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Festival CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS ON THE SHORES OF THE TIBER “APRIPISTA” FROM 14TH TO 22ND WITH BURENCIRQUE AND UN LOUP POUR L'HOMME Contemporary circus is more and more in vogue as a new performing art. It was born out of independent theatre's need to search for new forms by reviving and using forgotten traditions, circus and street theatre skills. In the past decade festivals dedicated to con- temporary theatre have flourished in many European cities, and Rome too, enriches its cultural landscape performances by acrobats, jugglers, contortionists and with the second edition of Apripista inaugurated with a puppeteers. Then it is the turn of the two-man-show daring performance on the city's new Ponte della Musi- Un loup pour l'homme with its Face Nord which reflects ca during which French tightrope walker Didier Pas- on the relationship between the mind and the body quette will make his way across the river Tiber. A partic- thanks to a sophisticated use of acrobatics, contempo- ular trait of the genre is in its narrative form of storytelling rary dance, hip hop and theatre. which makes use of metaphors, themes and poetic images. Thus, the first contemporary circus to grace the ● PONTE DELLA MUSICA inauguration performance on programme is Burencirque with an installation entitled 14th April from 6.30 pm. Free entry Nord/Sud by visual artist Daniel Buren. It comes to life ● PARCO DELLA MUSICA Viale P. de Coubertin, cir- with clever optical effects and lighting as well as live cus from 14th to 22nd April. Tel. 0680241281.

Show Jazz WrestleMania Revenge Tour If you want to watch CM Punk and come face to face in the ring, now is the moment as the RAW WrestleMania Revenge Tour Ibrahim returns to Italy touching on Rome on Wednesday 18th. Originally a piano solo sports entertainment television programme airing in the United Perhaps the most gifted African States, WWE Raw is a live show musician working with the fused with a full list of idols giv- ancestral streams of ing it their all. Fans will be able to African+American music, Abdul- be right there with their heros John lah Ibrahim is a pianist, com- Cena, CM Punk, Alberto Del Rio, , R-Truth, Kelly Kelly and many oth- poser, arranger, band leader ers. Described as action-packed family fun, the show features profession- and teacher. Here in Rome he al wrestling matches that involve plots, storylines and feuds. Wrestlers por- plays a solo piano recital. tay villains or heroes as they folllow a series of events designed to build tension that culminates in wrestling matches. ● PARCO DELLA MUSICA Saturday 14th at 21.00. Tickets ● PALALOTTOMATICA Piazzale dello Sport, EUR. Show on 18th April. 18 euros. Tel. 06/80241281. Tickets from 34,50 to 69 euros.

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Rock Fair Saddle up with punk & wave RomaCavalli Now in its third year, RomaCaval- Formed in the late ‘70s in li, the city's international Eques- , the Under- trian and Horse Racing Exhibition, tones are one of the most influ- takes place with a calendar filled ential protagonists of punk with events, competitions, “horsey” wave. Thanks in part to the sup- ideas and special initiatives. All in port of DJ John Peel, they shared all, four days devoted to the world labels and tour dates with the of horses with events, shows and top acts Ramones and The commercial areas that aim to pro- Clash. The Undertones stop off vide a platform of exchange for in Rome as part of their first Ital- amateurs and for professionals of ian tour in their original forma- the sector. For the occasion, the tion: John and Damian O'Neill, sprawling spaces of Rome's new Fair host pavilions, out-door paddocks Michael Bradley, Billy Doherty, and show-jumping arenas as well as stalls for exhibitors, restaurants and and Paul McLoone. bars. Organisers reveal that there will be over 2000 horses of all breeds and nationalities, many of them involved in show-jumping competitions ● CIRCOLO DEGLI ARTISTI Via and other disciplines. Casilina Vecchia 42. Saturday 14th April. Tickets 18 euros. Tel. ● NUOVA FIERA DI ROMA Via Portuense 1645/1647. Fair from 12th to 0670305684. 15th April. For information tel. 02 75281879, www.romacavalli.com

EXHIBITIONS Rock RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE A selection of works by great Russian masters of the early 20th century aims to highlight the singular cha- racteristics of Russian Avant-garde art. The exhibition features 60 paintings and architectural models of Rus- sian art on loan from the Tretyakov State Gallery and Russian regional museums. ● MUSEO DELL' ARA PACIS Lungotevere in Augusta. Info tel. 060608. Open from 9am to 7pm. Mon clo- sed. Tickets 7.50 euros. Until 2nd September Carl Palmer JOAN MIRÒ: POETRY AND LIGHT King of Drummers Over eighty works have been selected to celebrate the art of Juan ’, the Catalan artist born in 1893. The- In Rome and appearing within the programme of re are oil paintings, watercolours, ceramics and bron- the “Progressivamente Festival”, Carl Palmer shows ze sculptures, all of them from the Pilar and Joan Miro’ his percussive talents. Baptized by critics as “The Foundation in Palma de Mallorca which owns most of King of Drummers”, his talent came to light during the his patrimony. ‘70s as a member of the progressive rock trio Emer- ● CHIOSTRO DEL BRAMANTE Arco della Pace 5, tel. son, Lake and Palmer, placing him in at the top of the 0668809036. Open from 10am to 8pm. Saturdays drum pantheon alongside Rush’s Neil Peart. For the and Sundays from 10am to 9pm. Online tickets at past few years, Palmer has been touring Europe, www.mostramiro.it. Until 10th June. recreating the music of ELP with a guitar replacing Emerson’s keyboards. In Rome he is joined in his THE MEANING OF LIFE ELP celebration by two talented young musicians: Te Meaning of Life is a new exhibition by National Geo- bassist Stuart Clayton and guitarist Paul Bielatowicz. graphic featuring works by the Society's finest photo- graphers. Following in the footsteps of Water, Air, Fire ● JAILBREAK LIVE CLUB Via Tiburtina 870. Con- and Earth, this photographic journey highlights four cert on Sunday 15th April at10.30pm. Information themes: Love. tel. 3275697834, 0640801376. ● PALAZZO DELLE ESPOSIZIONI Via Nazionale 194,

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tel. 0639967500. From 10am to 8pm. Fridays and Booking and info tel. 0639967500. From 10am to Saturdays from 10am to 10.30pm. Mondays closed. 8pm. Friday and Saturday 10am to 10.30pm. Sunday Until 13th May. 10am to 8pm. Monday closed. Tickets 12,50 euros. Open until 6th May. SALVADOR DALI' This exhibition investigates the artist's complex perso- LUX IN ARCANA nality and his relationship with Italy giving insight into “Lux In Arcana. The Vatican’s Secret Archive Reveals some aspects of Dali's art which have not been highli- Itself” is the title of an event celebrating four hundred ghted before. Featuring a vast selection of paintings, as years from the foundation of the papal secret archive well as a series of other items, including objects, illu- itself. The exhibition features more than one hundred strations, and theatre and cinema costumes, the exhi- original documents revealing them for the first time to bition examines every aspect of the Spanish painter's the public. activities. ● CAPITOLINE MUSEUMS Piazza del Campidoglio 1. ● COMPLESSO DEL VITTORIANO Via San Pietro in Car- For information tel. 060608, 09.00-20.00. Mondays cere, tel. 066780664, 066780363. From 9.30am to closed. Until 9th September. 7.30pm. Fridays and Saturdays from 9.30am to 11.30pm. Sundays from 9.30.am to 8.30pm. Until GUERCINO 1591-1666. MASTERPIECES 30th June. FROM CENTO AND FROM ROME On display a selection of precious works highlighting the TINTORETTO milestones of the life and career of Francesco Barbie- A major art event focusing on the three main themes ri, known as “Guercino”, born in the city of Cento and that distinguish Tintoretto's work: religion, mythology one of the most significant protagonists of 17th centu- and portraiture. The deliberately small exhibition com- ry Italian art. prises some 40 paintings on loan from leading interna- ● PALAZZO BARBERINI Open from 9am to 7pm. Clo- tional museums and collections. sed on Mondays. Info and booking tel. 0632810, ● SCUDERIE DEL QUIRINALE Via XXIV Maggio 16. www.mostraguercino.it. Until 29th April. Info tel. 0639967500. From 10am to 8pm, Fridays and Saturdays from 10am to 10.30pm. Until 10th MYTHOLOGY IN ART June. FROM ANTIQUITY TO CANOVA As revealed by the title, the exhibition illustrates the MASTERPIECES FROM THE tale of Eros and Psyche and its influence on artists GUGGENHEIM. GREAT ART COLLECTION from antiquity to Antonio Canova. Some one hundred FROM RENOIR TO WARHOL paintings, sculptures, ceramics, etchings and drawings Hosted by Rome’s Palazzo delle Esposizioni, the Gug- tell the story narrated by Apuleius, with its characters genheim Foundation is showing a selection of its springing to life through an itinerary which is divided into masterpieces from New York and Venice. Guggenheim thematic sections. curator, Lauren Hinkson, has chosen the paintings and ● CASTEL SANT’ANGELO Lungotevere Castello 50. Info sculptures on display according to a diachronic and and booking tel. 0632810, 066819111. From 9am to sequential criterion, dividing the works into different 7.30pm. Mondays closed. Entry 10 euros. Until 10th sections. June. ● PALAZZO DELLE ESPOSIZIONI Via Nazionale 194. con la collaborazione di Linda Bordoni Classical music Lisa Batiashvili's violin Star violinist Lisa Batiashvili says the sound of Shostakovich belongs to her earliest memories. In her childhood, she often heard her father’s string quartet rehearse Shostakovich’s music. And when she and her fam- ily left their Georgian homeland, the music of Shostakovich travelled with them. Mark Lubotsky, her teacher in Hamburg, was a student of David Oistrakh, for whom Shostakovich wrote his violin concertos, and to the young Lisa Batiashvili, this felt like a direct line to the source. Con- ducted by Yuri Temirkanov, she plays Shostakovich's Concert for violin and orchestra with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra.

● PARCO DELLA MUSICA Viale P. de Coubertin. Concert on 14th April at 6pm, on 16th April at 9pm, and on 17th April at 7.30pm. For information tel. 068082058, www.santacecilia.it

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