Art heals. It's a survival mechanism. Us humans were created to express ourselves through movement, sound, words and images. To experience art you need to open up your senses, be still. There is no greater happiness than recognising your own soul in the work of another artist. You realise that you are not alone.

helena's festival picks:

18.8.

L'orchestra di Piazza Vittorio

This ensemble will whisk their audiences away on a flying carpet ride to a Felliniesque dream world, the hustle and bustle of a Tunisian souk and onwards to a medieval piazza. Empowering multi-cultural synergies. More of this please!

25.8. - 27.8.

Sutra

Dance is one of the most powerful manifestations of our inner lives. This dialogue between the monks and the dancers could well open up whole new dimensions. I have a feeling something very moving and healing will emerge here.

23.8. & 24.8.

stage: Pirandello Project

I often feel like a member of a circus troupe, lost on a foreign planet. People who hang on to a childlike sense of joy are these days often branded as crazies. The themes and aesthetics of this piece speak to me on a very personal level.