THE PROJECTS
Target groups: students of the University of Naples L’Orientale

The project – says Anis Hamdoun – will tell the story of all the talents and brains that had to leave their souths just to be or not to be! “ The future for us, in the south, is always somewhere else. We are from here but need to go there to be us. There, is any other place, most importantly not here. If we stay here, we will not reach our horizons; if we leave to the There, we could see our potentials, but we will not be here where home is.”

The project is coordinated by Monica Ruocco, professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the University of Naples L’Orientale

OPEN REHEARSAL 2nd DECEMBER h 11:00 am
CANTINE DEL MONASTERO DELLE TRENTATRÉ, NAPOLI
DIRECTOR ANIS HAMDOUN
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOETHE-INSTITUT NEAPEL
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE EMBASSY OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY IN ITALY

ANIS HAMDOUN
Germany
Anis Hamdoun is a director, lecturer, language teacher, and voice drama therapist. His theatre plays travelled around Germany and Europe and were amazingly well received, such as the Nachtkritik theatre prize in the German- speaking countries and the well-known FIND festival at the Schaubuhne Berlin. He has served as a teacher at various training centres and theatrical and film institutes in Germany, including Die Etage Theatre school in Berlin, Lehrreich Educational Institute and FilmArsche. He was also a lecturer at Berlin’s University of Arts for the Performing Arts course from 2017 to 2021. As a director, he took part in several documentaries and drama series and ran countless voice and writing workshops around 20 Cities in Germany, Denmark, and Italy.

THE CONTEXT
University of Naples L’Orientale

As local partner of the Quartieri di Vita project in the 2023 edition, L’Orientale University seals its international mission – with a focus on the study of world cultures, languages, and knowledge – of welcoming artists within the academic context and opening new horizons of learning through the development of creative residencies, in collaboration with the Fondazione Campania dei Festival. Following an agreement signed in 2019 with its Department of “Asia, Africa and Mediterranean”, the Fondazione has developed several seminar and conference projects involving teachers, researchers, and students. With the workshop directed by Anis Hamdoun, the students have the opportunity to test themselves by experiencing a practical approach to performative subjects.

«Through the confrontation between researchers and artists on contemporary issues, these activities, – says Professor Monica Ruocco – are aimed at transforming the realities of our societies by giving space above all to the demands of the new generations. A reflection on issues such as identity, multiple and moving identities, migration and multiculturalism aim to give a new value to research and dissemination using theatre performance as a useful tool».