FONDO
a network for emerging creativity
a project coordinated by Santarcangelo dei Teatri and developed with MAT Associazione Marchigiana Attività Teatrali, BiG – Bari International Gender Festival, Centrale Fies, Emilia Romagna Teatro ERT / Teatro Nazionale, Fondazione I Teatri – Reggio Emilia, Fuorimargine / Centro di produzione della danza in Sardegna, L’arboreto – Teatro Dimora di Mondaino | Centro di Residenza Emilia-Romagna, Lavanderia a Vapore / Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo, OperaEstate Festival Veneto / CSC Centro per la Scena Contemporanea, Ravenna Teatro, Spazio Franco / Mercurio Festival – Palermo, Teatro Stabile dell’Umbria, Triennale Milano Teatro
Santarcangelo dei Teatri, in collaboration with 13 Italian partners, has built a network dedicated to the creative development of emerging artists, supporting the research stages of performance projects that require long creation times. The programme includes production support of €20,000, four annual residency periods offered by the partners for each supported company, and participation in at least four workshops or masterclasses led by international authors, a valuable moment of dramaturgical advice and comparison with the European scene. The 14 partners that constitute FONDO pursue various goals within the world of theatre and performing arts, addressing different needs concerning artistic productions, from their development to their circulation.
previous editions
Over the course of four years, the project supported the research of Agnese Banti, Giorgiomaria Cornelio / Grandi Magazzini Criminali, Violetta Cottini, Wissal Houbabi, Giacomo Lilliù / Collettivo ØNAR, Genny Petrotta, Elena Rivoltini, Vashish Soobah, and Emilia Verginelli. In addition to being presented at Santarcangelo Festival, the works were featured in the programmes of Centrale Fies, Angelo Mai (Rome), MAXXI L’Aquila, La Balsamine (Brussels), Fabbrica Europa, Festival Aperto (Reggio Emilia), FOG at Triennale Milano Teatro, Teatro Rasi (Ravenna), Fuorimargine (Cagliari), Cross Festival (Verbania), Short Theatre (Rome), Operaestate Festival Veneto, and Romaeuropa Festival.
Throughout the project, the research processes were accompanied by an international group of mentors comprising Alex Baczyński-Jenkins, Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, Ntando Cele, Yan Duyvendak, Ayesha Hameed, Harald Beharie, Julian Hetzel, Agnietė Lisičkinaitė, Camille Louis, Michelle Moura, Ana Pi, and Cristina Kristal Rizzo.
In addition to the current partners, the network has also included SCARTI – Centro di Produzione Teatrale d’Innovazione della Liguria, Fondazione Fabbrica Europa per le arti contemporanee (Florence), Puglia Culture, and Teatro Pubblico Campano.