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| The Butterfly Project Newsletter May 2024 🦋
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Artistic Residency and Meeting of Project Partners in Gdańsk, Poland |
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From May 27th to May 29th, 2024, the Butterfly Residency in Gdańsk was a pivotal component of a collaborative initiative focused on “The Production Concept.” During this intensive three-day meeting, the artistic committee, along with the director, librettist, and set and costume designers, worked hand in hand to delve into the intricacies of shaping the production concept. This collaborative effort aimed to blend the visions of the creative minds involved, ensuring every aspect of the opera's staging was meticulously planned and harmoniously executed. Additionally, during the Residency, all project partners had the opportunity to meet, participating in enriching meetings, interviews, and discussions about the next steps of Project Butterfly.
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| International Students' Meetings: fresh Ideas for a more sustainable Opera |
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On May 14th and May 21st Project Butterfly’s Journey with Students reached its final step, with the conclusion of the International Students’ Meeting cycle. The high school students - from Italy, Poland and Finland - employed AI-powered digital technologies to deliver audiovisual opera stories about sustainability with the support of the Project Butterfly Consortium. The students expressed positive feedback on the overall co-creative process, which allowed them to experiment with opera storytelling, enrich their perspectives on sustainability issues and exchange ideas with fellow students in the broader European environment. Their ideas and perspectives will fuel the creation of a sustainable Opera, which will see the lights of the stage in Spring 2025, on the occasion of the three European premieres in Modena, Gdańsk and Helsinki.
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Kiev Students: spotlight Climate Change with a song about Sustainability |
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The International Student Meetings represented the perfect chance to showcase and give prominence to the work of School #16 from Kiev, whose students created an inspiring sustainability song.
Ukraine is home to a diverse ecosystem, rich with forests, botanical gardens and natural reserves. However, its natural heritage is constantly threatened by the increase in the number of landfills and the high level of air pollution. Punctuated by the dramatic sound of the saxophone, the song's lyrics aim at raising awareness about the issue of climate change and the importance of developing an ecological mindset.
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| Project Butterfly Survey: Sustainability in contemporary European Opera Houses and Theatres |
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Before the Residency in Gdańsk, CUMEDIAE conducted and published an online survey aiming to understand which sustainable interventions are currently being used in Operas and European Theatres, and which sustainable practices remain challenging to achieve.
The survey was sent to 99 Opera Houses and European Theatres, collecting data that was presented during the partners' meeting in Gdańsk. With the purpose of raise awareness in the sustainability production, also theatre workers will participate in Environmental Agencies webinars, which are meant build the capacity of theatre operators on sustainable issues. |
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