16th edition of the SMIAF – San Marino International Art Festival from 4 to 6 August
Pre-sales are open for the shows of the Dekru Quartet and the Artemakia Company
The countdown has begun for the sixteenth edition of the SMIAF - San Marino International Arts Festival: the appointment will, as always, be in San Marino’s Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, from 4 to 6 August.
An event that actively promotes performing arts, with particular attention to multiculturalism: in fact, over 300 companies have performed in the squares of the Festival over the years, coming from more than 36 countries around the world. Thanks also to the work of the SMIAF, the Republic of San Marino is now a street art friendly country, providing a service 365 days a year that allows artists from all over the world to perform in their squares (www.buskers. sm).
The Festival is sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Education and Culture and is organized by the Marciamela Association with the collaboration of the San Marino Tourism Board.
SMIAF 2023 PROGRAM
With the aim of continuing to contribute to the revitalization of San Marino’s Old Town, in the name of artistic languages, culture and participation, the SMIAF Festival will present on 4, 5 and 6 August a rich program of concerts, street art performances, thematic talks and readings, exhibitions and workshops, extreme sports competitions, wellness experiences for the mind and body.
The main novelty of the sixteenth edition will be the presence within the program of two paid shows, promoted in collaboration with the San Marino Tourism Board.
Paid shows:
QUARTET DEKRU in Light Souls
by Liubov Cherepakhina
Four bodies, infinite realities: from Ukraine the show that rewrote the canons of mime
Light souls is a unique show of its kind: a physical theater performance capable of telling the present that surrounds us in an acute and at the same time amusing way, seeking under the noise of modernity the immutable silence of the human condition, told with delicacy and irony. Written and directed by director Liubov Cherepakhina, a teacher at the renowned Academy of Variety and Circus Arts in Kiev, Light Souls is staged by the award-winning quartet of Ukrainian mimes Dekru (winners at the World Circus Festival in Moscow and at the Festival of Clowns and Mimes in Odessa).
Where: Piazzale Domus Plebis
When: Friday 4 August from 22.00 and Saturday 5 August from 22.30
Ticket fee: €5
Purchase tickets online on Eventbrite:
- Friday 4 August - bit.ly/3XkRJZO
- Saturday 5 August - bit.ly/46indUj
ARTEMAKIA in Soul of Nature
by Milo Scotton
A real Acrobatic Tale that the author and director Milo Scotton dedicates to future generations (hence the acronym S.O.N.)
In the plot we will follow the adventures of "Tim", an enterprising explorer in search of an archaic and precious treasure. The "Guardians of the Ancient Forests" will accompany him on a journey full of important themes to talk about the human impact on Nature, the relationship between man and wildlife and the missed opportunities in the fight against the beginnings of climate change.
Tim represents all of humanity, with his desire to know and explore, but also capable of ruining and disfiguring through carelessness. The show will be his training journey, for an inner growth that he will lead thanks to the encounter with ancestral spirits capable of taking any living form.
Milo Scotton, frontman of the company, currently holds a Guinness World Record, achieved during the Canale 5 record show hosted by Jerry Scotti on 11 March: he walked 10 meters on two parallel beams balanced on a ladder within 2 minutes and 18 seconds.
Where: Piazza Sant'Agata
When: Saturday 5 August from 21.00 and Sunday 6 August from 21.15
Ticket fee: €5
Purchase tickets online on Eventbrite:
- Saturday 5 August - bit.ly/46fhyi2
- Sunday 6 August - bit.ly/44aOhDl
Tickets can also be purchased at the Festival infopoints, for the entire duration of the event, subject to availability.
The complete program of the event can be found on the official website: www.smiaf.org
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