Presentation of the Film Documentation of Jerzy Grotowski’s Akropolis
Events (film, historical) The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 In this encounter, Carla Pollastrelli, co-director of Fondazione Pontedera Teatro from 1993 to 2012, will introduce and present the video documentation of Akropolis, an outstanding realisation of Grotowski’s Laboratory Theatre which has its premiere in Opole (Poland) in 1962 and was also performed at the Edinburgh Festival […]
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I Love Ursula Hamdress
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 Theatre and physical theatre about the contemporary condition of women and farmed animals, created following Carol Adams’ lecture The sexual Politics of Meat. On the stage an aspiring showgirl talks about herself. Step by step the life of an ordinary ditsy girl merges into that of a cow, of […]
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Giancarlo De Cataldo
When In Rome…. Edinburgh Internation Book Festival In Romanzo Criminale uno degli scrittori italiani piu’ famosi si confronta con un travagliato periodo del recente passato italiano conosciuto come gli Anni di Piombo. Durante gli anni ’70 Roma era nella morsa della violenza della malavita e nella paura del terrorismo politico. In questa emozionante epopea, recentemente […]
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Scarlatti and Tansman on the Guitar
Music (classical) The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 Accomplished Italian guitarist Luca Villani offers a wonderful guitar recital dedicated to Scarlatti and Tansman. Some Scarlatti Sonatas sound great on the guitar, evoking a Spanish court made of dark lounges, silky tapestries and a royal atmosphere. Virtuosic and refined music at once. In the second part, Luca […]
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The Living Room
Theatre (devised, physical theatre) The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 The Living Room takes us home, to a place in which we welcome another. By starting from this fundamental action that can take place in a living room, we enter an investigation into how the potentialities of performance craft can both enrich and be enriched by […]
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The Birds#1. Corpses
Dance, Physical Theatre and Circus (visual art, solo show) The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 The Birds#1. Corpses is a solo dance show using recorded voices and video. Beginning with a series of phone calls from the author searching for artists to act in a show, the story goes deeply into the heart of the feeling […]
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Luca Villani – Guitar Homages
Music (classical, flamenco) The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 Fantastic new recital by Italian guitarist Luca Villani, who interprets great pieces composed by the finest guitar composers celebrating other musicians. The Mexican Manuel Ponce Sonata Clasica is, in fact, a perfect homage to Fernando Sor, the classical guitar icon. Joaquin Rodrigo poignant Invocaciòn y Danza is […]
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Tandem
Dance, Physical Theatre and Circus (physical theatre, contemporary) The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 Start a revolution, or head to the beach? A dilemma that arises for Frederica and Paola as they ride two bicycles welded to each other. On their tandem they can share their dreams and conflicts, adventures and dangers. Daring curves, breath-taking descents, […]
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Hamlet, Ophelia
Theatre (drama, true-life) The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 Hamlet is a woman, she is living the play from the lovers’ point of view, going into the depths of humanity. Hamlet, Ophelia is an original take on the entire story to honour the first modern drama. Our first time performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, to […]
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A Musical Journey: Black Barocco Tango
The duo Pane’- Villani (soprano and guitar) will take us on a musical journey through cultures and styles sharing with the public theirtalent and passion for the universal language of music. Soprano Isabel Panè and guitarist Luca Villani studied at the Conservatories of Matera and Rome respectively. Luca research on classical guitar rarities and Isabel […]
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