“Gimme shelter” (Give me shelter/refuge): this is the title of XVIIIth edition of Mirabilia International Circus & Performing Arts Festivalconceived and organized byIdeAgorà Association with the artistic direction of Fabrizio Gavosto.
An edition with the title of the eighth English album by the Rolling Stones, published on 29 November 1969: Gimme shelter is an intense song, almost an apocalyptic hymn, full of meaning because it was born in a climate of strong instability due, among other things, to the war in Vietnam; a sense of instability, perhaps of restlessness, very relevant today, in this historical period, in which we sometimes feel the need for a refuge to find well-being, welcome, beauty.
Mirabilia begins its dates on July 26th “On the Road” with the appointment in Alba, and then Savigliano, Vernante and Busca to end in city of Cuneo which will host Mirabilia The Festival from 28 August to 1 September with a program of great international importance.
The programming of the shows, throughout the territory that will host the eighteenth edition of the multidisciplinary Festival, therefore starts from the current situation and expands to the concept of well-being and inclusion. Through the language of circus, dance, theater and clown, we encounter the themes of coherence, freedom of choice, acceptance, the value and beauty of diversity, the duty to fight for what we believe to be right and democratic. .
Mirabilia also reconfirms for this edition its strong orientation to the social dimension not only through the contents of the shows that speak a universal language but also in a dimension of accessibility that passes through the physical places and the topics covered. Mirabilia is a dreamlike dimension, young and playful yet not separated from reality, a shelter, a friendly island, an observation point, an ever new, light and at the same time intense gaze.
Mirabilia it is Diffusion festival because it is a showcase where artists and programmers meet, it is Programming Festival attentive to innovations, new languages, emerging artists, transdisciplinary proposals, and is a Creation Festival which welcomes during the year, a Buscain Artistic residency companies and artists who intend to develop new entertainment projects. The Festival collaborates with numerous organizations and institutions, enriching the range of proposals for the public thanks to these beautiful and prestigious synergies.
In 2024 Mirabilia turns eighteen and of course coming of age is celebrated. For the occasion, a program of large national and international companies will be programmed, offering shows of great importance, as well as complex itineraries to discover the most innovative areas of the performing arts.
The XVIIIth edition of the Festival will therefore invade the wonderful city of Cuneo from 28 August to 1 September 2024 “occupying” as always multiple spaces and not only in the historic center: courtyards, streets, squares, tents, gardens, halls, and it will be precededas in previous editions, from Mirabilia “On the road”: first stop in the “capital of the Langhe”, Sunrise, from the 26 to 28 Julyin the suggestive Cortile della Maddalena to continue to Savigliano on 3 and 4 August in the fascinating spaces of the Piedmont Railway Museum, a Vernante on 9, 10, 11 August with an intense program that involves the splendid mountain municipality for three days, finally in the enchanting historic center of Busca last stage of Mirabilia On the Road from 22 to 25 August.
Numerous artistic excellences are scheduled for the XVIII edition of the Festival, here are some very first previews: from Spain the historic Los Galindos Company with the unmissable award-winning show MDR_Muerto De Risa; from Switzerland, Mirabilia in partnership with the OrienteOvest Festival of Rovereto, brings the national premiere Kino Panorama, an innovative, participatory and site-specific show. The prestigious Italian company Teatro dei Venti returns with its new great traveling show Don chisciotte; in collaboration with the Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo al Festival 2024 the Teatro La Ribalta directed by Antonio Viganò; the participants-spectators of The choice, of the Catalan artist, author and director Roger Bernat/FFF, will be the participatory direction that will choose a show for Mirabilia 2025! To date, there are already eight festivals in Europe that have determined a show title for their future edition thanks to the choices made by their spectators during this show. Furthermore, the award-winning, sweet and poignant “On the Road” is back for a 1-month tour Zloty of Pau Palaus.
As always, the Festival will combine free proposals for the public with ticketed shows.
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