An international conference on the future of performing arts
Dear Viewers, the new date of the conference is 25 November 2020, from 15:00 till 17:30 CET.
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Is it important to greet one another with social kisses? Is it possible to create a theatre without physical contact? How are our cultural patterns changing? What will artistic mobility look like in the coming years?
Archa will connect with artists and producers in Edinburgh, Vienna, Ghent, Budapest, Brussels, Sheffield, Aarhus, Philadelphia, Buenos Aires, Prague and Beijing.
The panelists of the conference are:
Tim Etchells, artist and theatre director, Forced Entertainment, Sheffield
Pieter De Buysser, writer, playwright, director, Brussels
Wen Hui, dancer, choreographer, documentary filmmaker, Beijing
Kira Kirsch, artistic director, Brut Theatre, Vienna
Kristof Blom, artistic director, CAMPO, Ghent
Gyuri Szabó, managing director, Trafó Art Center, Budapest
Henk Keizer, coordinator of Art in Rural European Areas, Denmark/Netherlands
Jan Mocek, theatre director, Prague
Lola Arias, artist and theatre director, Buenos Aires
James Ijames, artistic co-director of the Wilma Theater, Philadelphia,
Ondrej Hrab, artistic and executive director, Archa Theatre, Prague
Hester Chillingworth, non-binary performance maker, director, London
The conference is moderated from Edinburgh by Robert Palmer, international cultural expert and member of the Board of Archa Theatre.
Opening and closing remarks Jana Svobodova, theatre director, artistic director of the Akcent Festival.
German director and composer Heiner Goebbels will send his greetings.
AKCENT FESTIVAL 2020
18–25 November 2020
WATCH ONLINE at www.festivalakcent.cz
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