veneto) Cooperativa Theatralia, 90's in Italian dance-theatre, mixed language: from jazz to Via Terreni 5, 57122 Livorno. opens with Virgilio Sieni drama, from cinema to shadows ESTATE TEATRALE VERONESE Tel. and fax 0586/829335 collaborating with the rumanian theatre, to narration. 13TH JUNE/31ST AUGUST ITALIAN ITALIAN composer Alexander Balanescu in Various proposals on the bill. As the title anticipates the TGV a voyage through the Aeschylean 'Le notti di Federico' at Castel Information: originated as a preview to the tragedy which resulted in his Lagopesole (5th July/30th August), Comune di Verona, french festival and in this second Trilogia del presente/Orestea (4th). a theatre festival divided into two Piazza Bra 1, 37100 Verona. edition, continues as The program continues with parts: 'The theatre of the great Tel. 045/8077111, fax 8066496 "contemporary” to the Festival of Michele Abbondanza and Antonella protagonists' which features Avignone. With particular attention Bertoni in Spartacus, an acrobatic famous artists and 'The tales of Forty evenings with drama, dance towards the "Off" section of its game with reference to the moods the well' offering narration theatre. and music. The latter will open with sister festival, thanks to the of the ancient circus backed-up by 'Under the stars of Jazz' in blues, jazz, traditional and classical collaboration of Alain Leonard the lively tunes of the Klezmer Rionero, Acerenza, Ferrandina, music. director of “Avignone Public Off”. Rhapsodja (6th). A very original Oppido Lucano (10th July/30th Three proposals for the So that this exchange be more and subtly ironic choreographer, August); an itinerant musical Shakespearean Festival: opening effective, it has been decided to Roberto Castello, who will be review; 'Marateatro' in Maratea, with Midsummer night dream host some Italian productions: the remembered for his happy Trecchina, Rivello, Lauria and directed by Elio De Capitani, with Cooperativa Theatralia-Atelier della experience with Sosta Palmizi, Lagonegro, which pays particular Giovanna Marini's music Costa Ovest and the Compagnia proposes his new work L'arte attention to Basilicata's production performed live by a group of Sequenze in a performance by Max dell'immobilità (9th), the reality. In Matera 'Storie Storiacce musicians (July 12th-15th/19th). Balàzs. Three are the French choreographer and dancer Fabrizio ed altre Storie' dedicated to the Following Richard III translated by companies participating: the Monteverde in Shakespeare's La theatre of young southern authors; Patrizia Valduga and directed by Théatre en ciel with Les Trésors du Tempesta with the Balletto di 'Baracche e Burattini' in Pignola Antonio Calenda, performed by Dibouji, the Chantier Théâtre with Toscana (13th) and to close the (August 1st/3rd) which welcomes Franco Branciaroli (July 25th-26th- Le Chemin de Xibalba and lastly program, the Compagnia Fabula interesting and qualified italian and 28th/31st-August 1st-2nd). Finally L'Attrape Théâtre with three Saltica in Ragazzi Selvaggi international shadows theatre on the bill La folle Verona di scenes from Molière’s plays choreographed by Robert North companies. Shakespeare directed and directed by Christophe Thiry. and an evening with the latest interpreted by Roberto Puliero and creations of the young dancers written with Marino Zampieri Anna Paola Bacalov and Clelia (August 22nd-23th-25th/31st). Moretti brought together by a solid experience as interpreters for various italian choreographers, amongst whom Giorgio Rossi, who also opens the evening with his ballet Ballocco (8th). special issue 1997

Vignale Monferrato Villa Faraldi (Alessandria - Piemonte) (Imperia- Liguria) 21 VIGNALE DANZA FESTIVAL DI VILLA FARALDI 28TH JUNE/2ND AUGUST 1ST/13TH JULY

Information: Information: Fondazione Teatro Nuovo, Assemblea Teatro, Corso D’Azeglio 17, 10126 Torino. Via Medail 36, 10144 Torino Tel.011/6690668 fax 655013 Tel. 011/4376230 fax 4376272

An enormous white sail protects The setting for this Festival takes

the stage, specially built for the place amongst olive trees and ITALIAN Vico Equense occasion, on the main square of antique squares in the little town of Roberta Carreri from the Odin (Napoli - Campania) Vignale, this is where some very Villa Faraldi and hosts the following directed by Eugenio Barba. important dancers from the Italian guests: Assemblea Teatro, Carteblanche works on the ANGELI A SUD and International dance scenes will Alessandro Bergonzoni, Compagnia “impossible” and starts off with a 10TH/13TH SEPTEMBER perform. Amongst those anxiously La Piccionaia, Lucia Poli, Teatro retrospective of productions carried awaited for are; Carolyn Carlson, dell'Angolo, Mara Baronti. out together with the prisoners Information: who opens the Festival with an from the Volterra Penitentiary, and THEATRE & DANCE Coop. L’Arcolaio, absolute novelty Casanova, Volterra proceed its journey into Body Art Via degli aranci 77, together with three other ballets (Pisa - Toscana) through performances and videos 80077 Sorrento (Napoli) (all prèmieres) by well known with Franko B., Marcel.li, and Tel. 081/8071814, fax 8074375 choreographers and dancers: VOLTERRATEATRO Motus. The amazing ninety year old Compagnia di Danza Teatro Nuovo DIMORE E TRANSITI Kazou Ohono acts together with his Showcase of the theatre productions in Bolero choreography by Robert X Edizione son in Tendo Chido and helps us for children and youth of by central North (also 5th July); Stamping 18TH/28TH JULY reflect on the intercourse between and southern companies and Ground choreography by Jiri Kilian; the human body and the fear of old groups: a chance to compare L’odore dell’ombra! choreography Information: age: as a counterpart to old age, today's poetics, and the by Stijn Celis; L’occhio non è un Pontedera Teatro, the young age of the ex-students consumption of theatre culture in organo fisso, an homage to Francis Via Manzoni 22, belonging to the Civica Scuola southern Italy. Many shows at their Bacon, choreographed by Donatella 56025 Pontedera (Pisa) Paolo Grassi in Milano in various national première: on the 10th, Capraro and Marcello Parisi (4th Tel. 0587/55720, fax 213631. performances. Radici is dedicated Matera’s Teatro Dei Sassi with July); Dalton- Hartel Dance in In the CarteBlanche, to the Hebrew culture for the Pulcina and Naple’s Compagnia Garden, Cello Suite n.3 and Tango Via Don Minzoni 49, section on “Dialogue”, and lastly Libera Mente with Io muoio Orazio; (Where the boys are) 56048 Volterra (Pisa). Les Passagers in a happening FESTIVALS on the 11th the Compagnia degli choreographed by Austin Hartel Tel e fax 0588/84010 which sees the achievement of a Sbuffi with La spada di San (11th); Compagnia di Danza Teatro 16 m. tall picture painted live by Venceslao. The young authors Nuovo with Raffaele Paganini in This festival joins together two actors-acrobats-dancers, all of who recommended by the Premio Zorba il Greco choreographed by distinct and integrated projects: paint while suspended onto a Scenario ‘97 will present their latest Lorca Massine (12th/13th July); one proposed by the Pontedera backdrop of the sky. version of Arpa Muta - Melopea per L'angelo choreography by Lindsay Teatro and the other by Pino Pascali by Rosso Tiziano from Kemp (4th/5th July); Casta Diva CarteBlanche. Pontedera Teatro Naples (12th) and Rose Rosse (Homage to Maria Callas) makes use of this festival for a Internazionale with La Chute (13th). choreographed by Robert North moment of reflection and The programme will close with the (4th/5thJuly); Compagnia Jazz constructs a workshop-festival powerful Neapolitan voice of Ballet present the première of placing performances together with Marcello Colasurdo in Concerto Macramé in a joint choreography of seminars and lectures with a final (11th), Bari’s Teatro Kismet with the M.Zmoeling, Steve La Chance and scope of giving practical songless work by Giovanni Adriana Cava (10th July); Fabrizio demonstrations of the work carried Tamborrino and Marco Manchisi Monteverde with Il Balletto di out. Temiscira 3, le vostre madri Pulci-nella-house (12th) and Riccardo Toscana in La Tempesta (18th); sono state più solerti by Thierry Veno e Antonello Cossia’s Fratelli, Arsa y Toma, a choreography by Salmon in an exclusive production staged by Teatro Clandestino from Cristina Hoyos (24th/25th July); for Italy, definitly not to be missed, Naples (13th). Luciana Savignano dances in roles the play being performed every from four different ballets with the evening during the festival period Aterballetto (27thJuly); and Sosta and Teatri di mare written by Enzo Palmizi in Piume choreographed by Moscato, another play anxiously Giorgio Rossi, Vasco Mirandola and awaited for. A section conceived as Simone Sandroni (1st Aug); and "Le età del teatro" hosts three many more. different productions with young, middle-aged and "old" actors, all members of Pontedera Teatro. The film section is dedicated to contemporary Sicilian cinematography under the guide of Goffredo Fofi, some theatre plays are also presented in this section like Spiro Scimone’s Bar and Segnale Mosso. The workshops are represented by names of great prestige with the intent of restoring the decline of theatrical forms of expression: Bruce Myers from the Centre de Creation Théâtrale directed by Peter Brook; Ghennadi Bogdanov from the Gitis of Moscow; Torgeir Wethal and special issue 1997

BRISIGHELLA CHIOGGIA GENOVA 22 (Ravenna - Emilia Romagna) (Venezia - Veneto) (Liguria) DANZA ESTATE BRISIGHELLA ARTE IN CHIOZZA RIDERE D’AGOSTO 5TH/20TH AUGUST 22ND/24TH AUGUST MA ANCHE PRIMA Information: Information: 5TH JULY/9TH AUGUST Accademia Perduta/ Azienda di promozione Information: Romagna Teatri di Chioggia Teatro Garage Tel. 041/5540466, fax, 5540855 Tel./fax 010/511447 Tel. 0544/975166, fax 64320 Four dates with Italian modern Street theatre with circus origins. A series of comical performances dance. Groups and artists from all over take place in the park of the Villa Europe. Imperiale and range from cabaret BUSSERO e CASSINA monologues to contemporary light ...AND THE SHOW DE PECCHI COMO and SURROUNDINGS theatre and from plays in dialect to GOES ON (Milano - Lombardia) (Lombardia) the repertoire of the great actor VILLEGGIARE D’ESTATE TUTTI I COLORI DELL’ESTATE Gilberto Govi. ABBADIA SAN SALVATORE 19TH JUNE/27TH SEPTEMBER JUNE/AUGUST (Siena - Toscana) Information: Information: GROTTAMMARE AMIATA TEATRO Associazione delle Arti e delle Corti Teatro Città Murata (Ascoli Piceno - Marche) JULY/AUGUST Tel./ fax 02/95330114 Tel. 031/269175, fax 269421 CABARET AMORE MIO! Information: 15TH JULY/10TH AUGUST

FESTIVALS Tel. 0577/770312 fax 770325 Six appointments with music and This festival caters to young and Information: theatre in historical venues of contemporary theatre companies Associazione Lido degli Aranci On the green hills of Monte Amiata Bussero and the Alto Milanese . here we anticipate a few of the Tel./ fax 0735/632487 brilliant commedy theatre. names on the bill: Judith Malina CADEGLIANO, MARCHIROLO (11th July); Coltelleria Einstein (1st Dedicated to the subtle art of BAGNACAVALLO (Varese - Lombardia) Aug) and Teatro delle Briciole and humour, also in theatre (Ravenna - Emilia Romagna) FESTIVAL DELLE ARTI many more. productions. TEATRO DI PIAZZA NUOVA 26TH/27TH JULY 3RD/31ST JULY Information: FERMO LOANO Information: Associazione Teatro Blu (Ascoli Piceno - Marche) (Savona - Liguria) Accademia Perduta/ Tel./fax 0332/590592 FERMO FESTIVAL ASPETTANDO LOANO CABARET Romagna Teatri JULY/AUGUST 8TH-12TH-27TH JULY/ Tel. 0544/975166, fax 64320 Two villages overlooking the lake of Information: 10TH AUGUST Lugano and a Liberty style villa are Ufficio Festival Information: First edition of the comic theatre the venues for commedy theatre, Tel. 0734/284312 Comune di Loano

THEATRE & DANCE THEATRE review, and more, will take place in music for the younger generations Tel./ fax 019/675694 the historical oval square. and also a program including Massimo Ranieri with Le mille e classical and ethno-music. una notte directed by Maurizio This event is all about Cabaret and BASSA VALLE DI SUSA Scaparro (10th) and a recital with proposes to introduce both well e VAL CENISCHIA CARPI AND SURRONDINGS Giorgio Gaber (21st). known and new talents. (Torino - Piemonte) (Modena - Emilia Romagna) LO SPETTACOLO DELLA FESTIVAL TEATRO FOLIGNO MASSA LUBRENSE MONTAGNA FUORI LUOGO (Perugia - Umbria) (Napoli - Campania) ITALIAN ITALIAN 1ST/6TH AUGUST 13TH/22ND JULY SEGNI BAROCCHI TORRE TURBOLO Information: Information: SEPTEMBER 26TH JULY/18TH AUGUST Onda Teatro. Edoardosecondo Teatro Information: Information: Tel. 011/4367019, fax 4365602. Tel. 059/230556, fax 220438 Comune di Foligno L’Arcolaio Tel. 0742/330272, fax 330289 Tel. 081/8071814, fax 8074375 Theatre, music, and cinema, Open air theatre and music in the sounds, words and images to historic centre. Shows and exhibitions on the Amongst the various sections: discover the pleasure of "looking Baroque Seventeenth Century shadow theatre, review of Italian from above". CASOLA VALSENIO theme. theatre, music theatre. (Ravenna - Emilia Romagna) BORDIGHERA CASOLA É UNA FAVOLA GENOVA MASSA MARITTIMA (Imperia - Liguria) 12TH JULY/16TH AUGUST (Liguria) (Grosseto - Toscana) BORDIGHERA CITTÀ Information: ESTATE AI FORTI MASSA MARITTIMA DELL’UMORISMO Accademia Perduta/ Romagna Teatri 30TH JUNE/31ST JULY FESTIVAL 1997 26TH JULY/7TH SEPTEMBER Tel. 0544/975166, fax 64320 Information: 10TH JULY/31ST AUGUST Information: Teatro della Tosse Information: Comune di Bordighera. Six dates with comic, youth and Tel. 010/2487023, fax 2511275 Comune di Massa Marittima Tel. 0184/263792, fax 260144 fantasy theatre hosted in a Tel 0566/902289, fax 901808 charming setting. A summer performance which This review gathers performances, marks the last leg of a tour, a Street theatre,concerts, opera, folk exhibitions, meetings and live radio CERVIA project by Il Teatro della Tosse and rock music. broadcasts based on the theme (Ravenna - Emilia Romagna) inspired from Shakespeare's A "lAughter": Presta & Dose, CERVIA TEATRO ESTATE Midsummer's Night's Dream, with META Gambarotta & Litizzetto and Cirri & 28TH JUNE/14TH AUGUST a performance that uses neither (Napoli - Campania) Ferentino, national radio stars are Information: the stage nor chairs for its META BAMBINO amongst the participants Accademia Perduta/ Romagna Teatri audience, but uses the steps of 13TH JULY/31ST AUGUST Tel. 0544/975166, fax 970912 Forte Sperone. Information: L’Arcolaio Tel. 081/8071814, fax Composer music, dance and ballet, 8074375 comic theatre and drama. Workshops, animation and theatre for children. special issue 1997

MEZZOCORONA NORA-PULA SAN MINIATO and SURROUNDINGS (Cagliari - Sardegna) (Pisa - Toscana) 23 (Trento - Trentino Alto Adige) LA NOTTE DEI POETI FESTA DEL TEATRO SOLSTIZIO D’ESTATE 18THJULY/13TH AUGUST 17TH/24TH JULY 19TH JUNE/5TH JULY Information: Information: Information: CEDAC. Istituto del Dramma Popolare Comune di Mezzocorona Tel. 070/270577, fax 270932 Tel. 0571/400955, fax 418289 Tel. 0461/608177, fax 608126 On the fascinating site of the One performance only of Billy Budd Eleven dates with contemporary Roman Theatre in Nora, on a stage by Enrico Groppali directed by theatre, music and dance. overlooking the sea, music, dance Sandro Sequi. and theatre performances, but the

MILANO program still has to be defined. SARSINA ITALIAN (Lombardia) (Forlì/Cesena - Emilia Romagna) VICENZA ESTATE NEI CHIOSTRI PADOVA PLAUTUS FESTIVAL (Veneto) 1ST JUNE/17TH JULY (Veneto) JULY/AUGUST ESTATE SHOW Information: FESTIVAL NAZIONALE Information: 9TH JUNE/30TH AUGUST Società Umanitaria DEL TEATRO PER I RAGAZZI Comune di Sarsina Information: Tel. 02/55187242, fax 5511846 20TH SEPTEMBER/ Tel. 0547/94901, fax 95384 Spazi d’Insieme, Vicenza. 30TH NOVEMBER Tel./fax 0444/546078 THEATRE & DANCE Cinema, dance, cartoons, music, Information: Tito Maccio Plauto's home town theatre in Milano for those who I.I.S.D. Teatro Ragazzi with an open air theatre built on a Organised by the Comune together stay in town. Tel./fax 049/651988 natural slope: classical shows on with some of the city's cultural the bill. agencies. MONDAINO, MONTEGRIDOLFO Saturdays and sundays with italian The sections include 'Darkness is (Rimini - Emilia Romagna) youth theatre. SIROLO closer' (9th/28th) - twelve days of I NOMADI DEL CUORE - (Ancona - Marche) cinema; 'Cinema under the stars' LE STRADE DEL TEATRO PERGINE TEATRO ALLE CAVE (2nd July / 30th August); 'The 4TH/7TH SEPTEMBER (Trento - Trentino Alto Adige) 19TH JULY/20TH AUGUST Astra stage' open-air dance and Information: PERGINE SPETTACOLO Information: theatre (July 9-28 and August 6); Teatro degli Dei APERTO Teatro Stabile delle Marche 'The children town' dedicated to Tel. 0541/55000, fax 55888 1ST JULY/25TH AUGUST Tel. 071/200442, fax 205274 the youngest ones (1st/3rd Information: July);"...Out of town" theatre and Street theatre through the Pergine Spettacolo Aperto Theatre under the stars with four cinema (July and August); "Aperitif Commedia dell'Arte. Tel. 0461/530179, fax 533995 drama productions and one comic concerts" (7th/30th July); title. "Concerts in the Cloister" with FESTIVALS MONFERRATO CASALESE 150 dates with theatre, music, classical and jazz music (18th (Alessandria - Piemonte) dance, folklore, cabaret, puppet SORRENTO /25th July). AMORE, RITORNA, LE COLLINE theatre, cinema in various tourist (Napoli - Campania) SONO IN FIORE centres in Alta Valsugana. LA BOTTEGA FANTASTICA VICO EQUENSE 21ST/29TH JUNE JULY/AUGUST (Napoli - Campania) Information: PISCIOTTA Information: SE UNA SERA D’ESTATE... I Traghettatori (Salerno - Campania) L’Arcolaio 1ST AUGUST/5TH SEPTEMBER Tel./ fax 0142/454954 FESTIVAL TEATRALE Tel. 081/8071814, fax 8074375 Information: DEL CILENTO L’Arcolaio A country feast which brings 1ST AUGUST/ 7TH SEPTEMBER Shows for youth in the charming Tel. 081/8071814, together theatrical performances Information: Villa Comunale. fax 8074375 with the tasting of local wines and Associazione Senza Confini food products. Special agreements Tel. 0974/973457 URBINO International with restaurants and inns. (Pesaro e Urbino - Marche) festival of The regaining of the cultural wealth FESTIVAL DEL TEATRO youth theatre. MONTÀ D’ALBA of the Cilento villages, not RINASCIMENTALE DI CORTE Open-air (Cuneo - Piemonte) neglecting the theatre tradition of 12TH/18TH JULY shows in well FESTIVAL DELLE ROCCHE the Neapolitan school. Information: equipped 3RD/6TH JULY Azienda Provinciale per il Turismo venues. Information: SAN GIOVANNI VALDARNO Tel. 0722/2788, fax 2441 Comune di Montà d’Alba. (Arezzo - Toscana) Tel. 0173/976114, fax 975538 EUROPLÀ FESTA DEL TEATRO The Festival is revived under the COMICO E DI FIGURA EUROPEO auspices of the Maecenas Duke Two aspects of ballet: tradition, 20TH/23RD JUNE and ‘Condottiere’ Federico da with the collaboration of two Information: Montefeltro: between sunset and companies of very different origins Il Carro di Jan darkness, present and memory, La Compagnia Amadossalto and a Tel./fax 0575/370102 novelty and tradition, on the thread group of African dancers, and of music, chants, dance and research, as it is seen through the In one of the best preserved theatre, in an ever changing works of Katia Dalla Muta and ancient villages of Tuscany is the pattern of sounds and colours. Enrica Brizzi, and lastly Henry seat of this commedy theatre Montes and Remo Rostagno with festival and this year is dedicated VARIOUS VENUES Tanztheater aus der zeche. to Belgium. (Pesaro e Urbino - Marche) DA FRATTE AL GIBBO 5TH JULY/16TH AUGUST Information: Centro Teatro Tel. 0721/800750, fax 827143

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C CADEGLIANO MARCHIROLO Festival delle Arti 22 CALAMANDRANA Teatro e Colline 8 CALTAGIRONE Teatri in Città 8 CAMPSIRAGO Campsiragoteatro 8 CARPI Festival teatro fuori luogo 22 CASCINA Vetrina Italia 8 CASTAGNETO PO, TORINO Festival delle colline torinesi 8 CASOLA VASENIO Casola è una favola 22 CASTAGNOLE MONFERRATO Teatro e oltre 8 CASTIGLIONCELLO Festival della Riviera Etrusca 8 CERTALDO Mercantia 9 CERVIA Arrivano dal mare! 9 Cervia Teatro Estate 22 CHIOGGIA Arte in Chiozza 22 CITTÀ DI CASTELLO Festival delle Nazioni 9 CIVIDALE DEL FRIULI Mittelfest 9 CIVITANOVA Civitanova Danza 9 COLLECCHIO Natura dèi Teatri 9 COMO Tutti i Colori dell’Estate 22 CREMONA Rassegna la Danza 9 D DRO Drodesera Festival 10 E A B ERCOLANO ABANO TERME Abano Danza Festival 5 BACOLI, POZZUOLI La cultura del mito 6 Festival delle Ville Vesuviane 10 ABBADIA SAN SALVATORE Amiata Teatro 22 BAGNACAVALLO Teatro di Piazza Nuova 22

INDEX ACQUI TERME Acqui in Palcoscenico 5 BASSA VALLE DI SUSA Lo spettacolo della montagna 22 F AMANDOLA Festival di Amandola 5 FANO Il violino e la selce 10 ARCIDOSSO Toscana delle Culture 5 BASSANO DEL GRAPPA Operaestate Festival 6 FERMO Fermo Festival 22 AREZZO Il Teatro e il Sacro 5 BENEVENTO Benevento Città Spettacolo 6 FIESOLE Estate Fiesolana 10 ASTI Astiteatro 5 BERGAMO Sonavan le vie dintorno 7 FOLIGNO Segni Barocchi 22 BERTINORO Crisalide eventi di teatro 7 BOLOGNA Bologna sogna Open Festival 7 G BOLZANO Bolzanodanza 7 GENOVA BORDIGHERA Festival Internazionale del Balletto 10 Bordighera Città dell’Umorismo 22 Genova Estate ai Forti 22 BORGIO VEREZZI Festival teatrale 7 Genova Ridere d’agosto, ma anche prima 22 BRESCIA D’Estate in città 7 GIBELLINA Orestiadi 11 BRISIGHELLA Danza Estate Brisighella 22 GINOSA Festival della terra delle Gravine 11 BUSSERO E CASSINA DE’ PECCHI Villeggiare d'estate 22 GORIZIA Alpe Adria Puppet 11 GROTTAMMARE Cabaret Amore Mio! 22 special issue 1997

P 25 PADOVA Festival Nazionale del Teatro per ragazzi 23 PALERMO Festival di Palermo sul Novecento 13 PARMA Notedanza 13 PARMA Marionette e burattini 13 PARMA Teatro Festival Parma 13 PERGINE Pergine Spettacolo Aperto 23 PESARO E URBINO Sipario Ducale 13 L PISCIOTTA Festival Teatrale del Cilento 23 T POGGIO A CAIANO Festival delle Colline 13 LOANO Aspettando Loano Cabaret 22 TAORMINA Taormina Arte 18 POLVERIGI Inteatro 14 TERRACINA, SABAUDIA PONTE NELLE ALPI Il filo d’Arianna 14 Festival del Teatro Italiano - M POPOLI Echi Festival Laboratorio 12 Riviera d’Ulisse 19 MAGLIANO Tracce di tracce 11 PORTO SANT’ELPIDIO TINDARI Tindari Estate 19 MARINA DI PIETRASANTA La Versiliana 11 Festival Internazionale Teatro Ragazzi 14 TORINO and sorroundings MASSA LUBRENSE Torre Turbolo 22 PORTO VENERE • Giorni d’Estate 19 Porto Venere Teatro Donna 14 • Ad ovest di Paperino 19 MASSA MARITTIMA • Festivallere 19 Massa Marittima Festival 22 • Settembre musica 19 MASSA-CARRARA Lunatica 11 R TREZZO SULL’ADDA E VAPRIO D’ADDA META Meta bambino 22 RADICONDOLI Estate a Radicondoli 15 Adda Danza 20 MEZZOCORONA Solstizio d’estate 23 RAVENNA Ravenna Festival 15 MILANO Estate nei Chiostri 23 RIO MAGGIORE E MANAROLA U MILANO Milano Oltre 11 Teatro a cielo aperto 15 URBINO MIRA Festival delle Ville 12 ROMA Estate Romana Festival del Teatro Rinascimentale MODENA • La città in tasca 15 di Corte 23 • Sipario in Piazza 12 • I solisti del Teatro 15 URBISAGLIA Rassegna di Teatro 20 • Festival internazionale del teatro urbano 15 • Le vie dei Festival 12 ROMA Romaeuropa Festival 16 MONDAINO, MONTEGRIDOLFO Nomadi del Cuore – ROMA V • Festival d’Autunno 16 Le Strade del Teatro 23 VARIOUS VENUES (Pesaro Urbino) • Le vie dei Festival 16 MONFERRATO - CASALESE da Fratte al Gibbo 23 ROVERETO E TRENTO Amore, ritorna, le colline sono in fiore 23 VARIOUS VENUES OF BASILICATA Senzatitolo eventi azioni esposizioni 16 MONTÀ D’ALBA Festival delle Rocche 23 Il Palcoscenico della Memoria 20 ROVERETO E TRENTO Oriente Occidente 16 MONTALCINO VARIOUS VENUES OF MOLISE Ferrazzano Festival 20 Festival della Val d’Orcia e di Montalcino 12 VERONA Estate Teatrale Veronese 20 MONTECOSARO Montecosaro Teatro 12 S VIAREGGIO TGV Viareggio – Avignone 20 MONTEPULCIANO Bruscello Poliziano 12 SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO Terzo incontro Nazionale VICENZA– Estate Show 23 MONTICCHIELLO dei Teatri Invisibili 17 Teatro Povero di Monticchiello 12 VICO EQUENSE Angeli a Sud 21 SAN GIORGIO A CREMANO, AMALFI VICO EQUENSE Se una sera d’estate 23 La Scuola di Pulcinella 17 VIGNALE MONFERRATO Vignale Danza 21 SAN GIOVANNI VALDARNO N VILLA FARALDI Festival di Villa Faraldi 21 NORA PULA La Notte dei Poeti 23 Europla’ festa del teatro comico e di figura europeo 23 VOLTERRA NOTO I giorni di Giufà, la notte di Giufà 12 VolterraTeatro – Dimore e Transiti 21 SAN MINIATO La luna è azzurra 17 SAN MINIATO Festa del Teatro 23 SANTARCANGELO DI ROMAGNA Santarcangelo ’97 17 SANT’OMERO Facce di Gomma – Comico e comic movie 17 SARSINA Plautus Festival 23 SASSARI Girovagando 18 SEGESTA Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici 18 SESTO FIORENTINO Intercity Festival 18 SIROLO Teatro alle Cave 23 SORRENTO La Bottega Fantastica 23 SPOLETO Festival dei Due Mondi 18 LE VIE DEI FESTIVAL ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE CADMO Via Flaminia, 61 00196 Roma Tel. 0039 6 3202102/3234686 fax. 0039 6 3201994 E-mail: [email protected]

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