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ARIA FESTIVAL LA SPEZIA 2009 LA SPEZIA 30TH JULY-3RD AUGUST, 2009 27 COMPANIES 52 SHOWS AUDIENCE ATTENDANCE ABOUT 35.000 PEOPLE
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IN LA SPEZIA, ARIA FESTIVAL 2009 IS HELD ALONGSIDE THE ‘PALIO DEL GOLFO’, AN ANCIENT TRADITION INVOLVING A COLOURFUL TEAM ROWING RACE HELD ANNUALLY IN THE WATERS OF THE CITY HARBOUR AND WHICH IS VERY POPULAR WITH THE CITIZENS. THE TWO EVENTS COMBINE TO MAKE THE LAST WEEKEND OF JULY AND THE FIRST DAYS OF AUGUST AN UNFORGETTABLE PEAK IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER. THE FESTIVAL STARTS ON THE 30TH OF JULY AND INAUGURATES THE NEWLY RENOVATED SQUARE, PIAZZA BRIN, EVERY CORNER OF WHICH BECOMES A STAGE FOR THE SHOWS WHICH TAKE PLACE NON-STOP FROM SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING TILL MIDNIGHT. THE PIAZZA BECOMES A CRUCIBLE FOR A ONE DAY MINI-FESTIVAL MIXING EXCITING SHOWS FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES, ITS CLIMAX BEING THE MUSIC AND FIRE OF THE SALAMANDRE COMPANY. ON THE FIRST OF AUGUST, THE FESTIVAL BURSTS INTO THE REST OF THE CITY WITH SHOWS AND EVENTS IN FIVE DIFFERENT SQUARES AND IN THE TRIANON THEATRE GOING ON CONTEMPORARILY FROM HALF PAST SIX IN THE EVENING TILL LATE IN THE NIGHT. FROM 10 IN THE EVENING ONWARDS ‘ARIA DI PALIO’ TAKES THE CITY CENTRE BY SURPRISE AS STREET ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, BANDS AND DJS OVERRUN THE STREETS, SQUARES AND EVEN THE ROOF TERRACES AND FILL THE CITY WITH MUSIC, FUN AND DANCING. ONE POPULAR FESTIVAL VENUE IS THE RENOVATED BAND STAND ‘PALCO DELLA MUSICA’, WHICH IS THE SET FOR THE CAHIN-CAHA COMPANY’S PRODUCTION. FROM THURSDAY THE 30TH ONWARDS, PIAZZA BRIN SQUARE IS DEDICATED TO CHILDREN, AND HOSTS A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS AND CHILDREN’S SHOWS. THE TRIANON THEATRE IS THE VENUE FOR A PREVIEW OF THE LATEST PRODUCTION BY ARTIFICIO23 AND BALLETTO CIVILE CALLED ‘IL CENTRO DEL MONDO È FATTO DI GHIACCIO’ (THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH IS MADE OF ICE), WITH MICHELA LUCENTI AND ANTONIO CESCHIA. MONDAY 3RD AUGUST SEES THE CLOSE OF THE ARIA FESTIVAL WITH THE PRIZE GIVING FOR THE WINNERS OF THE PALIO BOAT RACE AND IN THE EVENING THE BIG FIREWORK CONCERT OF LES COMMANDOS PERCU.
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FRATELLI OCHNER SAMUELITO(CH) RUFINO A TESTA IN GIÙ THOMAS WALLBORN(GE) COMPAGNIA DROMOSOFISTA (IT/ARG) SANTIAGO MORENO (ARG) AFRO JUNGLE JEEGS (KE) LA SALAMANDRE(FR) CARLY KO (IT-CINA) CHRIS LYNAM (UK) CIRCO DE LA SOMBRA (ES/IT/FR) STUDIO ALEKTIK (SE) ORCHESTRA BAILAM CAMILLOCROMO CAHIN-CAHA(FR) ARTIFICIO23/BALLETTO CIVILE COMMANDOS PERCU (FR) PATRIZIA BELARDI MARCELLA CARBONI CRISTINA ALIOTO MAGEL PARDAL (ARG) MAXIMILIANO CICUTTINI (ARG) VANESSA VERA VERNHET(BR) DJ BUD LEE DJ BENASSI DJ GIANGI
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