YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The Highfest 6th International Performing Arts Festival held on October 4-12 was concluded by a number of agreements with foreign festivals and theaters. As festival Chairman Artur Ghukasian reported at the October 14 press conference, there was a preliminary agreement between producer Vahan Badalian and the Versilidanza Italian theater, and the Seven Feelings dancing drama was staged jointly with them within the framework of the festival. And seminars for playwrights and screen writers will be held with renowned British dramatist Mark Ravenhill. Besides, they also plan to stage a joint Armenian-English performance. A children's theatrical school will be created in Armenia in the future on the initiative of the Antagon theater. Evaluating festival's activity and process, A. Ghukasian said that it was held at rather a high level and received a large resonance in press. In total, 80 performances were staged on 15 stages. The Highfest's responsible person also said that the halls' being half-empty during some performances is to some extent their "fault," "but society was periodically informed about the performances, and it means that society just did not have a willingness to watch the performances. The performances' being multilingual also caused problems, but translating them requires much resources, though some performances were translated into Armenian by subtitles."

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