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GEORGIAN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS ‘GIFT’ IN TBILISI IN HONOR OF MICHAIL TUMANISHVILI 2018
18 October 2018
The GIFT Festival is an annual celebration bringing the best of the visiting arts in Tbilisi, as well as leading the country’s unique cultural profile internationally. Since its inception the Gift Festival hosted more than 300 international visiting groups and companies and yet remains as one of the major platform in Caucasus for international exchange and cooperation.
Georgian
International Festival of Arts GIFT in Tbilisi in honor of Michael Tumanishvili
will run from October 18 till November 16 2018 to deliver to the Georgian
theatergoers and the art-lover audience the range of endeavor which will
promote European understanding through excellent culture. The Gift festival is
boasting several grand openings over a month and celebrating two decades of the
festival which, according to the British press
“like all great festivals –including Edinburgh, at its magnificent best
– is about these mutual acts of giving; allowing the great tradition of
Georgian theatre to give itself to the world, and demonstrating to this great
and beautiful city that the world does not always arrive to invade and conquer,
but sometimes comes to sing, laugh, weep and celebrate, to heal the wounds of
history, and to face the future together.” Joyce McMillan, Chief Theatre
Critic. Scotsman, UK
With the great past of the Gift Festival, founded in 1997 by the International
Board of Directors of Edinburgh, Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth International Arts
Festivals and up to date being supported by Peter Brook, Sasha Waltz, Vanessa
Redrgave, Michael kahn, Andron Konchalowski, and many other thespians and
luminaries of the world drama, it was
banned due to political repression towards opposition point of view of its
actual organizer, founder and Artistic Director Keti Dolidze in 2007, which
revived only 5 years later in 2013 after contra-revolution in power, but yet
prevailing over power politics in development process of the culture policy in
Georgia. Therefore openness, democratic
and comprehensive selection of the Festival Program and cooperation with the
Georgian Arts Institutions is fundamental, as by advancing capacity to be
equally skilled for European partnership in legal or in other specific aspects
is crucial, which will also support the Georgian culture to communicate and
share its voice Globally.
THIS YEAR’s HIGHLIGHTS:
Georgian International Festival of Arts GIFT in Tbilisi, Arts Council Norway, The Norwegian Performing Arts Hub, Norwegian Artist Research program, Danse og Teatersentrum, Embassy of Norway in Georgia
Present THE NORVEGIAN CULTURE FOCUSIN GEORGIA
The Gift Festival aimed to create a special focus on contemporary Norwegian culture and especially on modern Norwegian performing arts. By following the Gift festival tradition we offer this exceptional panorama from the capital of Northern Europe. By presenting THE NORWEGIAN CULTURE FOCUS 2018. For the first time in the Caucasus we aim to introduce a unique, interesting and captivating modern culture of Norway today.
Georgian International Festival of Arts GIFT in Tbilisi in Honor of Michael Tumanishvili
In association with:
MIBAC / Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism (Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo), Italian Embassy Tbilisi, Sardegna Teatro and Compagnia, Comune di Cagliari, Fondazione di Sardegna, RAS - Regione Autonoma della Sardegna
ITALIAN FOCUS 2018
SARDINIAN CULTURE DAYS IN GEORGIA, 1-5 November 2018
MACBETTU
Awards: Best Performance UBU 2017 - ANCT 2017 Award (National Association of Theater Critics)
Based on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
Directed by Alessandro Serra
Presented by Sardegna Teatro
TEATRI DI RILEVANTE INTERESSE CULTURALE
Lead Status granted by MIBAC / Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo)
Scenography and Costumes: Alessandro Serra
Music
soundtracks: Pinuccio Sciola
Composition soundtracks: Marcellino
Garau
18/19 October, Royal District Theatre, 20:00
THE KRUMPLE
YŌKAI Remedy for Despair
The cast: Jo Even Bjørke, Louisa Hollway, Vanessa Mecke, Oda Kirkebø Nyfløtt,
Léna Rondé, David Tholander, and Vincent Vernerie.
YOKAI won first prize at the Les Plateaux du Groupe Geste(s) 2016, chosen as the most
promising new theatre piece at at Théâtre de Châtillon, Paris.
26/27 October, Rustaveli State Academic Drama Theatre, 20:00
Dmitry Krymov Laboratory,
Moscow Theatre “School of Dramatic Arts” and Producer Leonid Roberman
Present WITHOUT A DOWRY
Alexander Ostrovsky
Directed by Dmitry Krymov
Scenic designer: Anna Kostrikova
Video designer: Elizaveta Keshisheva
Choreographer: Anatoly Voinov
12/13 November
GIFT FESTIVAL NORWEGIAN CULTURE FOCUS
In association with Performing Arts Hub Norway (PAHN) & Norwegian Art Council (Kulturradet)
Presents
Winter Guests and Alan Lucien Øyen
Kote Marjanishvili State Drama Theatre
SIMULACRUM
Director and Choreographer: Alan Lucien Øyen
Kabuki choreo / Music,”Natsue”: Kanjuro Fujima
Kanjuro
Fujima is a Kabuki furitsuke-shi (choreographer). He is the head of
the Fujima school of traditional Japanese dance (Nihon buyo). His grandfather,
Fujima Kanjuro IV was the highly acclaimed choreographer and dancer who was
eventually designated a “Living National Treasure” by the Japanese government
and whose oeuvre included a large number work. His mother Fujima Kanso III, is
also a currently active Kabuki dance furitsuke-shi.
Creative Associate/text: Andrew
Wale
Set design: Åsmund Færavaag,
Andy Cavatorta
Performance/Choreography: Shōji Kojima
Performance/Choreography: Daniel Proietto
15/16 November
HOFESH SHECHTER COMPANY PRESENTS
SHOW The entrance. Clowns. Exit
Chorepgraphy & Music: Hofesh Shechter
Performed: Hofesh Shechter II
RUSTAVELI STATE ACADEMIC DRAMA THEATRE
14/15 November, Royal District Theatre
STATE
GIFT FESTIVAL NORWEGIAN CULTURE FOCUS
In association with Performing Arts Hub Norway (PAHN) & Norwegian Art Council (Kulturradet)
Norwegian Artist Research program DTS: Danse og Teatersentrum
Present a synergy of young Norwegian Talent
Concept and Choreography: Ingri Fiksdal
Concept and Dramaturgy: Jonas Corell Petersen
Musical Composer: Lasse Marhaug
Costume design: Henrik Vibskov
Check out here the GIFT Festival blog for more details about the programme and their activities