MIGRANT WOMEN

Three festivals for intercultural dialogue

The Project MIGRANT WOMEN was an idea of the coordinator ilCAntinonearte Teatri in Montepulciano, Siena province; it then was developed with the collaboration of three European coorganisers: Motus (Siena, Italy), Bollywood Pictures (Lisbon, Portugal), Zecora Ura Theatre (London, UK).

The Issues
Immigration, integration, intercultural dialogue between a native culture and a different environment. Our choice was to focus on a feminine point of view: a migrant woman's particular perspective of the world in her double condition of minority, in the native culture and in the new country's costumes both as a woman and as a migrant.

ilCAntinonearte Teatri
(Montepulciano - ITALY)

COORDINATOR OF THE PROJECT "MIGRANT WOMEN"

In 2003 the Cultural Association "Il Grifo e il Leone" started the restoration and the conversion of a 400 square meter antique basement of the sixteenth century structure of the Ex- Conservatory of San Girolamo, located in the heart of the historical centre of Montepulciano, Siena province (Italy).
ilCAntinonearte Teatri, a non conventional theatre and exhibition space, created out of the restored building, opened officially to the public in January 2005. IlCAntinonearte Teatri is a cultural project promoting training, creation,experimentation and production of theatre, dance, music, visual arts works, with a particular attention to contemporary arts and to the creativity of the younger generation.