VENERE IN TEATRO Dance Festival
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From 1 to 21 September 2025
Forte Marghera, via Forte Marghera, Venezia Mestre
Forte Marghera, via Forte Marghera, Venezia Mestre
curated by APS Live Arts Cultures
In collaboration with: Perypezye Urbane
With the support of: MiC, Comune di Venezia, Settore Cultura Venezia, Fondazione Forte Marghera, Fondazione Musei Civici and Banca della Marca - Credito Cooperativo.
Under the patronage of: Regione del Veneto, Camera di Commercio di Venezia e Rovigo.
Thanks to: Università IUAV di Venezia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, AIKU - Centro di ricerca dell’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Accademia delle Belle Arti di Venezia, New Echo System /Pro Helvetia in Venice, Piattaforma Lago, Operaestate Festival Veneto, Drupa Centre, A Piede Libero Festival, Indaco, Festival Venice Open Stage, 4 Culture Association, Teatro Comunale di Vicenza, WeExhibit, Cooperativa Controvento, Lab43.
Part of a programme of Città in Festa, Comune di Venezia.
In collaboration with: Perypezye Urbane
With the support of: MiC, Comune di Venezia, Settore Cultura Venezia, Fondazione Forte Marghera, Fondazione Musei Civici and Banca della Marca - Credito Cooperativo.
Under the patronage of: Regione del Veneto, Camera di Commercio di Venezia e Rovigo.
Thanks to: Università IUAV di Venezia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, AIKU - Centro di ricerca dell’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Accademia delle Belle Arti di Venezia, New Echo System /Pro Helvetia in Venice, Piattaforma Lago, Operaestate Festival Veneto, Drupa Centre, A Piede Libero Festival, Indaco, Festival Venice Open Stage, 4 Culture Association, Teatro Comunale di Vicenza, WeExhibit, Cooperativa Controvento, Lab43.
Part of a programme of Città in Festa, Comune di Venezia.
Foto di Lorenza Cini
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We awaited our bodies as one awaits spring: enclosed in the anxiety of the cortex. Thus we understood that if the first birth was all coincidence, biology, uncertainty - the other, this one, was choice, was waiting, was penance: it was exposing oneself to the world to abolish it, patiently reinhabit it. Giovanna Vivinetto - Ci vollero diciannove anni From Dolore Minimo, Novara, Interlinea, 2018 |
The fifth edition of Venere in Teatro recalls the popular expression of the mid-seasons, a passage of time and nature that we need and that seems increasingly to elude us. Combining this common saying with the dimension of dance leads us to explore the themes of transition, transformation, advancement/decay, evolution/involution, variation, and innovation.
The title "The Mid-Seasons" is therefore an expression to recall the phases of transition, the times of becoming, the conditions that arise and lead to new and different maturations of things.
Talking about change leads us to reflect on the impacts they themselves generate, the possible inadequacies and vulnerabilities, the capacity for adaptation, the unpredictability, and the inability to fully grasp the consistency of mutations.
These reflections form the curatorial framework that inspired the selection process of the artists who will be guests of Venere in Teatro.
Location and thematic inspiration become our two lenses, focused on the region and the public, as well as on young and established artists, without geographical limitations.
Nine evenings open to the public with 19 guest companies/artists.
From 4th to 7th and from 11th to 14th September, and again on September 21st, performances will take place in the Forte Marghera spaces.
The guest artists will engage with the nature of the place, with the uniqueness of the unconventional spaces that have transformed buildings originally built for military use into theaters of artistic production and creativity.
Alongside the evening performance program, there will be 3 talks, a selection of screendance, a sharing of the practices led by artist Chiara Frigo and developed into a community performance, and a call for artists under 35 to present a durational performance.
The title "The Mid-Seasons" is therefore an expression to recall the phases of transition, the times of becoming, the conditions that arise and lead to new and different maturations of things.
Talking about change leads us to reflect on the impacts they themselves generate, the possible inadequacies and vulnerabilities, the capacity for adaptation, the unpredictability, and the inability to fully grasp the consistency of mutations.
These reflections form the curatorial framework that inspired the selection process of the artists who will be guests of Venere in Teatro.
Location and thematic inspiration become our two lenses, focused on the region and the public, as well as on young and established artists, without geographical limitations.
Nine evenings open to the public with 19 guest companies/artists.
From 4th to 7th and from 11th to 14th September, and again on September 21st, performances will take place in the Forte Marghera spaces.
The guest artists will engage with the nature of the place, with the uniqueness of the unconventional spaces that have transformed buildings originally built for military use into theaters of artistic production and creativity.
Alongside the evening performance program, there will be 3 talks, a selection of screendance, a sharing of the practices led by artist Chiara Frigo and developed into a community performance, and a call for artists under 35 to present a durational performance.
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DO WE NEED THIS QUOTE?Avere aspetto umano basta alla nostra gioia. Ma l’aspetto umano non è che un aspetto delle migliaia di metamorfosi della natura. Che cosa pensare della gioia che si proverebbe nella contemplazione delle infinite trasformazioni del mondo? Per questo il Santo vorrebbe raggiungere la radice comune dell’esistenza, alla quale nulla può sfuggire. Se bisogna imitare colui che trova buoni in egual misura la morte prematura e la longevità, l’inizio e la fine della sua esistenza, a maggior ragione merita di essere nostro modello ciò che congiunge tutti gli esseri del mondo e da cui dipende la trasformazione cosmica.
Zhuang-zi, a cura di Liou Kia-Hway, Adelphi, Milano, 1982, p.60 |
Find out more about the programme and all activities of the Festival.
WORKSHOP FOR A COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE
A Human SongCurated by Chiara Frigo
A Human Song is a large-scale participatory art project involving 30-50 citizens of diverse ages, cultures, and backgrounds. It is a part of a research project exploring themes of spirituality in art, which here becomes an epic community performance. Through this call, participants will be able to participate in the preparation and staging of the performance, under the guidance of Chiara Frigo, during Venere in Teatro - Dance Festival 2025. |
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TICKETS
Tickets to Venere in Teatro Dance Festival 2025 will be available online and also at the ticket office at the Festival Venue starting 1 hour before the event.
COME RAGGIUNGERCI
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PRESS
Contacts for Press, Press Review, Press Releases |
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WHO WE ARE
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Artistic Director Marianna Andrigo Co-curators Giovanni Sabelli Fioretti, Giuseppe Esposito Curator of Screendance Giovanna Pesce Dalla Francesca Organizators Aurora Vidotto, Roberta Da Soller Organizational collaborator Alessandra Zuin Tech staff Alberto Gottardi, Aldo Aliprandi, Alice Marchiori Social media manager Giovanna Pesce Dalla Francesca Press Office Michela Lorenzano Graphics Alessandra Conte Official Photographer Lorenza Cini |
VENERE IN TEATRO Dance Festival
The Mid-Season - Vth Edition
From 1 to 21 September 2025 | Forte Marghera, via Forte Marghera, Venezia Mestre
curated by APS Live Arts Cultures
In collaboration with: Perypezye Urbane
With the support of: MiC, Comune di Venezia, Settore Cultura Venezia, Fondazione Forte Marghera, Fondazione Musei Civici and Banca della Marca - Credito Cooperativo.
Under the patronage of: Regione del Veneto, Camera di Commercio di Venezia e Rovigo.
Thanks to: Università IUAV di Venezia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, AIKU - Centro di ricerca dell’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Accademia delle Belle Arti di Venezia, New Echo System /Pro Helvetia in Venice, Piattaforma Lago, Operaestate Festival Veneto, Drupa Centre, A Piede Libero Festival, Indaco, Festival Venice Open Stage, 4 Culture Association, Teatro Comunale di Vicenza, WeExhibit, Cooperativa Controvento, Lab43.
Part of a programme of Città in Festa, Comune di Venezia.
The Mid-Season - Vth Edition
From 1 to 21 September 2025 | Forte Marghera, via Forte Marghera, Venezia Mestre
curated by APS Live Arts Cultures
In collaboration with: Perypezye Urbane
With the support of: MiC, Comune di Venezia, Settore Cultura Venezia, Fondazione Forte Marghera, Fondazione Musei Civici and Banca della Marca - Credito Cooperativo.
Under the patronage of: Regione del Veneto, Camera di Commercio di Venezia e Rovigo.
Thanks to: Università IUAV di Venezia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, AIKU - Centro di ricerca dell’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Accademia delle Belle Arti di Venezia, New Echo System /Pro Helvetia in Venice, Piattaforma Lago, Operaestate Festival Veneto, Drupa Centre, A Piede Libero Festival, Indaco, Festival Venice Open Stage, 4 Culture Association, Teatro Comunale di Vicenza, WeExhibit, Cooperativa Controvento, Lab43.
Part of a programme of Città in Festa, Comune di Venezia.
