Countdown for the start of the 16th edition of “Scenica Festival”, the event that transforms the city of Vittoria into an “en plein air theatre”. Presented this morning at a press conference, the festival of many arts will be inaugurated this Friday 10 May and will end on Sunday 26 May, animating streets and squares, theaters and gardens, for three weekends. Places that will be crossed by a magnetic energy released by the many artists who will capture audiences of all ages with their performances, to transport them once again into an extraordinary and surprising imagination. Contemporary circus, music, dance, theatre, literary presentations, laboratories, workshops, photography: everything is ready to experience this new and joyful edition organized by the Santa Briganti Cultural Association, with the artistic direction of Andrea Burrafato, with the patronage of the Municipality of Vittoria, of the Sicily Region and with the support of the Ministry of Culture. With an international outlook and ties with its homeland, this year Scenica has further strengthened its ties with the territory.
“After the reopening of the Colonna Theater – said the councilor for Cultural Activities Paolo Monello – Vittoria is ready to welcome and experience Scenica Festival, a very important cultural event in our city which will enhance the entire historic centre. There is already a particular atmosphere, especially among young people.” The artistic director Andrea Burrafato underlined how Scenica Festival is a point of reference for the arts and entertainment, with important presences, a multidisciplinary festival with proposals for everyone, families, children and adults. “This year the program is really full-bodied – added Burrafato – 33 international companies for more than 60 shows including 7 national premieres and 6 regional exclusives. We are also particularly happy for the very dense network of collaboration with the provincial territory, there are numerous entities that operate in the social, environmental, tourist and cultural promotion fields and which actively participate in Scenica.
In support of the event there are also various agreements with venues that technically support the festival. This year too, great attention is paid to social inclusion, as also underlined by the municipal councilor for public education, legality and transparency Francesca Corbino: “We are proud that this festival has reached an international caliber. As councilor for public education I feel particularly happy because this festival brings young people closer to the city through the arts, music and entertainment. For the second consecutive year, “Raccordi” returns, an important section of this exhibition that brings together the different communities present in the city, which include more than 10 ethnic groups: a process of integration and inclusion that connects the different cultures in the city and moment of exchange and knowledge. Santa Briganti is an important reality for our city, also for inclusion activities”. There are three appointments that are part of the “Raccordi” project and are carried out in collaboration with the Sai (Integration Reception System) projects for ordinary adults, Dm/Ds and unaccompanied foreign minors, managed by the Municipality of Vittoria, and implemented by Csd – Servizi Inclusion, Cooperativa Iride, Cooperativa il Geranio, Cooperativa Area, Diaconia Valdese. The first highly anticipated show is that of the choreographer and historic dancer of Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal, Cristiana Morganti, who makes her debut in Sicily on Friday 10 May at 8.30 pm at the Teatro Vittoria Colonna with her famous “Jessica and me”, a self-portrait ideally two voices of effective and surprising irony, where what happens behind the scenes of his professional career is revealed. A puzzle of gestures, shadows, muscles, tenacity, bravado, shyness, memories and projects.
The first day will end at the Chiostro delle Grazie at 10.30pm with a concert by Stefano Barigazzi, Emilian singer and guitarist with a blues soul, who will be accompanied on drums by Giorgio Bovì and on bass by Luca La Russa. On Saturday 11 May (4.30pm – 6.00pm – 7.30pm) and Sunday 12 May (12.00pm – 4.30pm – 6.00pm) at the Sala delle Capriate there will be the children’s show “Tana”, by the TPO Company: with the language of dance and the support of sculptures by fabric the protagonists will search for their possible “den” where they can take refuge. Boys and girls will also be asked to experiment. More space for children from 5.30pm on Saturday 11th in Piazza Enriquez with “Lungo la strada”, a free collective painting event for families organized by Le Giuggiole. Also organized by Le giuggiole, the creative reuse workshop for girls and boys aged 6 to 10 “Cartoons… animated”, scheduled for Saturday 11 May at 3.30 pm and Sunday 12 May at 11.00 am. Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th happy return of Zaches Teatro (a company awarded throughout Europe) with “Little Red Riding Hood”. National preview at the Enriquez Castle on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th in a double repeat at 8.00 pm and 9.30 pm for Circo El Grito, which in collaboration with Wu Ming Foundation brings to the festival the circus, music and theater show “The known and the unknown – Study #1”. Since 2010, the company has offered the festival previews of shows now considered by critics to be points of reference for new circus dramaturgy. Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th at 9.00pm Chiostro delle Grazie the unmissable circus show “Bakéké” by and with Fabrizio Rosselli, who finds himself faced with enigmas and unexpected events that take the audience into an absurd and dreamlike world. At 10pm on Saturday 11th in Piazza Ricca it will be the turn of “Concrete 00” by Il Trio Circ. Acrobatics, precarious balances and dizzying heights for the three circus performers. Music will once again close the second and third days of the festival: Saturday at 11.00 pm at the Chiostro delle Grazie with “Wunder Tandem”, a concert show with an impertinent clown soul. Two Voices, an accordion and a drum set ready to light up the stage, and on Sunday with “Itineradio” at 8.00 pm in Piazza del Popolo. The photography-related program is also rich: Friday 10 May at 7.00 pm with the inauguration at Edonè Lab (via Cavour 37) of Gabriele Stabile’s photographic exhibition entitled “Swim till I Sank”, open until 26 May on Fridays, Saturdays and Sunday from 6.00pm to 9.00pm. Also curated by the international photographer Gabriele Stabile is the 30-hour photography workshop “Magic Binomials, we work with images”, scheduled for 11, 12, 18 and 19 May, but which will be presented in a meeting open to all without reservations Thursday 9 May at 7.00 pm, again at Edonè Lab. Also not to be missed is the appointment on Saturday 11 May at 6.30 pm at Galleria Edonè, a talk “Places as Theater of Relationships” with Massimo Siragusa, photographer and artistic director of the XII edition of the Ragusa Foto Festival and Stefania Paxhia, creator and executive director of the Ragusa Foto Festival. The festival ticket office is located in Vittoria, in Piazza del Popolo 39 (via Bixio at the corner of via Cancellieri) tel 0932.1910888 cell. 328.5782765 (no whatsapp), and is active from 11.00 to 13.00 and from 17.00 to 20.00. On show days, where there are still seats available, the box office will be active in the festival locations. Online presale at www.liveticket.it/santabriganti. Ticket office enabled for purchases with teacher card and 18app. For more info: http://www.scenicafestival.it, or [email protected], or 0932.1910888 –328.5782765. Social channels https://www.facebook.com/scenicafestival/ and Instagram
