Vineta Festival

The Vineta Festival (German: Vineta-Festspiele) is an annual theatre festival in Germany which began in 1997.[1] The festival takes its name from Vineta, a mythical city said to have been on the southern Baltic Sea located on the island of Usedom. The city is said to have been seen rising from the sea on the beach of Koserow by a young shepherd one Easter morning.[1][2] A troupe of actors, many of them students at the Theatre Academy of Zinnowitz, participate in the yearly festival.[2]

The performances incorporate theatre with dance, modern music and laser light shows and are given on the beach at Zinnowitz.[2][3]

The 2015 festival started on 19 June under the artistic directorship of Wolfgang Bordel and the musical directorship of Wolfgang Schmiedt. The opening show attracted approximately 20,000 spectators despite intermittent heavy rain.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Vineta-Festspiele". State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Retrieved 22 August 2015.(in German)
  2. 1 2 3 "Baltic Sea Events-Vineta-Festspiele". BalticSea.de. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Vineta-Theatershow am Ostseestrand". NDR-Norddeutsche Runkfunk (North German Radio Network)-Nordmagazin Program. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015. (in German)
  4. ↑ 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). Retrieved 22 August 2015.
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