Themes
ARIA FESTIVAL CONTINUES ITS JOURNEY IN THE CHALLENGING AND FASCINATING TERRAIN OFFERED BY THE FIVE VILLAGES OF THE CINQUE TERRE NATIONAL PARK.
A VERITABLE CARAVAN OF ARTISTS MOVES ALONG THE COAST FROM VILLAGE TO VILLAGE, THEIR WORK INCLUDING SOME SPECIAL PROJECTS WHICH HAVE BEEN CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS UNIQUE LANDSCAPE AND ENVIRONMENT.
BALLETTO CIVILE AND CAHIN CAHA REVISIT THEIR PREVIOUS PRODUCTION ‘CONTRABBANDO’ ADAPTING IT FOR PERFORMANCE ON A COASTAL PATH IN RIOMAGGIORE, WHILE GROUPE ZUR TAKE OVER A DECONSECRATED CHURCH IN VERNAZZA FOR AN ATMOSPHERIC PERFORMANCE INSPIRED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE.
A NEW IDEA ‘VIAGGI NELL’ALTROVE’ (JOURNEYING BEYOND) TAKES THE PUBLIC HIKING ALONG THE SPECTACULAR PATHS OF THE NATIONAL PARK WITH VERY SPECIAL TOUR GUIDES TELLING STORIES ON THE WAY: THE WRITER, MAURIZIO MAGGIANI, AND THE SINGER SONGWRITER GIOVANNI LINDO FERRETTI.
AFTER HIS PERFORMANCE ON PALMARIA ISLAND, LEO BASSI CONTINUES HIS MONOLOGUE ‘COSMOLOGIA DI UN BUFFONE’, ON THE BEACH AT MONTEROSSO.
THE TIGHT ROPE WALKER RAMON KELVINK JR ALSO CONTINUES HIS JOURNEY ‘FILO IN ARIA’ (WIRE ON AIR) BY WALKING OUT OF THE CHURCH STEEPLE IN VERNAZZA AND ACROSS THE HARBOUR ON A 40 METERS HIGH WIRE. HIS STEPS ALONG THE WIRE BECOME A SYMBOLIC CONNECTION BETWEEN THE VARIOUS STEPS OF ARIA FESTIVAL.
