The International Festival of Contemporary Dance, Theatre and Contemporary Music organized by the Venice Biennale and the 14th International Architecture Exhibition for the first time at the same period.
As announced during the press conference for the
14th International Architecture Exhibition, dance, theatre and music events will be included in the program of the
Architecture Venice Biennale 2014. The
Corderie dell'Arsenale will host most of the activities of the Festival in special areas which have been designed and created by the curator of the Architecture Exhibition,
Rem Koolhaas.
This unique event will be launched by the
9th International Festival of Contemporary Dance, realized in collaboration with the Fondazione Prada and directed by
Virgilio Sieni, that will run from 19th to 29th June. However, some performances will take place before the real inauguration in the form of works in progress at the Corderie dell'Arsenale, starting June 5: they will consist in previews of productions that will make their debut in their final version as part of the Dance Biennale. The Corderie will also be the special venue for the first “
Appunti del Vangelo secondo Matteo” (Notes on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew): a special project by Virgilio Sieni that will debut at the Teatro alle Tese over the first three weekends of July, as epilogue of the Festival. This year, for the Dance section, The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement has been awarded to
Steve Paxton, whereas
Michele di Stefano wins the Silver Lion for Innovation.
Theatre will be protagonist in August when the
Biennale College - Theatre 2014 will propose workshops and labs following the project of
Àlex Rigola. The events will take place from 30th July to 10th August 2014.
Finally, the
58th International of Contemporary Music Festival directed by
Ivan Fedele, will run on 20-21 September to follow from 3 to 12 October 2014. The Festival will be launched with an homage to
Steve Reich, the Golden Lion for Lifetime of this edition.
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