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- 38 works from 16 different countries to an audience of 20,460
- September 20, 2007 ~ October 14, 2007
- Highlights of the 2007 festival:
Long Life (Theatre, International)
Country : Latvia
Director : Alvis Hermanis
Company : New Riga Theatre
A Proustian Reality Show in Search of Lost Time
An anthropological Report on the Old, living 'Eternity' or 'Immortality'
Grand PRIX, International Theatre Festival BITEF'39, 2005
Golden Laurel Wreath for Best Overall Acting, international theatre festival MESS'45, 2005
Audience Affinity Prize, International Festival Baltic House 2006
Included in the Edinburgh International Festival (2006) main program
Death of a Salesman (Theatre, International)
Country : Germany
Author : Arthur Miller
Director : Luk Perceval
Company : Schaubuhne am Lehniner Platz
The famous Schaubuhne am Lehniner Platz meets the sensational director in Europe, Luk Perceval!
Where are the roaring laughter and whistling coming from in spite of the perverse pain sitting at the heart of modern life?
Best Theatre and Best Stage-Set Designer at the Kontakt Festival2007
Double Vision (Dance, International)
Country : France
Choreographer : Carolyn Carlson
Company : Cie Carolyn Carlson / CCN de Roubaix
A pioneer in French modern dance, Carolyn Carlson, comes back to solo again for direct communication and reflection of the self
A shadow of images that reverberates as a 'vision' beyond the constraints of 'sight'
The Blind (Theatre, Korea)
Director : IM Do-wan
Author : Maurice Maeterlinck
Company : Sadari Movement Lab
A blind eye, blinder than blindness itself, Dramatic tension, employing sound closer to nature that represents psychological space, excavates the inner truth of human
To find out more about the 2007 please visit our 2007 website [GO]
- 26 works from 14 different countries to an audience of 48,000
- October 7, 2006 ~ October 29, 2006
- Highlights of the 2006 festival:
Cleansed (Theatre, International)
Country : Poland
Author : Sarah Kane
Director : Krzysztof Warlikowski
Company : Wroclawski Theatre Wspolczesny
Vicious, almost savage language and frank descriptions of sex are scattered throughout the work, but it is essentially a love story.
The Seagull (Theatre, International)
Country : Poland
Author : Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Director : Arpad Schilling
Company : Kretakor Theatre
Despair without an exit, how real is your life?
Best Critics Award 2004 in Hungary, Six prizes at the Hungary National Theater Festival
Invited to Belgrade International Drama Festival 2006
Invited to 2nd Vilnius International Drama Festival
Collection Particuliere (Dance, International)
Country : France
Choreographer : Maria Donata D'Urso
Company : Disorienta
Produced by Rene International Arts Festival 2005
A sad human song
A documentary on live movements
Slow your pulse down and concentrate on each and every small movement.
Leinen Los fur Peter (Dance+Theatre, Korea+Multi Nation)
Choreographer : Kim yun jung
Company : YJKDance Project
The road to find our lost dreams
From now on, we dream to be Peter Pan ourselves
Three Beautiful Soul-mates (Theatre, Korea)
Director: Nam mi jeong
Company: Street Theatre Troupe
Three different paths taken by three different monks
Experimental investigation between tradition and narrative
To find out more about the 2006 please visit our 2006 website [GO]
- 22 works from 12 different countries to an audience of 48,000
- September 23, 2005 ~ October 16, 2005
- Highlights of the 2005 festival:
The History of Ronald, the Clown of McDonald's (Theatre, International)
Country : Spain
Director : Rodrigo Garcia
Company : La Carniceria Teatro
A Toast of Derision to the Endless Avarice of New Imperialism!
Don't dare imagine 21st century without McDonald's
Included in The Avignon Theatre Festival (2004)
School for Fools (Theatre, International)
Country : Russia
Director : Andrey Moguchy
Company : Formalny Theatre
Emotional Vibration from a Heart-breaking Childhood
The Unrivaled Beauty of Form as Presented in Once by Theatre DEREVO and Show by Slava
Asian Premiere
Fringe First Awards, The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2001
Back to the Present (Dance+Theatre, International)
Country : Germany
Director&Choreographer : Constanza Macras
Company : Dorky Park Company
You are only allowed to Live the Present!
Enjoy the Present!
Included in The Avignon Theatre Festival (2004)
Red Demon (Theatre, Korea)
Director : Noda Hideki
Company : Seoul Performing Arts Festival (Korea&Japan)
Noda Hideki, the representative star of modern Japanese theater
Anyone can be a Red Demon
To find out more about the 2005 please visit our 2005 website [GO]
- 23 works from 11 different countries to an audience of 45,952
- October 8, 2004 ~ October 23, 2004
- 55 works from 8 different countries to an audience of 100,369
- October 4, 2003 ~ November 2, 2003
- 122 works from 6 different countries to an audience of 100,369
- May 4, 2002 ~ June 9, 2002
- 105 works from 4 different countries to an audience of 100,369
- October 6, 2001 ~ November 17, 2001
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