YEREVAN TO HOST HIGH FEST -2011 INTERNATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL
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Sept 16 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. – Yerevan will host HIGH FEST -2011 9th international theater
festival on October 1-8. It is supported by the Armenian President
and the Ministry of Culture.
Over 30 theatrical groups from 18 states will participate in the
festival, among them are UK, Netherlands, Italy, Hungary, Lithuania,
Bulgaria, Russia, Georgia, Iran, India and other states. Dance solo
Tango de soledad (Tango of loneliness) 3D performance will be shown
in Armenia within the frameworks of the festival. It is choreographed
by Billy Cowie (UK) and was presented in Edinburgh festival. The
Prototype theatre will perform another show, which was also performed
in Edinburgh festival.
Other famous theatres as Credo (Bulgaria), Marjanishvili (Georgia),
Mercuri (UK) will participate in the festival. Besides, Armenian
theatres will also be included in High Fest-2011.
Festival performances will be included in main, fringe, ARMS FEST
student, puppet and junior performance projects. Audience will have
an opportunity to see items theater, dramatic, music and dance show
performances. International expert professors Noel Witts (UK) and
founder of Baltic Circle international festival Jukka Hytti (Finland)
will have master classes.
A delegation from Russian Perm region will be among guests. The
delegation will include Deputy PM Boris Milgram, Minister of
Culture Nikolay Novichkov, and chairman of Whine Night in Perm
festival Veronika Vaysman. They will meet the Armenian Minister of
Culture Hasmik Poghosyan and will discuss expanding perspectives
of cooperation.
Festival news will be released by HIGH FEST-2011 agenda. It will air
news three times a day on TV. HIGH FEST is the major theatre festival
since 2006 among post soviet states, except Moscow.
HIGH FEST aims to present world culture in Armenia and support the
development of Armenian art performers. It is a member of such world
theatre networks as ASSITEJ (International Association of Theatre for
Children and Young People), IETM (Informal European Theatre Meeting),
and IFEA (International Festival & Events Association).
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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