sâmbătă, 27 martie 2010

World Theatre Day 27032010

Ziua Mondiala a Teatrului a fost creata in 1961 de catre Institutul International de Teatru si este, de atunci, sarbatorita anual in centrele institutului si de comunitatea teatrala internationala.


Primul Mesaj International de Ziua Mondiala a Teatrului a fost scris de Jean Cocteau (Franta) in 1962. Alte personalitati care de-a lungul timpului au scris mesaje de Ziua Teatrului sunt Arthur Miller, Laurence Olivier, Peter Brook, Pablo Neruda, Maurice Bejart, Radu Beligan (1977) si Eugen Ionescu (1976).

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This year ITI asked Dame Judi Dench to pen the International World Theatre Day Message. In addition, TCG, which is home to the US Center of ITI, has invited Lynn Nottage, winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Ruined, to issue her remarks on the occasion.

Both statements will be translated into more than 20 languages, distributed to tens of thousands of audiences prior to performances, printed in hundreds of daily newspapers, and heard on countless radio and television stations.


US Message by Lynn Nottage

Lynn Nottage

It’s been said that the role of an artist is to keep their eyes open, when everyone else’s are shut.

It’s a beautiful and simple sentiment. We are cultural watchdogs. We stand at attention, observing and reacting. We excavate, uncover, interpret and unravel. We protect tradition and shape new ones. We look inward…and then outward to find ways to better understand our selves.


We live in a world that has become increasingly interconnected through the ascendancy of new media, yet paradoxically more fractured by racism, religion, politics and economics. Our venerated financial institutions are crumbling and petty partisan fights paralyze our governments. Our insatiable need for oil and precious minerals fuel deadly armed conflicts in places like Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Poverty and suffering have become givens in a world of abundance, and women continue to fight for basic human rights and dignity in most countries. Hate, not love, fuel religious revolutions, poisoning generations of young men and women merely searching for meaning. We look for solutions in the recycling bins, and turn on the television to drown out our woes. This is our world, shaped by our own design, chaotic and unruly, yet beautiful and infinitely fascinating.


As artists and global citizens, the world continues to demand our attention, and as such we must be intrepid explorers, daring to venture into uncomfortable zones to unearth difficult truths. We must be unafraid to look honestly at the human condition and try to come to terms with its contradictions and flaws. That means approaching our work not as journalists, but as fabulators, storytellers, breaking rules to help reimagine the world. We must be truthful, while spinning yarns. It is the paradox of our creative process that gives us access to places we dare not go in our everyday lives. It emboldens us to ask difficult questions about war, race, religion, poverty, love and hatred.


Theatre is a place where we can collectively share our laughter, shed our tears and loudly demonstrate our joy or frustration. Theatre has the incredible capacity to be soul healing; it allows both the audience and artist to purge toxins and exorcise collective demons.


I challenge all of us to sustain the complexity of our world; to invite a multitude of diverse voices onto the stage. We must open the doors and windows of our theatres to let the world in. It is our responsibility; it is our burden and our gift.
We are fabulators….we are cultural watchdogs.


International Message by Dame Judi Dench

Judi Dench

In mesajul sau pentru Ziua Mondiala a Teatrului, Judi Dench aminteste ca teatrul este o sursa de divertisment si inspiratie care are puterea de a uni diversele culturi si popoare din intreaga lume.

"Dar el este mai mult decat atat, pentru ca poate educa si informa. In toata lumea se joaca teatru, dar nu intotdeauna intr-o sala clasica. Spectacolele pot avea loc intr-un mic sat din Africa, langa un munte din Armenia, sau pe o insulita din Pacific. Este nevoie numai de un spatiu si de public. Teatrul ne poate face sa zambim si sa plangem, dar ar trebui sa ne faca si sa gandim sau sa analizam", mai spune actrita britanica, potrivit NewsIn.

Judi Dench considera ca teatrul este o munca de echipa si spune ca, desi cei care se vad sunt actorii, exista si oameni extraordinari, care nu sunt vizibili, la fel de importanti pentru ca fac posibila productia teatrala.

"27 martie este data oficiala la care se sarbatoreste Ziua Mondiala a Teatrului. Din multe puncte de vedere, fiecare zi ar trebui considerata o zi a teatrului, fiindca avem datoria de a purta mai departe traditia divertismentului, de a educa si de a lumina publicul, fara de care noi nu am exista", incheie actrita mesajul sau pentru lumea teatrului.

Uniunea Teatrala din Romania continua si anul acesta campania nationala "Artistii pentru artisti", marcand astfel Ziua Mondiala a Teatrului.

UNITER a initiat aceasta campanie in 2002, cu scopul sensibilizarii opiniei publice in vederea strangerii de fonduri pentru artistii varstnici cu probleme de sanatate. In cadrul acestei campanii, Tudor Gheorghe va sustine luni, 29 martie, la Teatrul National Bucuresti, spectacolul "In cautarea dorului pierdut".

La campania din 2010 participa in Capitala: Teatrul Masca (cu spectacolul "Regele cerb"), Teatrul Mic ("Colonia ingerilor"), Teatrul Nottara ("Titanic Vals"), Teatrul Odeon ("Cata speranta"), Teatrul Evreiesc de Stat ("Magicianul") si Teatrul de Revista "Constantin Tanase" ("Scandal in paradis").

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