ARTUR GHUKASIAN CONSIDERS HIGHFEST 6th PERFORMING ART
FESTIVAL A SUCCESS
15-10-2008 17:10:00 | Armenia | Culture
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."