You have until Monday 16 June to register for “Frantumare le distanze”: from Monday 23 June to Thursday 3 July at the Castello Volante in Corigliano d’Otranto, the nineteenth edition of Coolclub’s SEI Festival, centred on the theme “Circles in the Water”, will host a free community theatre workshop led by the actress, author, educator and cultural organiser Alessandra De Luca.
Water, the liquid element that unites shores and transcends boundaries, will be the starting point for a theatrical journey that seeks to break down boundaries – both physical and mental – and to foster closeness and shared experience. Participants will be invited, through the playful and community-based practices of theatre, including guided improvisation techniques and work on voice and body, to explore texts and ideas inspired by the songs of Paolo Benvegnù. ‘Frantumare le distanze’ and ‘Cerchi nell’acqua’ are, in fact, a tribute to the verses of the singer-songwriter – a friend of the SEI festival and winner of the 2024 Tenco Prize – who passed away prematurely a few months ago. Every word, every image, will open up small inner compartments from which personal and collective memories, intimate and public stories, can emerge, eventually forming a sensitive and civic map capable of navigating the themes and pressing issues of the present.
The workshop, which is free and open to everyone (professionals and members of the public alike, even those with no theatre experience), will consist of seven sessions (23 June – from 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm, 24|25|26|27 June, 1–2 July – from 5.00 pm to 8.00 pm) and will conclude on Thursday 3 July with a dress rehearsal (from 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm) and a final performance open to the public at 7.30 pm (free admission). You can register via an online form at urly.it/319qnp.
An actress, author, educator and cultural practitioner, Alessandra De Luca lives and works between Salento, where she was born, and Rome. Alongside her strictly artistic work, she is committed to community empowerment projects through artistic practices and workshop programmes aimed particularly at teenagers or groups at risk of social exclusion. She is the creator and curator of socio-cultural projects with schools and universities, as well as with organisations, associations and institutions, primarily in Rome, Lazio and Puglia. She holds a diploma in acting from the ‘Silvio d’Amico’ National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome. She holds a Master’s degree with honours from the DAMS department at Roma Tre University. She works as a performer and educator for the Koreja Theatre in Lecce, and also collaborates with the Cranpi theatre company in Rome and the Opera Prima Association. She is an actress and co-author of the “Fake Folk” project and the play “Heroides”, as well as the author and actress in “Bandiera Bianca”, winner of the 2022 Calandra Prize. For Rai Radio 3, she presents the readings in Goffredo Fofi’s ‘Bancarelle’ programme. Since 2021, she has been the artistic director of the ‘Audience Revolution’ project. For the Fondazione Roma Tre Teatro Palladium, she coordinates the “Metamorfosi” and “R.E.T.E” projects, funded by the European Union. She is involved in the “Viva – Tante belle cose” and “Reach Out” projects. For the past eight years, she has been working with the Teatro Palladium at Roma Tre University in various roles, including the coordination of training placements. She has taken part in the European projects “Aida” and “Complicities” and made her debut in Paris with “Les Chevalier de Charlemagne”. She is the author of the essay “Le identità degli spettatori” and takes part in film projects, narrating audiobooks. She organises the Festa di Cinema del Reale in Salento and the Festival Attraversamenti Multipli in Rome.
Throughout the summer, SEI – a festival conceived, produced and promoted by Coolclub, organised with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Puglia Region, in collaboration with numerous public and private organisations – will take its musical journey around Salento. Among the guests already confirmed – pending the full line-up – are 99 Posse, Altea, Cigno, Diiv, Frida Bollani Magoni, Giorgi Poi, Il Mago del Gelato, Lambrini Girls, Lucio Corsi, Marco Castello, Neoprimitivi, Offlaga Disco Pax, Pinhdar, Quantic, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Son Rompe Pera, Tamango and Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti.
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