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Events in Venice and surroundings: detail

From June 14 2008 to June 29 2008

International Contemporary Dance Festival - Venice

The International Contemporary Dance Festival is organized and sponsored by the Venice Biennial, which is directed each year by a luminary chosen from among world dance stars. The fifth edition of the Festival will be held from June 14 to 29 2008.

The 2008 edition will be led by Brazilian Ismael Vivo, award-winning dancer and choreographer, who has already directed other prestigious festivals and dance companies in Europe and in America.

Editions 2005, 2006 and 2007 of the Festival were already conducted there, completing the triennial focus on the theme of the body. After Body Attack (2005) and UnderSkin (2006), the body is back again to inspire choreographers and companies from around the world. The edition 2008 it's called: Beauty. Art is beautiful

The Contemporary Dance Festival Program (June 2008) will be annunced in spring.

Location of performances: the Festival is held in the new and attractive theatre spaces of the Arsenale, the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale and the Teatro alle Tese, as well as in the traditional spaces of the Teatro Malibran and the Teatro La Fenice.

Information:
Public and Group Promotion Office
Tel. 041 5218775
Fax 041 5218825

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