Biennale Theatre
Baghdad Dust
Polvere di Baghdad (Baghdad Dust) by Maurizio Scaparro was the final step of the 40th International Theatre Festival, Mediterraneo. The pièce was world premiered on 5th and 6th November 2009 at the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale in Venice.
Freely inspired by The Arabian Nights, the pièce made use of the dramaturgical adaptation by the great Syrian poet Adonis and by Massimo Nava, writer and for a long time corrispondent from Iraq. Leading actors included Massimo Ranieri and Eleonora Abbagnato, prima ballerina of the Opéra de Paris.
Freely inspired by The Arabian Nights, the pièce made use of the dramaturgical adaptation by the great Syrian poet Adonis and by Massimo Nava, writer and for a long time corrispondent from Iraq. Leading actors included Massimo Ranieri and Eleonora Abbagnato, prima ballerina of the Opéra de Paris.
Mediterraneo
40th International Theatre Festival
The performances of the 40th International Theatre Festival (February 20th > March 8th) completed the two-year project that the Theatre section of the Venice Biennale, directed by Maurizio Scaparro, has dedicated to the theme of the Mediterranean. At the crossroads of a culture that is Latin, Arabic and Hebrew all together, the Venice Biennale once again offered itself as an ideal port.
Mediterraneo
The International Theatre Workshop
The International Theatre Workshop took place in Venice from October 27th to November 29th 2008, developing around the idea of theatre as a “construction site for art”, in which the works of tomorrow may take root and sediment, while offering the young and future artists an opportunity for an educational experience and a direct rapport within a research project.
