Boosting knowledge and giving new
generations a chance to build life-changing experiences are the
pillars on which the Venice Biennale has planned upcoming
"college" events dedicated to ballet, theater and music across
five months, starting on June 25.
The 56th Biennale International Art Exhibition runs from
May 9 through November 22 under the banner "All the World's
Futures" at various venues in the lagoon city.
The Biennale's College Dance section is scheduled on June
25-28 under the direction of choreographer Virgilio Sieni.
The 43th International Theater Festival will kick off on
July 30 through August 9 and is headed by Catalan director Alex
Rigola, while the 59th International Festival of Contemporary
Music on October 2-11 will focus on the theme of memory under
the direction of composer Ivan Fedele.
"The spirit of Biennale College is becoming increasingly
significant" and very much "a reference point for dance, theater
and music", Biennale President Paolo Baratta told reporters in
Rome last week at a presentation of the event.
Baratta said the event focusing on dance, music and theater
was something in between "a festival and a campus" to foster
"creativity aimed at true artistic creation".
Young artists who have been selected to participate will
join training workshops and shows under the guidance of leading
artists in all three arts.
The dance events will take place from midday till evening
across Venice - from Piazza San Marco to the Arsenale - with the
participation of leading choreographers including Laurent
Chétouane, Xavier Le Roy, Alessandro Sciarroni, Claudia
Castellucci, Cesc Gelabert, Salva Sanchis and Francesca
Pennini's Collettivo Cinetico group.
The theater festival will include 13 performances and 18
laboratories with artists such as Thomas Ostermeier, Fabrice
Murgia, Falk Richter a Milo Rau, Antonio Latella and the
Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio to narrate the present through diverse
voices.
The idea of memory will be at the center of the music
festival with guests ranging from Pierre Boulez and Helmut
Lachenmann to the young Nina Senk and Pasquale Corrado.
Late composer Giuseppe Sinopoli, who was born in Venice,
will be remembered with all College activities focusing on his
1974 opera Souvenir à la mémoire.
The music festival's director, composer Ivan Fedele,
stressed that the event "will not talk about the young, we are
letting them do the talking and express themselves freely".
A Golden Lion for career achievement will be awarded at the
end of each of the three festivals.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker will be awarded a Golden Lion
for dance, Christoph Mathaler for theater and Georges Aperghis
for music.
Spanish company Agrupacion Senor Serrao will get a Silver
Lion.
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