Europa <->  Mediterraneo <->  Oriente

17th edition
May 6 – 25, 2010
Florence, Stazione Leopolda and other venues

artistic direction
Maurizia Settembri, dance and multimedia
Roberto Bacci, theatre
Lorenzo Pallini, music

With this 2010 edition Fabbrica Europa completes the three-year cycle on artistic and cultural relations between Europe and the other continents. After the 2008 edition “Europa <->  Mediterraneo <->  Africa” and that of 2009 with “Europa <->  Mediterraneo <->  Americhe”, in 2010 it will be the turn of Europe, the Mediterranean and the East.

The relations between Europe and the East have been complex and fluctuating: sometimes really intense and enthusiastic, other times difficult, not infrequently conflictual. It is however evident that without diminishing its own originally pluralistic identity, western culture has always encountered and confronted oriental culture at every level. It has always been possible to reconstruct this vivacious, sharp yet often inclusive confrontation in the reality of history and common and respective cultural identities; and within the framework of this confrontation, spiritual pathways and those more or less “secret” of mystiques, religious and otherwise, have always played a central role due to their fertility, depth and enhancement potential without removing conflicts yet refusing to clash with them or to attempt to over-run them.

The XVII edition of Fabbrica Europa will therefore focus on the investigation by means of the instruments of contemporary artistic creation, the pathways, the links, the hints, and also the differences, between the West and the East. Moving ideally towards the East, from Europe and the Mediterranean to reach as far as China, one of the keystones of this itinerary will be research on the pathways of spirituality and sociality, hence the social spirit, of groups on the move, and of pilgrims in search of themselves in others. The itinerary abounds in tangible, interior traces of these journeys, in dimensions and directions, in wonderous performative, monumental and textual syntheses at all levels of art and science, from that of the multidisciplinary contemporary scenario so rich in memories, functions and above all in future potential.

Another approach found throughout Fabbrica Europa 2010 will be that investigating the relationship between art and science. More and more, artists (choreographers, theatre directors, musicians, visual artists) and scientists together are carrying out research and work at international level which merge contemporary performing arts, science and new technologies, contributing to the definition of new interdisciplinary aesthetic paradigms and overcoming the classic concept of artistic disciplines. Continuing the investigation on the most innovative and original artistic procedures, Fabbrica Europa will therefore provide space for those artists who more than others confront experimental practice and technological research by examining the “secret” mechanisms of knowledge and adopting the potential offered by new theories and methodologies.

Through a structured programme of dance, theatre and music events, installations, workshops and meetings, Fabbrica Europa will thus again be an occasion for confrontation among differing cultural practices, stimulating work on research and interdisciplinary creation, and at the same time tracing out and enriching the map of relations and knowledge through an itinerary between the West and the East; recent movements of peoples, goods, documentation and creativity, both individual and collective, have been redesigning this itinerary day by day with instruments featuring more and more frequently new communication and environmental technologies as well as old and new contradictions and the appearance of new global and local entities.

This work programme has been funded with the support from the European Commission.

EVENTS SCHEDULE

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	Thu, May 6 Stazione Leopolda | Florence LUISA CORTESI | MASSIMO BARZAGLI PER VEDERE. ACTION FIGURE  | Focus on Art and Science project
	Thu, May 6 – Tue, May 25 Stazione Leopolda | Florence MASSIMO BARZAGLI ACTION FIGURES. MONUMENTAL SCULPTURES | installation
	Thu, May 6 – Tue, May 25 Stazione Leopolda | Florence MARIO MERZ LA SPIRALE APPARE  | installation
	Thu, May 6 –  Sat, May 8 Teatro Studio | Scandicci LETIZIA RENZINI | MARINA GIOVANNINI LA BAMBOLA DI CARNE  | dance
	Thu, May 6 – Sat, May 8 Stazione Leopolda | Florence SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS EDUCATION PROJECT MYCELIAL SKETCHES  | dance
	Thu, May 6 – Sun, May 9 Stazione Leopolda | Florence SANTASANGRE FRAMERATE 0_PRIMO ESPERIMENTO  | Focus on Art and Science project
	Thu, May 6 Stazione Leopolda | Florence GRANULAR SYNTHESIS AREAL  | multimedia performance
	Fri, May 7 – Sat, May 8 Auditorium Sant’Apollonia | Florence THINK THANK BRAND NEW LANGUAGES!  | meeting
	Fri, May 7 Stazione Leopolda | Florence RADIQ | AKIKO KIYAMA | FUMIYA TANAKA | INFLUX MUV PREVIEW  | music
	Sat, May 8 – Sun, May 9 Teatro Cantiere Florida | Florence GRUPPO NANOU MOTEL [FACCENDE PERSONALI]  | dancetheatre
	Sat, May 8 Stazione Leopolda | Florence YOUNG HO NAM / CIE CHORÉ’GRAPHIE UNE FEMME CORÉENNE  | dance
	Sat, May 8 Stazione Leopolda | Florence BACK TO MONGOLIA  SHAMANIST TRADITION / ELECTRONIC RITUALITY  |  music
	Sun, May 9 Stazione Leopolda | Florence PASQUALE MIRRA MEETS HAMID DRAKE | music
	Tue, May 11 Stazione Leopolda | Florence GONGS AND SHAMANS | meeting
	Tue, May 11 – Sat, May 15 Institut français | Florence CÉSAR BRIE ALBERO SENZA OMBRA  | theatre
	Tue, May 11 – Thu, May 13 Teatro Studio | Scandicci COMPAGNIA KRYPTON IL PONTE DI PIETRA  | theatre
	Tue, May 11 Stazione Leopolda | Florence GIVING VOICE VICTORIA HANNA  | music
	Wed, May 12 Institut français | Florence L’ILIADE DEL TEATRO DE LOS ANDES PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK  | meeting
	Wed, May 12 Auditorium Sant’Apollonia | Florence TEATRO DI JAN FABRE  PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK  | meeting
	Wed, May 12 – Thu, May 13 Stazione Leopolda | Florence TROUBLEYN / JAN FABRE ASDDD  | theatre
	Wed, May 12 Stazione Leopolda | Florence D.L.T.   K.I.T.E._AMBIENTE DI AVVIO ODISSEA | installation performance
	Thu, May 13 Institut français | Florence LA TERZA VITA DI LEO PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK  | meeting
	Thu, May 13 – Fri, May 14 Stazione Leopolda | Florence DAVID MOSS & TEMPO REALE THE TABLE OF EARTH  | music
	Thu, May 13 Stazione Leopolda | Florence PETER YU & PAUL HARDEN DJ + VJ SET THUNDER TOUFU 6.6  | music
	Fri, May 14 Stazione Leopolda | Florence THE URBAN BODY  BODY, BOUNDARIES AND NEW MEDIA IN URBAN AREAS  | meeting
	Fri, May 14 Stazione Leopolda | Florence TALVIN SINGH LIVE | RAJ PANNU DJ + VJ SET  | music
	Sat, May 15 Limonaia di Villa Strozzi | Florence TEMPO REALE TR_PLAYLIST #5 / CANADA  | music
	Sat, May 15 Teatro Era | Pontederea SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS RE – (I,II,III) TIBET – ANGKOR WAT – THE NEW SILK ROAD   | dance
	Sat, May 15 Stazione Leopolda | Florence DHOAD THE RAJASTHAN GYPSIES  |  music
	Sat, May 15 Stazione Leopolda | Florence GLOBAL KAN KAN LIVE DJ SET  | music
	Sun, May 16 Stazione Leopolda | Florence PHARE PONLEU SELPAK CIRK  PUTHO!  | circus
	Sun, May 16 Stazione Leopolda | Florence CIE NACERA BELAZA LE CRI  | dance
	Sun, May 16 Stazione Leopolda | Florence GIVING VOICE STEPANIDA BORISOVA  | music
	Tue, May 18 – Wed, May 19 Institut français | Florence WORKCENTER OF JERZY GROTOWSKI AND THOMAS RICHARDS THE LIVING ROOM  | theatre
	Tue, May 18 – Wed, May 19 Institut français | Florence WORKCENTER OF JERZY GROTOWSKI AND THOMAS RICHARDS I AM AMERICA  | theatre
	Tue, May 18 Teatro Cantiere Florida | Florence FABRICE LAMBERT / L’EXPÉRIENCE HARMAAT SOLAIRE  | Focus on Art and Science project
	Tue, May 18 Stazione Leopolda | Florence ARES TAVOLAZZI | ELIAS NARDI | EDMONDO ROMANO | EMANUELE LE PERA NADIR  | music
	Wed, May 19 – Sat, May 22 Stazione Leopolda | Florence TEATR ZAR GOSPELS OF CHILDHOOD. OUVERTURE ANHELLI. THE CALLING  | theatre
	Wed, May 19 Stazione Leopolda | Florence CANTIERE ROOTS&ROUTES INTERNATIONAL INSTALLAZIONI, PERFORMANCE, CONCERTI, DJ SET  | multidisciplinary project
	Thu, May 20 Institut français | Florence LUIGI LOMBARDI VALLAURI MATHEMATICS AS THE DOOR TO THE INVISIBLE  | meeting
	Thu, May 20 – Sat, May 22 Stazione Leopolda | Florence FRÉDÉRIC FLAMAND | AI WEIWEI | BALLET NATIONAL DE MARSEILLE LA VÉRITÉ 25 X PAR SECONDE  | dance
	Thu, May 20 – Fri, May 21 Teatro Studio | Scandicci ALESSANDRO CARBONI LÂU NAY – FIRST STUDY  | Focus on Art and Science project
	Thu, May 20 Stazione Leopolda | Florence MACRO MARCO | BIGA AKA EL CLIMATICO | SELFISH MONOCHROME  | music
	Fri, May 21 – Sat, May 22 Institut français | Florence WORKCENTER’S MAY OPEN FORUM  | meeting
	Fri, May 21 Stazione Leopolda | Florence IF THE SHAPE DESAPPEARS… | meeting
	Fri, May 21 Institut français | Florence MINO GABRIELE PAGAN SYMBOLS IN A 15TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT OF ALCHEMY  | incontro
	Fri, May 21 – Sat, May 22 Teatro Cantiere Florida | Florence CRISTINA RIZZO DANCE N° 3  | dance
	Fri, May 21 Stazione Leopolda | Florence FABRIZIO MAMMARELLA | UMBERTO SABA | LUCIO DI CICCO MONOCHROME  | music
	Sat, May 22 Institut français | Florence LUIGI LOMBARDI VALLAURI PHYSICS AS A WAY OF CONTEMPLATION  | meeting
	Sat, May 22 Stazione Leopolda | Florence DICKSON DEE & ALESSANDRO CARBONI | OVERLAPPING DISCRETE BOUNDARIES | NAKADIA  | music
	Mon, May 24 – Tue, May 25 Stazione Leopolda | Florence GIORGIO BATTISTELLI THE EMBALMER  | music