At Mittelfest of 'Disorders' 29 art projects from 17 countries

(ANSA) - UDINE, 29 MAG - Igudesman & Joo, Jeton Neziraj, Giuseppe Battiston, Alessio Boni, Aleksandra Vrebalov, Josef Nadj, Moni Ovadia, Teatrino Giullare, and Margherita Vicario will be among the protagonists of the 2024 edition of Mittelfest, the Mitteleuropa international festival of prose, music, dance, and circus, scheduled in Cividale del Friuli (Udine) July 19-28. The festival will feature 29 artistic projects from 17 countries, including 15 world premieres.
    The 33rd edition, on the theme "Disorders," presented in Udine by artistic director Giacomo Pedini, will be preceded by Mittelyoung (July 16-18), a unique event in Europe. The curators chose nine shows created by artists under 30 from 250 proposals from different countries.
    "Unrest," explained artistic director Pedini, "can be a source of fear, but also of great exaltation, depending on the relationship we decide to have with chaos. This Mittelfest is also very articulated, includes touring shows, presents international co-productions, and enlivenes the places of the city of Cividale. This festival weaves different styles and genres, with special attention to families, who form the audience of tomorrow, and to the art of circus." Among the shows co-produced by Mittelfest this year is "Negotiating Peace," a satirical comedy about peace processes written by Jeton Neziraj and produced in collaboration with theaters in 9 countries, from Kosovo to Germany and Norway and the Czech Republic. The program includes tributes to Friulian poet Pierluigi Cappello and Franz Kafka in the centennial year.
    Alessio Boni and Valter Sivilotti will rekindle a jazz vein of post-war Gorizia, while Josef Nadj will put blues and spiritual atmospheres into dance with eight African dancers. Moni Ovadia will return to Mittelfest for the first time since his direction, held from 2003 to 2008, while Serbian composer Aleksandra Vrebalov will unite words of the sacred with music.
    Fabio Cifariello Ciardi and Valentina Petrini will combine music and journalistic inquiry, and singer-songwriter and actress Margherita Vicario will close the festival along with the Corelli Orchestra. (ANSA).