5th International Festival of Contemporary Dance

　　Starting last year, the Biennale di Venezia instituted the annual award of the Golden Lion for the disciplines of live performances (Dance, Music, Theatre) as well. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, which will be awarded again, is complemented this year by a Golden Lion for the Best Perfomance of the Festival, selected by an international jury of experts: Betsy Gregory, artistic director of Dance Umbrella (London); Jin Xing, artistic director of Jin Xing Dance Theatre and founder of Shanghai Dance; Francesca Pedroni, dance critic for the daily newspaper “il manifesto” and the monthly “Danza & Danza”; Pier Giacomo Cirella, deputy director of Arteven; Karl Regensburger, director, and Andrée Valentin, artistic coordinator, of ImPuls Tanz, Festival (Vienna).

　　The Festival will take place in the now traditional spaces of the Arsenale designated by the Biennale di Venezia for live performances 　 Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, Teatro alle Tese, Tese delle Vergini, Magazzini del Ferro 　 and at the Teatro Malibran, thanks to the renewed collaboration with the Fondazione Teatro La Fenice, but will also involve several new spaces such as the Palazzo Contarini della Porta di Ferro and the Fadalti showroom (San Lio).