Festival of the Five Continents: at the start of the section shows

From 31 July to 10 August eight stages between Basilicata, Apulia and Calabria

Back Carovana the Festival dei Cinque Continents, the traveling exhibition conceived and organized by the cultural association "Il Circo dell'Arte" Venosa. The section shows of the festival, which have been joined this year by sections devoted to photography, publishing, Tourism, meetings, video, artistically and laboratori, will kick off the 31 in July from Pescopagano (PZ), to continue until the 10 August with milestones that will affect important centers of Basilicata, Apulia and Calabria. For this tenth edition of the artistic direction was entrusted to Pasquale Cappiello's "Artistic Management", which over time has been able to give the event visibility and prestige increasing.

The Festival of the Five Continents, as it has been since 2005, once again present all the characteristics that have made known to the public as a unique event, able to offer the best expressions of the international street theater and contemporary circus: dance with fire on percussion, dall'acrobatica the visual comedy, by juggling the transformation, from verticality to mime. Eleven are the artists and companies, from all over the world, selected for the 2014 Festival: The Beat Brothers (Italia/USA), Simona Boni (Italy), Conturband (Italy), Eteclown (Argentina), Andrea Fidelio (Italy), Imaginary Theatre (Italy / Spain), Lannutti & Corbo (Italia/Argentina), Madame Rebiné (Italia/Francia), Quetzalcoatl (Mexico), Skapigliati Street (Italy), Andreanne Thiboutot (Canada).

Each stage will offer performances and performances of startling visual impact, that will drag the audience emotionally with large and small in a whirlwind of theater, music, dances, energy. This year the location of the festival will involve four provinces, touching eight municipalities: the 31 July Pescopagano (PZ), August 1, Isola Capo Rizzuto (KR), the 2 August Acri (CS), the 3 August Rocchetta Sant'Antonio (FG), the 4 August Viggiano (PZ), the 5 August Castelgrande (PZ), the 6 August Acerenza (PZ), the 10 August Brindisi di Montagna (PZ).

The wait is great for each of the stages of the Festival of the Five Continents, which promises once again as an extraordinary event of the summer in Southern Italy: a celebration of the arts, Peoples, of cultures, ideas, that wants to continue to amaze giving the privilege of discovery and the taste of surprise. The objective remains the same as ever: the development of the area, historical centers, monuments. Castles, cloisters, churches, buildings, squares will once again be the setting for a magical and enchanting festival without borders.