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TheVineta Festival (German:Vineta-Festspiele) is an annual theatre festival inGermany which began in 1997.[1] The festival takes its name fromVineta, a mythical city said to have been on the southernBaltic Sea located on the island ofUsedom. The city is said to have been seen rising from the sea on the beach ofKoserow by a youngshepherd oneEaster morning.[1][2] A troupe of actors, many of them students at the Theatre Academy ofZinnowitz, participate in the yearly festival.[2]
The performances incorporate theatre with dance, modern music andlaser light shows and are given on the beach at Zinnowitz.[2][3]
The 2015 festival started on 19 June under the artistic directorship ofWolfgang Bordel and the musical directorship ofWolfgang Schmiedt. The opening show attracted approximately 20,000 spectators despite intermittent heavy rain.[4]
References
edit- ^ab"Vineta-Festspiele". State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Retrieved22 August 2015.(in German)
- ^abc"Baltic Sea Events-Vineta-Festspiele". BalticSea.de. Retrieved17 August 2015.
- ^"Vineta-Theatershow am Ostseestrand". NDR-Norddeutsche Runkfunk (North German Radio Network)-Nordmagazin Program. 15 May 2015. Retrieved17 August 2015. (in German)
- ^dpa (29 June 2015)."Vineta-Festspiele auf Usedom gestartet: Die versunkene Stadt Vineta ist wieder aufgestiegen. Auf der Ostseebühne Zinnowitz erleben die Zuschauer eine stimmungsvolle Premiere – trotz zeitweiligen Starkregens".Die Welt (online). Retrieved22 August 2015.