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49. Biennale di venezia exhibiTiOn venueS

TeSe DeLLe veRgini
notes on the exhibition venues TeATRO ALLe TeSe

The buildings of the sixteenth-century Tese comprise four equal-sized
structures (formerly open slipways); built in 1564 to designs by Jacopo
49. Biennale Di veneziA
Sansovino, these stand alongside each other and are connected by wide
arches. After being opened to the public in 1999 - when they housed part
of the dAPeRTutto biennale - they were then adapted for use as an open

and modular theatre space, which the biennale di venezia conceived of as
an area that could also be used for musical activities and congresses (with

a total seating capacity of 500, divided between stalls and raised tiers). This
open space can be used for experimentation, for creative studies, and for
works of theatre, music and dance that require a non-traditional use of space

and a non-traditional alignment of public and stage.

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