Performing Arts and Spaces

The guest of this episode is Ludovica Michelin, European project manager and artistic researcher at Hangar. Hangar is a centre for art research and production in Barcelona. They support visual artists and creators facilitating them equipments, facilities, production assistance and a suitable context for experimentation.

The guest of this episode is Vania Cauzillo, stage director and documentarist. She co-funded L'Albero, a theatre and opera company based in the south of Italy, working on a community opera format with a focus on social impact. She is also a researcher in the field of opera education and a consultant for Teatro San Carlo in Naples.

The guest of this episode is Daniel Serafin, artistic director of “Oper Im Steinbruch”, which organizes open-air opera performances in St. Margarethen Quarry in Austria. This venue is also Unesco world heritage cultural landscape. Daniel is also artistic director of the viennese opera ball in New York.

The guest of this episode is Ariane Bieou, architect, manager and cultural expert. Ariane was project manager of IN SITU, a European platform for artistic creation in public space. She was also cultural manager of Matera 2019 European Capital of Culture.

The guest of this episode is Jirina Ribbens, executive director of the Ice Theatre of New York. The Ice Theatre of New York is a professional ensemble company dancing on ice, performing works by choreographers drawn from competitive figure skating and modern and contemporary dance.

The guest of this episode is Chiara Organtini, curator and project coordinator at Santarcangelo Festival. Santarcangelo Festival is the oldest festival dedicated to the contemporary performing arts in Italy and one of the most significant in the European context of theatre and dance.

The guest of this episode is Anita Durst, founder and artistic director of ChaShaMa. ChaShaMa is an organisation based in New York, which supports artists by partnering with property owners to transform unused real estate into space to create and present. They also provide free art classes for under-resourced communities.

Hi! It’s Sofia, Martyna and Marlene. For our university project, we created this podcast in which we interview practitioners of the performing arts sector, investigating with them the relationship between performing arts and spaces.