Directed by renowned visual artist Dominique Noël, Acqua Forte Parade is a fantastic story in motion, in which water becomes a living backdrop for a parade of giant characters, poetic machines, dancing fires, waves of smoke, and hypnotic lights.

ACQUA FORTE is not just a parade that arrives, passes and leaves, but the spectacular staging of a portion of approximately 400m of a River or a channel, with the aim of total immersion of spectators. Thus the departures of their dreamlike images will be made simultaneously from each end of the route. Additionally 20 floating fire pots, anchored on either side of the banks along their entire length, will be lit by the first figures at the opening of the show. Like mirages born from the elements themselves, it is in this kingdom of water, fire and musical chants carried by the breeze, that a cohort of imaginary figures straight out of fantastic tales will come to life and interact.

A carousel of emotions and images that defy gravity and logic, but will keep you smiling long after the water curtain has closed.

Ilotopie is one of the most creative European urban performance companies, known for transforming unconventional spaces into dreamlike stages. The Bega Canal thus becomes the protagonist in this unique show, in which music, dance, and visual illusion intertwine in an atmosphere that seems to be from another world.

Admission is free, and the organizers recommend arriving early to secure a good spot.

The Bega Canal offers, very close to the city, upstream from the Water Plant, a wild, unique landscape, but one that is underutilized by the people of Timişoara.

The Bega Canal became navigable in Timişoara on the section from the Water Plant to Solventul, and from there to the current border with Serbia. It was never designed for upstream navigation on the other side of the Water Plant. Although, at one time, timber for construction was brought to this section from the Poiana Rusca Mountains. However, only the gravitational force of the water was used. The Bega River has remained wild. It offers a dreamlike landscape for those who venture to visit the canal by boat.

Born in the Camargue on the last island of the great Rhône in 1980, Llotopie company, a pioneer of street theater, has retained from its aquatic origins a taste for emergence and splash.

Their shows, great theaters in landscape, are performed all over the world, often for thousands of people, transforming everyday places into surrealist representations where the imaginary has taken over. Actresses and actors break codes and practices to explore new myths or archaisms, without words or heroes.

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