Venice Carnival 2019
IL BALLO DEL CULO
follow the Butt
from San Marco to Rialto
Join the newest and the coolest carnival leader - The Culo.
Lose yourself in the company of the Glorious Ass, Othello, Desdemona, Tiziano Vecellio in the sonic Grand procession Free-of-Charge! By Jango Edwards & Dr.Nikitin
Start: March, 2, 2019 at 12:00 from Palazzo Ducale.
Click here for a ticket for opera in gondola "Le Nozze di Othello/ Marriage of Othello"
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Read here about the whole experience of Venice Carnival
with clowns and historians
Join us
in Venice
1-3 March
2019

Le Nozze di Othello
Let Othello show you his Venice and sing you his love story -in a comic opera on gondolas, "Marriage of Othello"!
You are invited to witness Venice's charms, fall in love with beautiful arias of Desdemona, sing along with choir...
Starring Alyona Knyazeva as Desdemona
Stefano Aloe .
Music by Sergey Nikitin. Art by Daria Serebryakova.
World premiere 1 & 2 March, 2019,
Meeting at 16-45 at Hotel Danieli, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Venice.
Departure at 17-00
Tickets include a ride in gondola.
Produced by Teatro Instabile de Venezia, Kuzminki Underground & Tin Rapp under direction of Ronni Wocnerg, 2018-2019.
Book below -
ИСТОРИКО-КАРНАВАЛЬНЫЙ ИНТЕНСИВ С ДЖАНГО И ИСТОРИКОМ НИКИТИНЫМ
ВЕНЕЦИЯ, 1-3 МАРТА 2019
Три дня музыки, архитектуры, искусства и просекко на главном карнавале планеты
#ballodelculo
Историк Сергей Никитин и классик клоунады Джанго Эдвардс приглашают погрузиться в карнавальную стихию Венеции в трехдневном образовательно-развлекательном проекте.
Венецианский интенсив 2019 включает в себя:
- экскурсии по дворцам и дворам Сан Марко и кварталу великих художников
- оперу на гондолах
- мастеркласс с Джанго Эдвардсом
- карнавальное шествие от Дворца Дожей до Риальто в компании Его Величества Веницейского призрака - Капитана Куло
- ночную дискотеку
- сертификат участника интенсива с подписями магистров.
И три дня Просекко - unlimited!
Проект создан с благословения кинорежиссера Тинто Брасса
Колличество участников - 25 человек.
Забронировать участие в интенсиве можно по адресу: ballodelculo@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/BalloDelCulo/
Об авторах:
Историк Сергей Никитин создал бренды Велоночь и Двороведение. Разработал более 100 экскурсионных маршрутов по Москве, Риму, Верону, Флоренции и Венеции. Один из создателей музыкального фестиваля Усадьба-Джаз.
Джанго Эдвардс – классик клоунады, директор Nouveau Clown Institute (Барселона)
Даша Серебрякова – художник-педагог, арт-продюсер
Музыканты:
Алена Князева - сопрано
Проф. Стефано Алоэ (Веронский университет) - баритон
Александр Гренков - дирижер, капельмейстер Fratelli per Bene
Эрика Бузон - банджо, терменвокс
Группа Tin Rapp
Very special guest:
Проф.Маргарита ДеМикьел (Триест) в роли Османской принцессы
Teatro Instabile de Venezia:
Рустам Керимов - архитектор
Екатерина Яковлева – @YavlenieRaket
Доцент Марина Авдонина (МГЛУ) – методист
Алан Воуба – фотограф
Елена Голубева, Виктория Аристова - консультанты
Creative communication team:
Лиза Савина – Sparta foundation
Виктория Кондрашова – Vienna contemporary, Aksenov family foundation
Благодарим за помощь: архитектора Алексея Крупина, психолога Фариду Асадуллину, художника Лизу Титанян, куратора Юлию Ширину
© Sergey Nikitin, Teatro Instabile de Venexia, 2013-2019.
VENICE CARNIVAL
INTENSIVE WITH JANGO & NIKITIN
AN INTENSE WEEK END OF HISTORY, FANTASY AND FUN, PRESENTED BY JANGO EDWARDS AND THE HISTORIAN SERGEY NIKITIN
VENICE, 1-3 MARCH 2019
"BALLO DEL CULO" is three days of music, art, history, humor and never-ending Prosecco presented in Venice at the greatest carnival on the planet.
You are invited by Dr. Sergey Nikitin, historian and by international clown artist Jango Edwards to immerse yourself in
a eclectic, educational and entertaining theatrical perfomance at the carnival of Venice.
"Ballo del Culo" - Venice 2019 includes the following:
1) Night tour of piazza San Marco
2) Morning tour of the quarter of the artists – where Tiziano and Tintoretto lived
3) "The afterlife of Capitan Culo” - an Opera presented on gondolas
4) A private seminar presented by Capitan Culo's lieutenant, Jango Edwards, revealing the secret ceremonies to perfom during the "Magical Mystery Carnival Tour Procession".
5) "Magical Mystery Carnival Tour Procession" from the Doge's Palace to Rialto in the company Of his Majesty The Venetian Ghost - Capitan Culo
6) “Cabaret Culo” presented by Jango Edwards and the international ensemble of artists
7) Night disco at Campo Santa Margherita
8) Three days of Prosecco!
9) Plus much more...
The project was created with the blessing of legendary Venetian film director Tinto Brass
About the authors:
Historian Sergey Nikitin has created the educational projects like Velonotte international tours and Courtyardology project. He has developed more than 100 excursion routes in Moscow, Rome, Verona, Florence and Venice. One of the creators of the music festival Usadba-jazz
Jango Edwards – Director of the Nouveau Clown Institute (Barcelona). Founder of the original "Festival of Fools", director of "Nouveau Clown Institute" and "Fools Militia", creator of Cabaret Cabron, artist, international clown, director and producer. During the last 47 years he has acted, directed and taught in more than 30 countries and is constantly active in the overall evolution of the clown profession. As a Clown Performer, he works with other professional’s solo or in an ensemble; how to relate to the audience in unpredictable and spontaneous situations and how to improvise and adapt in order to give the gift of laughter to an unsuspecting public.
Claudia Cantone – assitant director Nuoveau Clown Institute and clown artist
Fabio Biggi – clown artist
Dasha Serebryakova – artist
Cover painting by Lala Vaganova
Musicians:
Alena Knyazeva – soprano
Prof. Stefano Aloe – baritone
Alexander Grenkov – conductor, kapellmeister of the VIA Fratelli per Bene
Erica Buson – banjo, theremin
Tin RAPP Group
Very special guest:
Prof.Margherita De Michiel as Ottoman Princess
Teatro Instabile de Venezia:
Rustam Kerimov – the architect
Ekaterina Yakovleva – @YavlenieRaket
Associate Professor Marina Avdonina (MSLU) – Methodist
Alan Vouba – photographer
Golubeva Elena, Victoria Aristova – consultants
Creative communication team:
Lisa Savina – Sparta Foundation
Victoria Kondrashova – Vienna Contemporary, Aksenov family Foundation
Details and booking of the Venice carnival intensive at
Join our Facebook page -https://www.facebook.com/BalloDelCulo/
© Sergey Nikitin, Teatro Instabile de Venezia, 2013-2019.

Ballo del Culo: Dancing on the streets with Giant Ass, approved by Tinto Brass!
Join Capitan Culo’s 501th comic theater procession to sing, dance & celebrate Renassaince Venice with Othello, Desdemona, Tiziano and the creme de la creme of the Serenissima.
Relive the magic moments of the world-famous Carnival together with friends, clowns and historians from all over the world!
Participation is free of charge for everybody.
Watch out for Culo, watch out for the Ass!
For complete Venice Intensive 3-days program read here
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Run like Ass!
Comic love magic run with Captain Culo
Only 60 meters of laughing
Join Captain Culo’s 501st philantropic run with friendly Culo ghost & the cream of the Venitian imaginaire. Don't hesitate to dress a costume and put a mask.
Only Sunday 3 of March!
Start at 10:30 AM from Colleoni Monument (Zanipolo)
Ballo del Culo: Dancing on the streets with Giant Ass!
The procession will celebrate history of ever-extravagant Venice and El Culo (Ass, жопа), a wise and jovial character from Renaissance times which comes to rescue Venetians in times of trouble.
Relax, take the mask and let's dance with it!