This year as well, the Festival of 2Worlds meets the school world, attracting young people to the discovery of a cultural identity related to the creation and development of the Festival of Spoleto.
WE ARE THE FESTIVAL, in its fourth edition, is a contest open to all pupils in primary schools and middle schools in the town of Spoleto.
The venues of the Festival, the theme of this year´s contest, is an invitation to seek and reconstruct the history of the Festival of Two Worlds across the venues of the town where the event has taken place for over half a century. Spoleto, Theater City par excellence, has in fact spectacular spaces that seem made to host the festival: the Cathedral and its large stage square, the luxurious Teatro Nuovo, the elegant seventeenth-century Teatro Caio Melisso, the suggestive open-air Teatro Romano, the church of San Nicolò and its magnificent cloister, the dominant Rocca Albornoziana, the Gothic church of San Simone, the Lombard basilica of San Salvatore, UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Auditorium of the Stella, the noble palaces and the streets themselves permeated by timeless allure.
WE ARE THE FESTIVAL is an opportunity to rediscover the city through stories and memories, documents and archival material but above all, an opportunity for the young people who take part to visit the town from a different perspective: squares that become stages, secret spots to discover, churches dedicated to the performing arts, everyday places that become special, historical monuments transformed by artists, dark cellars that become precious studios.
The research and collection of material will be followed by individual or group work within the class, with the help and coordination of teachers, for the production of creative works of all kinds and forms - written compositions, graphic art, audio-visual and digital projects - which will be examined by a Jury made up of representatives of the Foundation and the Town of Spoleto.
The presentation of prizes for the winners of the contest (Prize for primary school, Prize for middle school) will be held on July 8th at the Teatro Romano at 21:00 on the occasion of the International Dance Gala and will be open to all students and teachers participating.
