An Adventure Beyond Art, Myths, and Everyday Life in Europe 2013 – 2017 Meeting the Odyssey is a social and artistic collaborative project sailing from the Baltic to the Mediterranean Sea. Each summer from 2014 to 2016, artists and organizers from different European countries will travel together, giving workshops and performing theater pieces. The project will combine elements of the Odyssey, contemporary themes relevant to Europe and stories collected through exchanges with the local population. But Meeting the Odyssey is also a journey in itself: bringing people together through long term collaboration, and discovering new artistic landscapes and cultural attitudes to develop synergies at the European level.. Project ambition What is Europe today? Who are the people living in Europe compared to who they were? What is their personal Odyssey? This project asks: what is the common Europe behind the commitment of the European Union? Is there a common ground based on culture and daily life? How can we be reminded of our common roots? The project aims to decrease prejudices and to create a shared narrative that comes out of the stories of the people in Europe today, through the frame of the legend of Odysseus. For a meaningful discussion about a sustainable and inclusive European culture and a creative future, we need to cross national borders to meet people from different contexts with different perspectives on Europe. This will happen / We will create 4 artistic productions with international teams / We will 14 locally created actions, called «Instants» / We will develop new methods of creating theater performances in a social theater context / We will create a network of theaters and festivals all over Europe / We will give the chance to a minimum of 65 artists to be on board of the ship and 30 more to be involved / We will create a hybrid language for theater that can be used in international co-productions / We will document and share the process in the form of recordings, media, written evaluation, the performances / We will produce new research linked to the project that will ensure the lasting and dissemination of the project results. The focus of the research will be on intercultural dialogue, artistic mobility and European identity / We will create unity and solidarity among the partners and the people involved in the project Touring Schedule 2014 2015 2016 PRODUCTION A PRODUCTION C Sailing with Hoppet sailing with Hoppet sailing with Patria and Hoppet Productions A and D 23.5 – 1.6 St. Petersburg 22.5 – 31.5 Milano 1.6 – 8.7 2.6 – 5.6 Hoppet St. Petersburg – 5.6 – 11.6 Varenna, Dervio Corfú – Ithaka – Epidavros – Hanko (Lecco Lake) Athens 5.6 – 13.6 Hanko 12.6 – 22.6 Campsirago, Brivio 13.6 – 19.6 Tallinn 23.6 – 27.6 Como Lake Productions B and C 19.6 – 24.6 Hiiumaa 29.6 – 7.7 navigation 1.7 – 8.8 24.6 – 29.6 Saaremaa Genova – Malta Epidavros – Athens – Rhodos – 7.7 – 16.7 Malta and Gozo Leros – Ikaria PRODUCTION B 17.7 – 24.7 navigation Malta – sailing with river boat and Hoppet Sardinia 5.7 – 12.7 Opole (Bus Opole – Berlin) PRODUCTION D 12.7 – 20.7 Berlin sailing with Hoppet (Bus Berlin – Prague) 1.8 – 31.8 Sardinian’tour 20.7 – 29.7 Prague 1.8 – 14.9 France: (Bus Prague – Lübeck) Sete – Montpellier 30.7 – 1.8 Hoppet Lübeck – 25.9 – 4.10 Firenze – Copenhagen Castiglioncello 1.8 – 17.8 Copenhagen (Helsingor, Bornholm) 17.8 – 23.8 Copenhagen – Helsinki 23.8 – 1.9 Helsinki The Yacht HOPPET Theater Productions 2014 Production A: Memories for Life Premiere May 23rd in Skorohod Platform, St. Petersburg A physical multilingual performance about the past and the present, the old and the young. "We do not walk towards death. We do not walk towards getting old. We walk to meet ourselves. We walk to meet our Other Me. Life is like two persons walking towards each other. My old age meets my youth" Imants Zedonis (Latvian poet, b.1933, d.2013) Memories for Life is a performance about the forgotten dreams and remembered hopes of elderly people, lived through the bodies of young actors. Responsible: Viirus Theatre, Finland. Co-produced with ProFitArt Company, Czech Republic, NO99, Estonia, ScarlattineTeatro, Italy and Asterions Hus, Denmark. Director: Maria Lundström, Viirus Choreographer: Lenka Vagnerová, ProFitArt Company On stage: 7 actors/ dancers Theater Productions 2014 Production B: The Penelope Project Premiere July 5th 2014 in Opole, Poland A performance inspired by the fate of Penelope, the wife of Odysseus. About her dreams and work. A performance with live music, dance and objects, performed outdoors. Responsible: Opolski Teatr Lalki i Aktora, Poland. Co-produced with ScarlattineTeatro, Italy, Viirus Theatre, Finland. Director: Krystian Kobylka, Opolski Teatr On stage: 7 actors Theater Productions 2015 Production C: sbarchi_landing Premiere May 22nd 2015 in Milan, Darsena, Italy. Responsible: ScarlattineTeatro, Italy. Co-produced with Asterions Hus, Denmark, Viirus Theatre, Finland, Skorohod Platform, Russia. Director: Michele Losi, ScarlattineTeatro. On stage: 8 actors Theater Productions 2015 Production D: Premiere August 2015 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Responsible: Cada Die Teatro, Italy. Co-produced with Réseau en Scène, France, Theatro Anapoda, Greece. Director: Giancarlo Biffi, Cada Die Teatro. On stage: 7 performers. Instants The Instant Performances / Locally created actions: unique performances combining the Odyssey and the local context into a short performance at every stop on the tour / Responsible: every year a team of 3 from Cada Die Teatro, Italy (2014), Viirus, Finland and Skorohod, Russia (2015), Asterions Hus, Denmark and ScarlattineTeatro, Italy (2016) / Separate action, still linked to both Main Productions and Workshops / Can be performed by the ship, in a venue or in the street / The instant performances together with the workshops are the «laboratory» of the project Production C: sbarchi_landing / 2015 Theater Productions 2015 Production C: sbarchi_landing It is the other side of nostos, of homesickness; the desire of unveiling which always leads to new encounters, crashes and tragedies. The disembarkation, the landing opens the way to a different look, never sure nor safe, to an unknown dimension. The ship and the crew on stage, the docking among people, in an unknown city; meeting extraordinary men and women, class, genre, age conflicts, threats, ghosts from the past and then on board again, to set sail to new routes: are we sure we wish to get back to Ithaca? Behind this stubborn desire of meeting and the unknown, is the impulse to sacrifice the fellows perhaps hidden? RIFLESSIONE SULLA LINGUA | AUDIENCE INVOLVED | LIVE MUSIC | USE OF THE SHIP Theater Productions 2015 The Crew: sbarchi_landing direction Michele Losi (I) co direction Peter Kirk (DK) actors Anna Fascendini (I), Giulietta Debernardi (I), Marco Mazza (I), Martin Ammundsen (DK), Solene Weinachter (FR), Ruth Janssen (UK), Tilde Kundsten (DK), Victor Idman (FIN) dramaturgy Christoffer Mellgren (FIN) choreographer Ruth Janssen (UK) music Birgit Lokke Jesper Siberg (DK) costumes Stracci Sartoria Creativa (I) settings Viviana Rella (I) technical direction, light design Andrea Violato (I) sound design Kristian Hekholm (FIN) instants direction Tatyana Priyatkina (RUS) project coordination Angelica Maran (I) Production C: sbarchi_landing / 2015 Milan, Italy Milano Navigli, Barges will be used and will arrive on the 22nd of May Darsena Programm: 22-31.5 Performances Workshop I Workshop II Instant Milan Production C: sbarchi_landing / 2015 Lake: Lecco branch, Italy Varenna, Lake boat will be used and arrive on 5th June Dervio Programm: 5-11.6 Performances Venue: Villa Monastero, Dervio lakeside Instant Varenna / Dervio Production C: sbarchi_landing / 2015 Campsirago/Brivio, Italy Campsirago / Lake boat will be used and will arrive on the June 12th Brivio Programm: 12-22.6 Performances Venue: Brivio lakeside Workshop I Venue: Palzzo Gambassi Workshop II Venue: Palazzo Gambassi Instant Campsirago/Brivio Production C: sbarchi_landing / 2015 Lake: Como branch, Italy Como Lake boat will be used and will arrive on the 19th of June 19-21.6 Programm: Performances Venue: Teatro Sociale of Como and Villa Olmo Workshop I Venue: teatro Sociale of Como Workshop II Venue: Teatro Sociale of Como Instant Como Some Places 2015 Villa Monastero, Varenna, Italy Patria Steamship, Como, Italy Dervio, Italy Grand Harbour, Malta THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ScarlattineTeatro www.scarlattineteatro.it Michele Losi Artistic Director [email protected] Angelica Maran Project Coordinator [email protected] www.meetingtheodyssey.eu +39 039.9276070 .