53rd International Theatre Festival

The physical presence of actors, their centrality to the scenic creation, is the leitmotif of the 53^rd International Theatre Festival entitled Theatre is Body. Body is Poetry, which will run from May 31 to June 15 in Venice, under the direction of Willem Dafoe.

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“The body, its presence, its intelligence beyond our control, is the beating heart of the theatre.” (Willem Dafoe).

Four major areas of research interweave in the 53^rd International Theatre Festival.

1 – Venice 75/25. Fifty years of new theatre
The interface between yesterday and today was the 1975 Biennale Teatro, directed by Luca Ronconi, the cornerstone of the experiences of new theatre.

2 – Today’s maestros
The Festival retraces the legacy of last century’s new theatre in some of its acknowledged exponents of post-modern and post-dramatic creativity.
3 – A look to the future
The Festival will also explore the emerging generations, bearers of unexpected poetics.

4 – Biennale College
This will be the framework for the project by the director Antonio Latella and the Accademia d’Arte Drammatica Silvio d’Amico, with a new and prestigious collaboration among training colleges.

The Festival will present, among others, projects by Odin Teatret, Thomas Ostermeier, The Wooster Group, Milo Rau, Romeo Castellucci, Princess Bangura and Industria Indipendente.

Finally Spazio Cinema a venue open to documentary and cinematographic video works by the artists who are guests of the Festival, will have a few surprises and curiosities in store.

The program may change.

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