ARMUNIA
Armunia was founded in June 1996 as an association between the municipalities of the Bassa Val di Cecina, to promote, organise and manage theatre, dance and cultural events in the area; it later became an entity solely of the municipality of Rosignano Marittimo. The Pasquini castle in Castiglioncello (LI), where it was initially based, became a creative home for artists towards research, production and the sharing of languages. In 1998 Armunia launched the Inequilibrio Festival recognised by the MIBACT, and since 2013 the Region of Tuscany has supported its activities for its specific function as a centre for artistic and cultural residencies. Today Armunia is based in the castle of Rosignano Marittimo (LI) and it has received numerous awards over the years, including the Ubu Prize (directed by Franco Quadri) and the Hystrio Prize by the National Association of Italian Critics. The artistic direction of Armunia is entrusted to Angela Fumarola.
CAPOTRAVE/KILOWATT
CapoTrave is a theatre production company. Kilowatt is an international multidisciplinary festival that has been held in Sansepolcro every summer since 2003. The festival is recognised internationally for the quality of its artistic choices and for the innovative format of the Visionari: a group of 40 citizens not employed in the theatre field who, after a long process of watching and comparing, select 9 of the 50 shows in the Kilowatt programme. CapoTrave / Kilowatt is based in Sansepolcro (Ar) and manages the Teatro alla Misericordia (Sansepolcro – Ar) and the Teatro Mario Spina (Castiglion Fiorentino – Ar), artist residencies centres where theatre, dance and performing arts productions are supported. CapoTrave / Kilowatt was leader of the European project ‘Be SpectACTive!’ and leads the network ‘L’Italia dei Visionari’. It is part of the Anticorpi, Danza Urbana, Digital on Stage, In-Box, NDN, Crisol, RAT and CReSCo networks. Kilowatt is directed by Lucia Franchi and Luca Ricci.
MARCHE ASSOCIATION FOR THEATRICAL ACTIVITIES – AMAT
Acknowledged by MiC as a ‘multidisciplinary circuit’, AMAT programmes, organises, manages and spreads the theatre programmes of the Marche region with the task of distributing and promoting projects in the fields of theatre, dance, music and contemporary circus. In addition to traditional shows, festivals and reviews, it also proposes special and international projects, and initiatives to support youth creativity as well as local community practices, with the aim of triggering new ways of relating that are fundamental to sustain the socio-economic well-being of the entire community. AMAT was established as an associative body in 1976 and operates in agreement and in collaboration with different municipalities, provinces and other public and private entities. It was recognised and supported by the Marche Region, where it operates exclusively, in 1981. Thanks to its associative nature, AMAT is an institution of primary interest for the realisation of cultural policies in Marche and, due to its connecting action between the subjects operating with their own specificities in the territory, plays a central role in the local cultural system.
The director of AMAT is Gilberto Santini.
PIEMONTE DAL VIVO FOUNDATION – LAVANDERIA A VAPORE
The Piemonte dal Vivo Foundation is the official regional multidisciplinary circuit recognised by the Ministry of Culture and the Region of Piedmont. It currently operates in the whole Piedmontese territory as a key player in the regional context for the dissemination of theatrical culture, as intended through the different artistic dimensions that inhabit the stage: prose, dance, music, and contemporary circus. The aim, in cooperation with local authorities, is to bring in the theatres of the region performances by the most qualified regional, national and international companies, contributing to the audience development and increase, to the enrichment of performance venues, and to the distribution of a community-oriented artistic offer. At the same time, thanks to a systematic dialogue developed in recent years by sharing specific aims with the territory’s best, Piemonte dal Vivo pursues an all-round approach to the performing arts, conceiving and developing festivals and cross-media projects. Since 2015, it has been the leader of the ‘Lavanderia a Vapore’ project, hosted in what used to be the laundry of the former psychiatric hospital of Collegno in the outskirts of Turin, now a residency centre and European house of dance. The general management is entrusted to Chiara Organtini.
L’ARBORETO – TEATRO DIMORA DI MONDAINO
L’arboreto – Teatro Dimora di Mondaino was born in 1998 from an analysis of the landscape to interpret the profound relationship between the culture of different places and the nature of art. This is an ongoing residency-based project that reflects on the value of the creative process carried out by artists on the verge of production. L’arboreto is a centre for research and composition of new works recognised nationally and internationally for the quality and complexity of its annual programmes. Creative residencies and the dissemination of knowledge are the main actions taken to investigate the connections between theatre, dance and other performing arts. In 2018, L’arboreto – Teatro Dimora became, together with La Corte Ospitale di Rubiera, the Emilia-Romagna Residency Centre. The artistic director is Fabio Biondi.
LA CORTE OSPITALE – RUBIERA
Corte Ospitale is a theatre production centre sensitive to contemporary dramaturgy and new performative languages. It is an open space that aims to be a generator of creative and cultural processes, both for the artists it produces and offers residencies to, and for the surrounding territory.
The centre is located in Rubiera, in the province of Reggio Emilia, within a monumental complex dating back to the 16th century and converted into a cultural centre in 2000 following careful restoration. La Corte Ospitale is directed by Giulia Guerra.
ZONA K ASSOCIATION
Nasce a Milano nel 2011 come spazio dedicato allo scambio tra diverse discipline artistiche e culturali. Si è affermata nel panorama teatrale cittadino per la programmazione rigorosa aperta all’avanguardia europea e a un teatro che guarda al presente, che coinvolge in diversa forma il pubblico, che utilizza dispositivi tecnologici e abita luoghi non convenzionali. Negli anni ha ottenuto diversi riconoscimenti, tra i quali i premi Rete Critica e Hystrio. È parte della rete Open//Creazione Urbana Contemporanea e della piattaforma europea (Un)Common Spaces (ex In Situ). Dal 2018 è parte di IntercettAzioni, il Centro di Residenza Artistica di Regione Lombardia, insieme al capofila Circuito CLAPS e ai partner Milano Musica, Teatro delle Moire e Industria Scenica. Valentina Kastlunger e Valentina Picariello sono le direttrici artistiche.
Quarantasettezeroquattro
Quarantasettezeroquattro is an association specialised in the organisation of contemporary-arts festivals and exhibitions: open-air shows in urban spaces, gardens, and historic locations; site-specific performances; multimedia art installations in urban spaces; participatory experiences between performers and the audience / local community. It organises, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, the urban festivals In\Visible Cities and Contaminazioni Digitali. Alessandro Cattunar, Miriam Paschini and Gioele Peressini are the artistic directors.
C.U.R.A.
The Centro Umbro di Residenze Artistiche (Umbria Centre for Artistic Residencies) was created by five entities in the Umbria region that have been active for years in the performing arts field: Indisciplinarte in Terni, La Mama Umbria International in Spoleto, Coop. GE.CI.TE. (Spazio Zut!) in Foligno, Centro Teatrale Umbro in Gubbio, and Micro Teatro Terra Marique in Perugia. Five heterogeneous realities in terms of geographic location and aesthetic vocation that offer a detailed synergy to ‘curate’ the regional artistic climate with innovative solutions, fostering its growth as well as its national and international development. Being each of them an artistic residency centre for the performing arts in the Umbria region between 2015 and 2017 (within the national project of artistic residencies supported by MIBACT and the Region of Umbria), after collaborating for the first time they decided to create a common project, forming an ATS association and developing C.U.R.A. This is a complex project, a heterogeneous organism that aims to optimise and share resources, thus creating a unique model to strengthen the role of the Umbria Region in the national performing arts sector, and to establish conditions that will foster the growth of Umbrian arts at national and international level. The general management of the activities and shared projects is entrusted to Adriana Garbagnati, Emiliano Pergolari, Mariella Nanni.
FUORIMARGINE
Fuorimargine is the Production Centre for Dance and Performing Arts of Sardinia, which has been organising the Autunno DanzA festival in Cagliari for 28 editions. As a production centre, it works to produce artists linked to the surrounding territory, also including the city of Nuoro, and to create the conditions for many artists now living abroad to return and find spaces for research, discovery and re-elaboration.
Fuorimargine is taking on an increasingly transdisciplinary character and has positioned itself as a tool for conversation and mediation between artists, citizens and spectators.
The artistic direction is curated by Momi Falchi and Giulia Muroni.
