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Marco Calvani
Marco Calvani (born 11 December 1980) is an Italian playwright, director, filmmaker, translator and actor. Biography Trained as an actor since he was a teenager, Calvani made his debut as a playwright in 2002 with ''Quasi'', commissioned by the European Social Forum. ''Strong Hands'' was his first play to be translated and performed to great acclaim throughout Europe. Commissions from the Todi Arte Festival, the Phoenix Theatre, London, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club of New York, Teatro di Roma, Théâtre de la Ville of Paris and the Festival Grec de Barcelona followed. His play ''The City Beneath'' had its New York City debut at the Sage Theater in 2009. In the same year he also wrote and directed ''Penelope in Groznyj'', performed first at Berlin's Kunsthaus Tacheles and was the only European guest at Bali's international Ubud Writers and Readers Festival. In 2011 he won a residency at the Cité internationale des arts of Paris and was invited by the Théâtre de la Ville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prato
Prato ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city lies in the north east of Tuscany, at the foot of Monte Retaia, elevation , the last peak in the Calvana chain. With more than 200,000 inhabitants, Prato is Tuscany's second largest city (after Florence) and the third largest in Central Italy (after Rome and Florence). Historically, Prato's economy has been based on the textile industry and its district is the largest in Europe. The textile district of Prato is made up of about 7000 fashion companies, obtaining around 2 billion euros from exports. The renowned Datini archives are a significant collection of late medieval documents concerning economic and trade history, produced between 1363 and 1410. The city boasts important historical and artistic attractions, with a cultural span that started with the Etruscans and then expanded in the Middle Ages and reached its peak with the Renaissance, when artists such as Donatell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
