Dear Art Workers:
The situation in Yugoslavia is getting... (even more) interesting. On the one hand, the need for artistic witness and advocacy for peace is increasingly live. On the other, Slobodan may soon declare a state of emergency, effect a dictatorship, and hinder or disable the conference. Stay tuned. You may have heard, the free media has been overtaken by the government.
The best way to serve the cause of artwork is to proceed in hope and continue with our plans. Below, a note from Dijana (INFANT synopsis), and a draft schedule for INFANT from KCNS. The latest structure: braid Rat into the fabric of INFANT - the festival and the conference are concurrent, with dedicated time for fact finding, creative workshops, and shared work.
Onward.
Erik, this is a note about INFANT for rats, I ll send you today more detailed text about RAT conference. Situation here is dark. All free media closed in Belgrade yesterday. You can follow news on http//freeb92. INFANT Festival (International Festival of Alternative and New Theatre) in Novi Sad will take place from 25th of June till 4th of July 2000. It is the sixth edition of the festival, and last year we managed to organize it just after bombing devastated all bridges in the city, which is on two banks of the river. This year's Festival is devoted to the theme "Theatre and Peace." It will have a main program with invited performances from many countries, co-productions, workshops, presentation of different theatre networks and a RAT (Radical American Theatre ) conference: "Witness of Peace".
All these organized in very hard financial and political conditions.
Dear Sirs,
In addition you will find a program of INFANT 2000 (still not totally defined) and the application form in case you missed to send us some information. Looking forward to see you soon in Novi Sad.
Cultural Centre of Novi Sad
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND NEW THEATRE
INFANT 2000
Novi Sad, June 25th – July 4th 2000
Sunday, June 25th
19,00 CONTRASTS – Obojeni program & Hat Theatre, Novi Sad-Belgrade
21,00 D.A.V.E., Klaus Obermaier, Austria
23,00 LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY, Jandranka Anjelic, Belgrade
Monday, Jun 26th
10,00-14,00 Workshop: Massimo Giannetti, Italy
11,00 Round table on performances D.A.V.E. and LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY
13,00 Presentation of network: NATASHA
21,00 MACHINE-ACTION, Theatre en Vol, Italy
23,00 THE END AND BACK AGAIN, MY FRIEND, Kathy Randels, USA
Tuesday, June 27th
10,00-14,00 Workshop: Massimo Giannetti
11,00 Round table on performances MACHINE-ACTION and THE END AND BACK AGAIN, MY FRIEND
18,00 FLAME AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA - presentation, Maja Mitic, Dah Teatar, Belgrade
21,00 DAMAGE, Ister teatar, Belgrade
23,00 WHO TOLD YOU THAT YOU ARE NAKED, Dagaz Theatre, Sweden
Wednesday, June 28th
10,00-14,00 Workshop: Ana Woolf, Argentina
11,00 Round table on performance: WHO TOLD YOU THAT YOU ARE NAKED
13,00 Presentation of network: MAGDALENA
22,00 TEXTS FOR NOTHING, 7 Stages Theatre, USA
Thursday, June 29th
10,00-12,00 International symposium »Strategies of new theatre«: THEATRE OF DIFFERENCES
10,00-14,00 Workshop: Ana Woolf
11,00 Round table on performance: TEXTS FOR NOTHING
16,00-18,00 International symposium »Strategies of new theatre«: THEATRE OF DIFFERENCES
22,00 IGRILA, Den gri-x, Bulgaria
Friday, June 30th
10,00-12,00 International symposium »Strategies of new theatre«: THEATRE OF DIFFERENCES
10,00-14,00 Workshop: Ana Woolf
10,00-14,00 Workshop: Del Hamilton, USA
11,00 Round table on performance IGRILA
16,00-18,00 International symposium »Strategies of new theatre«: THEATRE OF DIFFERENCES
22,00 SEEDS OF MEMORIES, Ana Woolf, Argentina
24,00 SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE - preview, Lisa Bielawa, Erik Ehn, USA
Saturday, July 1st
10,00-14,00 Workshop: Del Hamilton
10,00-18,00 RAT conference »Witness of a Peace« (round table on a performance SEEDS OF MEMORIES is comprised)
21,00 HETERA ESMERALDA, Tatjana Pajovic, Belgrade
23,00 WATERWARS, Jill Greenhalgh, Great Britain
Sunday, July 2nd
10,00-18,00 RAT conference »Witness of a Peace« (presentation of RAT network is comprised)
11,00 Round table on performance WATERWARS
21,00 CHINVAT, Artus, Hungaria
23,00 THE QUIN IS DEATH, Matarile teatro, Spain
Monday, July 3rd
10,00-14,00 Workshop: Kathy Randels
11,00 Round table on performances CHINVAT and THE QUIN IS DEATH
13,00 Presentation of network: ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT THEATRES, Belgrade
20,00 ECHO OF THE SILENCE – demonstration of working process, Julia Varley, Danmark
22,00 MACBETH, Mostar Youth Theatre, BiH
Wednesday, July 4th
10,00-14,00 Workshop: Kathy Randels
11,00 Round table on performance MACBETH
22,00 THREE PENNY OPERA, Basement theatre, Georgia
INFANT 2000
INFORMATION ABOUT THE THEATRE COMPANY AND THE PERFORMANCE
1. Name of the theatre or theatre company, city and the country of residence, phone number, fax number and e-mail address
2. More information about the theatre/theatre company and the productions realized previously
3. Title of the production/performance, cast list
4. Name of the author of the performance, artistic crew and participants
5. Short description of the performance and its reviews
PERSONAL INFORMATION OF THE PARTICIPANTS
6. Names of the participants in the performance-performers and their passport numbers
7. Technical crew their names , passport numbers and responsibilities
8. Additional persons coming, their passport numbers and reasons for coming
9. Accommodation special requests if there are any
TRANSPORTATION
10. Transport of props and costumes
11. Transport of performers and participants
12. Day and time of arrival in Novi Sad / departure from Novi Sad
TECHNICAL DETAILS
13. Technical rider (elements that should be provided by the organizer in Novi Sad)
- sound equipment and facilities
- light equipment and facilities
- special FX equipment
- elements of set design and props
- discardable props
14. Sketch of the stage (width, height, depth) and the position of light and
sound equipment
15. Setting up the stage-duration of assembling and disassembling the stage
16. Rehearsals-number and duration of rehearsals
17. Duration of the performance
18. Dressing rooms-things that should be provided in a dressing room (coffee, tea, mineral water... an iron), make up and special needs if there are any
PROMOTION
19. Press conference-name of the person who will represent the theatre
company at the press conferences and panel discussions
20. Promotional material that will be sent prior to the festival (photos,
posters, notes on the play)
21. Copyrights-permission for audio/video recording of the parts/the whole
of the performance for the radio/TV broadcast
CONTACTS
22. Contact persons-name and the position of the person who will sign the
contract on the behalf of the company
- other contact persons-name, address, phone, e-mail