Expo: AGIS agreement, art and performances at Italy Pavilion

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 4 - Art and live performances will be among the protagonists of the daily calendar of events of the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, a global window for the internationalization and growth of the Italian artistic and cultural system.
    With this objective, AGIS (Italian General Association of Performing Arts) and the Commissioner General for Italy at Expo 2025 Osaka Mario Vattani signed on Thursday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation a protocol of agreement which aims to involve Italian cultural organizations with a strong strategic interest in the Asia-Pacific area for the organization of performances, concerts, events, digital experiences and thematic workshops at the Italy Pavilion, in line with the themes of Italy's participation in Expo.
    "The theme chosen by Italy for Expo 2025 Osaka is 'Art Regenerates Life', interpreting 'Art' in a wider sense: synonym of beauty, culture and our inventiveness", highlighted the General Commissioner for Italy at Expo 2025 Osaka, Mario Vattani. "For this, at the Italian Pavilion planned by architect Mario Cucinella - a modern reinterpretation of the Ideal City of Renaissance - theatre is placed at the entrance, as a symbolic location of creativity of our country".
    "A space in which we will host on a daily basis live performances and plays that will enable Japan and all visitors to get acquainted with our most innovative artistic projects in which the young will be the protagonists together with the great Italian Opera, today UNESCO heritage, very much loved by the Japanese", stressed Vattani.
    "The collaboration with AGIS strengthens our objective, which is to show the world the creative wealth of our country, from the most traditional to the most experimental forms. Expo Osaka 2025 is a rare occasion to create synergies and incentivize investments in the world of performing arts", he said.
    "The collaboration between AGIS and the Commissariat for Expo Osaka 2025 has a strong relevance for the promotion of our culture and our artistic talents at an international level", commented the President of AGIS Francesco Giambrone. "The Italy Pavilion in Osaka will be a window of excellence and a great opportunity to enhance the professional level of Italian performing arts and will allow us to present within an extremely high profile international context a selection of our best cultural expressions".
    "I wish to express my sincere thanks to the Commissariat of Expo and to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for wanting to promote and appreciate the richness of our artistic and cultural heritage with all visitors who, over the weeks of Expo 2025, will focus their attention on Osaka and all of Japan", said Giambrone. "Giving performing arts a central role in the cultural diplomacy of the country is an important step that shows the shared awareness that this sector has huge potential", he noted.
    The main objective of the agreement between AGIS and the General Commissioner for Italy at Expo 2025 Osaka includes the international promotion of the Italian artistic sector to facilitate the meeting between creative enterprises and new foreign partners to strengthen economic relations and to develop commercial agreements at a global level.
    The accord, moreover, vies to enhance innovative projects of artists, groups and Italian companies, considered strategic for the Asian region.
    AGIS represents entrepreneurs in the sectors of the performing arts, cinema, music, dance and circus, with a constant commitment for the promotion of Italian culture abroad as a soft power tool.
    Expo 2025 will be held in Osaka from April 13 until October 13, 2025 and its theme is "Designing Future Society for Our Lives".
    "Art Regenerates Life" is the theme of the Italy Pavilion, designed by architect Mario Cucinella. (ANSA).