La Spezia, RAC Festival 2024/2025: Theater, Circus and Innovation return to the city
From December 21, 2024 to January 26, 2025, the TRAC Festival returns to La Spezia for its second edition, transforming the city's historic gardens into a pulsating center of art and entertainment.
La Spezia, RAC Festival 2024/2025: Theater, Circus and Innovation return to the city.
After the success of the first edition, TRAC Festival is back, the event dedicated to contemporary theatre and circus, promoted by the Municipality of La Spezia and curated by the Teatro Civico, with the support of Artificio23, which will feature some of the most prestigious international circus and theatre companies.
From 21 December 2024 to 26 January 2025, over 30 days of innovative and popular shows, workshops open to the public and industry professionals, in an extraordinary theatre hall: a tent-theatre chapiteau immersed in the historic gardens of La Spezia.
The initiative was presented at a press conference, attended by the mayor of La Spezia Pierluigi Peracchini, the director of Cultural Services Rosanna Ghirri, the artistic director of the Teatro Civico Alessandro Maggi and Leonardo Pischedda, director of Artificio23.
"The Trac Festival - declares the Mayor of La Spezia Pierluigi Peracchini - is a festival designed for all generations, which combines theater, research, art and entertainment. After last year's great success, with a high-quality program and a large audience participation, we enthusiastically propose this festival again, which during the Christmas period, has been able to conquer children and families thanks to the shows hosted in the magical setting of the chapiteau set up at the Pin. There will be no shortage of workshops and meetings dedicated to fans of circus, theater and other disciplines, organized directly with the artists of the shows and high-level professionals. We are ready to welcome back a unique and innovative festival, with internationally renowned artists, for a city that is increasingly confirming itself lively and full of opportunities for entertainment and cultural learning throughout the year.”
"The TRAC Festival lineup this season - he has declared the Artistic Director of the Civic Theatre of La Spezia Alessandro Maggi - further develops the qualitative profile and diversification of events, with a view to creating an offer of many very particular types of shows, from contemporary circus, in its most captivating declinations, to contemporary theatre, with shows that are truly perfect for the big top that will host the event, without forgetting the moments dedicated to training, which will involve enthusiasts among the new generations. After the encouraging results of the past edition, we trust in the appreciation of an audience that is increasingly interested in truly engaging performances”.
“We are very happy to announce this 2nd edition of TRAC Festival. It is important – added Artificio23 Director Leonardo Pischedda – give time to an event to grow and to connect with the places, so that it becomes part of the fabric of the territory. The circus section offers some of the most solid and recognized companies in the European panorama, with fun and innovative shows, following an ambitious path".
It starts on December 21st and 22nd with SCROOGE by PerpetuoMobileTeatro, based on “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. On December 25th and 26th, TRAC CIRCUS CABARET – The Christmas variety show with acrobats, magicians and musicians, Tino Fimiani, La Boca Abierta and Pietro Barilli, in a unique circus variety show, only for TRAC Festival, with magical clowning, acrobatic music and breathtaking balancing acts. On January 1st and 2nd, Teatro nelle Leaves in AUTUMN BALLAD, a modern fable balanced between circus and theatre. To follow, on January 3 and 4, Sacékripa in LOW TIDES, a classic of the new clown juggling with over 10 years of performances all over the world.
On January 6th, two shows by the Libertivore company: HÊTRE, a body to body between an acrobat and a suspended branch, and PHASMES, a daredevil acrobatic duo. TRAC Festival continues on January 12 with ROMEO AND JULIET – L'amore è saltimbanco by Stivalaccio teatro, a show that makes Shakespeare a living material in which to immerse your hands. In 1st national, MONOGRAPHIE by Defracto, an explosive and joyful juggling solo in the form of a cartoon, scheduled for January 14 and 15. On January 18, Microband in DUEL (The Best of), a musical walk conducted at a dizzying pace and peppered with gags, surprises and incredible inventions. On January 22nd, in BANKAL the two acrobats of Puéril Péril experiment with extraordinary balanced constructions. TRAC Festival ends on January 26th with IMMAGINARIA by Teatro nelle Foglie, a tale told between book pages and circus acrobatics.
Special event in the context of the festival on January 23rd at the Teatro Civico, with David Larible in THE CLOWN OF CLOWNS: “The greatest classical clown of our time”, with his character inspired by the rascal from Chaplin's The Kid, he will conquer everyone.
In addition to the shows, three free events dedicated to training, with some of the TRAC Festival companies, a unique opportunity for exchange, meeting and enrichment with artists and professionals who are points of reference in the contemporary European panorama for their disciplines.
Full program and all the information on the website and social pages of the Teatro Civico and Artificio23.
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