Sala Pietro Pancrazi del Complesso di Sant’Agostino (Cortona)
Wed 20, 14:30 – 17:30,
Thu 21, Fri 22, 10:00 – 17:30
FIRE WALKS WITH ME
international seminar, curated by Rodolfo Sacchettini
What have cultural festivals become? What kind of perspective can we imagine in ten, twenty years? Festivals have taken on more and more functions: from being an occasion of innovation to building a real alternative circuit, from welcoming international realities to intercepting what is new in the art scene. But the general crisis does not spare festivals which, amidst the collective disorientation, have to deal with their very fragile structures, despite the very rich relational and cultural legacy.
These days are an opportunity to take an in-depth look at the trends developing in the context of festivals, in Italy and abroad, to understand and activate more effective collaborative practices, to create comparisons and possible bridges among festivals belonging to different disciplines, and to stimulate a frank dialogue with local and regional administrators.
Programme
Wed 20, 14.30-17.30
Institutional greetings
Donatella Ferrante (Ministero della Cultura)
Elena Pianea (Regione Toscana)
Luciano Meoni, Francesco Attesti (Comune di Cortona)
Lucia Franchi, Luca Ricci (CapoTrave/Kilowatt)
Introduction by the seminar curator
Rodolfo Sacchettini (Università di Firenze)
CHAPTER 1
The intricate tree: generations, overlapping, leap in time
keynote speakers:
Kathrin Deventer (Secretary General EFA – European Festival Association, Belgio)
Roberta Ferraresi (Il Tamburo di Kattrin)
following roundtables coordinated by Diego Vincenti (Il Giorno, Hystrio)
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Thu 21, 10:00–13:00
CHAP. 2.
Unipe Ears: making culture for making politics?
keynote speakers:
Tiziano Bonini (Università di Siena)
Hanna Parry (Baltic Circle, Finland)
following roundtables coordinated by Graziano Graziani (Radio3 Rai) and Angela Forti (Teatroecritica)
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Thu 21, 14:30–17:30
CHAPTER 3
Starting from three: the adventurous history of festivals
keynote speakers:
Milena Dragićević Šešić (University of Belgrad, Serbia)
Andres Neumann (Andres Neumann International)
following meeting with directors of festivals founded after 2010, coordinated by Maddalena Giovannelli (Università di Lugano), Donatella Orecchia (Università Tor Vergata, Roma)
16:45 – 17:00
presentation of the latest issue of the magazine La Falena
17:00 – 17:30
books presentation
Agnese Doria, Francesco Brusa
Crescere spettatori. Il teatro va a scuola (Luca Sossella Editore)
Francesco Brusa, Nella Califano, Rodolfo Sacchettini
Arcipelago teatro ragazzi in Toscana (Cue Press)
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Ven / Fri 22, 10:00 – 13:00
CHAPTER 4
There is space for you. Letters to the public (with reply)
keynote speakers:
Job Rietvelt (Boulevard Festival, Olanda)
Vittorio Iervese (Università di Modena)
following roundtables coordinated by Lorenzo Donati (Università di Bologna)
12:30 – 13:00
books presentation
Oliviero Ponte di Pino, Giulia Alonzo
In giro per festival. Guida nomade agli eventi culturali (Altreconomia edizioni)
Alessandra Ferraro, Pako Graziani
Attraversamenti Multipli 2001-2020 (Editoria & Spettacolo)
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Fri 22, 14:30 – 17:30
CHAPTER 5
Wake up and sing: Provinces of the world unite!
keynote speakers:
Benedetta Marietti (Festival della Mente, Sarzana Sp)
Dino Sommadossi (Centrale Fies, Dro Tn)
following roundtables coordinated by Francesco Brusa (Altre Velocità), Francesca Saturnino (Doppiozero)
17:00 – 17:30
conclusions
Valentina Valentini (Università La Sapienza, Roma)
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Participants in the roundtables: Silvia Albanese (Danza Urbana, Bologna), Matteo Angius (Short Theatre, Roma), Ippolita Aprile, Giulia Brescia, Davide Verrazzani, (FringeMI Festival, Milano), Tamara Balducci (Le città visibili), Alessandro Balestrieri (Polline Fest, Sezze Lt), Michele Bandini, Emiliano Pergolari (Umbria Factory, Foligno Pg), Tommaso Bianco, Elena Lamberti (Terreni Creativi, Albenga Sv), Claudia Cannella, Valeria Brizzi (Hystrio Festival, Milano), Nadia Casamassima, Andrea Santantonio (Nessuno resti fuori, Matera), Giulia Castelnovo (Campsirago Residenza, Lecco), Antonella Cirigliano (Cross Festival, Verbania), Eva Corbari (Università di Pavia), Anna Ida Cortese (Castellinaria, Alvito Fr), Alessandra Crocco, Alessandro Miele (Ultimi Fuochi, Spongano Le), Davide D’Antonio (Wonderland), Stefania Dolcini (Greenland), Edoardo Donatini (Contemporanea, Prato), Angela Fumarola (Armunia / Inequilibrio, Rosignano Marittimo Li), Domenico Garofalo (Korper, Napoli), Annastella Giannelli, Marco Pasquinucci (Festival delle Colline Geotermiche, Pomarance Pi), Margherita Kay Budillon (Ateliersi – Bologna, Alivelab – Bologna, Post Disaster – Taranto), Alessandra Lazzari, Tanita Spang (Teatro nel bicchiere), Antonella Lallorenzi (Compagnia Teatrale Petra), Josephine Magliozzi, Mohamed Boughanmi, Sara Carmagnola (Ecate Cultura Milano), Roberto Naccari (Santarcangelo Festival, Santarcangelo di Romagna), Roberta Nicolai, Elisa Vago (Teatri di Vetro, Roma), Attilio Nicoli Cristiani (Danae Festival, Milano), Tiziano Panici (Dominio Pubblico, Roma), Silvio Impegnoso (Strabismi, Cannara Pg), Michele Pagliaroni (Urbino Teatro Urbano), Carla Peirolero (Suq, Genova), Elina Pellegrini (Carte Blanche), Marina Petrillo (Fondazione Luzzati Teatro della Tosse, Genova), Luca Radaelli (L’ultima luna d’estate), Maurizia Settembri (Fabbrica Europa, Firenze), Silvia Taborelli (Sosta Palmizi, Cortona), Salvatore Tringali (Codex Festival, Noto Sr), Carla Esperanza Tommasini (Pergine Festival, Pergine Valsugana Tn), Elisa Vago (Ass. Cult. Il Triangolo Scaleno, Roma, RM), and other festival directors, to be defined.