[Photo on top: Carnevale dei Ragazzi 2023, Ph. Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia. Ph. by A. Avezzù]
From Thursday, February 1 to Sunday, February 11, 2024, the 15th International Kid’s Carnival, presented by La Biennale di Venezia, will take place, with many film and theater events, workshops, and the novelty of dancing shows on ice.
The 2024 edition of the Kid’s Carnival will have the new features of a rich program of workshops and the extraordinary ice-skate dance show Murmuration by the Canadian company of artists and performers Le Patin Libre, for the first time in Italy, which will rerun for the duration of the event.
Le patin libre: Murrmuration. Photo Officielle – Credit Rolline Laporte
Activities on the mainland will be held at the Albanese Park Civic Center (Bissuola) and in the Rainbow Skating Track area, which will be transformed into an ice skating rink for the occasion.
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The other various activities will be held in Venice’s Historic Center: on Friday, Feb. 2, children’s cinema screenings with the adventure film The Thief King, based on the novel of the same name by German writer Cornelia Funke, and from Feb. 5 to 8, theater performances, again at the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale (Campo della Tana).
In addition, at the Biennale’s historic headquarters at Ca’ Giustinian (San Marco, Calle del Ridotto), numerous creative and artistic workshops will be held from Feb. 3 to 11, with an immersive installation for schools and families from Feb. 3 to 4 and Feb. 10 to 11.
Carnevale dei Ragazzi 2023, Ph. Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia. Ph. by A. Avezzù
FULL PROGRAM OF THE 15TH INTERNATIONAL KIDS’ CARNIVAL
VENICE
Cinema and theater at the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale (Campo della Tana, 2161)
Reservations required: phone +39 041 5218828, promozione@labiennale.org
February 2, 4 p.m.
Cinema for children – The King of Thieves
February 5 to 8, 7 p.m.
Theater performances – Apocryphal Operettas by Gigio Brunello and Giulio Molnar
VENICE
Workshops at Ca’ Giustinian (San Marco 1364/a, Venice)
Reservations required: phone +39 041 5218828, promozione@labiennale.org
February 3, 4, 10 and 11, 3-6 p.m.
Installation – The Snow Queen: Performance Book
February 3 and 4, 3 p.m.
Workshop of makeup sessions: Face painting – Face to face with nature
February 3 and 4, 3 p.m.
Music workshop – The colorful orchestra
February 3, 3 p.m., 4 Feb. 4, 4:30 p.m.
Art workshop – Playful jumping figures
February 3, 3 p.m., 4 Feb. 4, 4:30 p.m.
Art workshop – Monotype – printing with gelli plates
February 3 and 10 4:30 p.m., February 11 0r 3 p.m.
Art workshop – The Tour Of The Sky
February 4, 3 p.m.
Creative workshop – The mirror of emotions
February 10, 3 p.m.
Educational workshop – I Live Healthy. Nutrition and Movement
February 10, 3 p.m., February 11, 4:30 p.m.
Science workshop – Take care
February 10 and 11, 3 p.m.
Music workshop – The prince among the stars
February 10, 3 p.m., February 11, 4:30 p.m.
Dance workshop – Multi-body constellations
February 10, 4:30 p.m., February 11, 3 p.m.
Art narrative workshop – Air, earth, water, fire
February 10 and 11, 4:30 p.m.
Perfmormatic workshop – The Snow Queen: A book to touch and play with virtual audio
February 11, 4:30 p.m.
Math workshop – Who will eat the last apple?
MESTRE
Le Patin Libre (Mestre, Bissuola, Via Tevere 91).
The program includes: performances, workshops, free skating, special family events and ice-dancing party with DJ.
Reservation required: phone +39 041 5218828, promozione@labiennale.org
Carnevale dei Ragazzi 2023, Ph. Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia. Ph. by A. Avezzù
The schools program is available online www.labiennale.org/it/carnevale-2024-programma-scuole
The International Kid’s Carnival is a project of La Biennale di Venzia that since 2010 has been targeting children, schools with their teachers and families, soliciting creativity and participation in young people and maintaining a constant direct, hands-on and active dialogue with participants.
REMEMBER TO MAKE A RESERVATION!!
Reservations are required: phone +39 041 5218828, promozione@labiennale.org
Further information on www.labiennale.org/it/news/15-carnevale
HOW TO GET THERE
VENICE
To get to Ca’ Giustinian, from Piazzale Roma and Santa Lucia Station: vaporetto ACTV line 1, stop San Marco Vallaresso; from Tronchetto, line 2, stop San Zaccaria.
To get to Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, from Piazzale Roma and Santa Lucia Train Station ACTV vaporettos line 4.1, Arsenale stop, and line 1, Arsenale stop; from Tronchetto, line 2, San Zaccaria stop.
MESTRE
To get to Albanese City Park, Bissuola (Mestre), streetcar T1 (stop Oberdan or Serravalle), bus line 24 (stop via Rielta), Via Sergio Gori – Alfredo Albanese Park, 11 Mestre
