We are here
Teatro Biblioteca Quarticciolo Quarterlyoctober 2020 / january 2021
Focus Cultural Venues
Chiara Becchimanzi, Teatro del Lido di Ostia, Rome
Valerio Colomasi Battaglia, Mario Mieli LGBT+ Club for Gay Culture, Rome
Naomi Perlov and Sarah Holcman, Suzanne Dellal Centre for Dance and Theatre, Tel Aviv
Roberto Casarotto, Contemporary Scene Center / The House of Dance, Bassano del Grappa
Tomi Janežič, Studio for Research on the Art of Acting, Slovenia
We are here
Valentina Valentini
We move forward together (cum correre): with whom? To do what?Beside the projects, actions: what have we in mind to do, where and with whom? Embarassment is revealed which is, above all, of what action to take.We speak of people and of the feeling of courage, but also...
My childish thoughts
S.N. (Anonymous)
I look around and feel the sadness of all sensitive people, the sadness of those who do not think only of themselves or of their own interests, but have other people at heart. Those who are able to lessen their ego and feel part of the whole. I feel this sadness...
Now that we have nothing more
canecapovolto
(Three or four characters, six scenes) Now that we have nothing moreIt is much easier than before. Scene 1.“The man who ran away from the future” (1971)The main character faces a conversation with an icon illuminated from behind.Every answer to every doubt was...
A detailed exploration of the suburban neighbourhoods (in the layout of the urban system)
Conversation with Roberto Morassut by Valentina Valentini
Valentina Valentini: In Rome there are several types of suburban neighbourhoods, those planned and built during the fascist period (Centocelle, Gordiani, Pietralata, Quarticciolo, Villaggio Breda, etc.), and those which appeared after the war, built by peasants who...
Forte Prenestino
Paolo Emilio Cenciarelli
The sequence of images taken inside Forte Prenestino narrates the activities of the centre. This is made possible by entering into the workshops, spaces and homes, and the building up of events, which are micro-photographic landscapes that follow the sequence of...
Focus Cultural Venues
Teatro del Lido di Ostia, Rome
Chiara Becchimanzi
Community, storytelling, vision The experience of the Teatro del Lido di Ostia comes from (and is for) an area on the outskirts, full of contradictions. To speak about and plan culture in such a territory means having to deal with a complex stratification of meanings...
Mario Mieli LGBT+ Club for Gay Culture, Rome
Valerio Colomasi Battaglia
It is a broad matter, which takes one back to the basic idea of place-city, to its socio-political function, and to the logic of organization of public space now more and more leaning toward the necessities of the consumer-person rather than the citizen-person.If this...
Suzanne Dellal Centre for Dance and Theatre, Tel Aviv
Naomi Perlov and Sarah Holcman
“It would be wonderful to contribute to the building of a new vision where actions are carved on a shared communal ground.” This was the last phrase of the invitation I received to write this article. It struck me, and I decided to use it as a base for developing...
Contemporary Scene Center / The House of Dance, Bassano del Grappa
Roberto Casarotto
On the banks of the river Brenta, along the mountain valley that joins the Padano-Veneto plain to Trentino, near the ancient routes that joined Northern Europe and Venice, in the lands crossed by the Cimbri, the Ezzelini, men and women of the Serenissima, migrants...
Studio for Research on the Art of Acting, Slovenia
Tomi Janežič
I understand community as being an original instrument of survival. In my view, it is closely connected to the cardinal virtues - not as a moral category, but as an ancient survival strategy. Prudence, courage, temperance, justice, all have to do with the capacity of...
We’d like to thank all the authors who have contributed with their texts to make this Issue n.1 possible. We also thank the English translator and who reviewed the articles; Lorenzo Giansante for creating the website; Andrea Vendetti for creating the front page graphics; the photographer Paolo Emilio Cenciarelli for realizing the photo report in the area of Forte Prenestino; and the whole editorial team.