The best known performing arts festival in Romania, the Sibiu
\nInternational Theater Festival (FITS), prepares for its 25th
\nedition, taking place between June 8 and 17, and has the theme ‘Passion’. FITS,
\nis an event that has gained in popularity with an amazing speed, and has become
\na veritable competitor for the Edinburgh and Avignon festivals. <\/p>\n
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Constantin
\nChiriac, director of the Radu Stanca National Theater and president of the
\nfestival, spoke about this edition:<\/p>\n
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We will be hosting Tokyo
\nMetropolitan Theater artistic director Hideki Noda, with ‘One Green Bottle’, a
\njoint production they stage with the London National Theater. It is an exceptional
\ncomedy, a play in English in which Mr. Hideki Noda plays a woman. Also
\nperforming are two great actors, one Noh actor and the other a Kabuki
\nperformer. We will also be hosting what is, from my point of view, one of the
\nmost important theater companies not only in Israel, but also the world. It is
\nthe Gesher Theater, with their play ‘Yakish and Poopche’, by Hanoch Levin, who
\nmay very well be the most important Israeli playwright. Wajdi Mouawad returns
\nto Sibiu with one of his most thought- provoking shows, which he directs and
\nacts in. It is ‘Inflammation Du Verbe Vivre’, a Theatre de la Colline
\nproduction. Both Wajdi Mouawad and Hideki Noda will get a star on the Walk of
\nFame. We will also have in Sibiu Isabelle Hupert, in a show by Jan Fabre, ‘Je
\nSuis Un Boeuf’. We will bring back Thomas Ostermeier, with ‘Returning to Reims’,
\na Schulbuhne Berlin production. Also, director Luk Perceval is back with us,
\nwith the entire trilogy based on Emile Zola, which we ventured to produce
\ntogether with the Hamburg Thalia Theater. We will also have there Det Norske
\nTeatret of Oslo, one of the two most important theater companies in Norway,
\nwith ‘Mourning Becomes Electra’. Also, after many years, we will have Les
\nBallets Jazz of Montreal, with two different shows. We are very proud of the
\nfact that we can bring in one of the most important dance troupes in the world.
\nAs a first, we will have the Aleksandrinsky Theatre of Sankt Petersburg. It is
\na great victory to be able to bring here Valeryi Fokin, one of the best directors
\nof all times in Russia, head of the Meyergold Center in Moscow. Aleksandrinsky
\nTheatre will stage the play ‘Yours, Gogol’, winner of the Golden Mask Award.<\/p>\n
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As usual, dance has a special place at FITS. One of the shows this
\nyear will be FLEXN, directed by Peter Sellars and choreographed by Reggie ‘Regg
\nRoc’ Gray. Also there will be Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, with the show
\nMother’s Milk, choreographed by Marie Chouinard and Michele Noiret. The Radu
\nStanca National Theater will participate with one of this season’s premieres,
\nand with an eagerly awaited project still in the works, a kabuki project. It is
\ncalled ‘The Scarlet Princess of Edo’, for which composer Siviu Purcarete works
\nwith stage designer Dragos Buhagiar and composer Vasile Sirli. The show will be
\nstaged exclusively with actors from the Sibiu National Theater, as well as
\nundergraduate and graduate students from the Sibiu Theater School. <\/p>\n
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Here is
\nConstantin Chiriac once again: <\/p>\n
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This premiere will
\ninaugurate the Kabuki Hall, built by the book by Dragos Buhagiar. It is the
\nspace parallel to Faust Hall, in the Culture Factory. We will even have small
\nbalconies, the way they have at the National Kabuki Theater in Japan. The
\nsecond round of rehearsals will start on April 14. In December we had a general
\nmeeting, attended by Mr. Nobuaki Tomita, who took this trip especially for
\nthis, and created a miraculous moment for us: he showed us how an actor can
\nchange ten costumes in ten seconds. Also, he showed us a fabric that only he
\nmakes, which changes colors depending on the intensity of light. We are very
\nproud that we have in this project the greatest kimono creators in Japan, Mr.
\nNobuaki Tomita, one of the greatest artists in Hollywood.<\/p>\n
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According to director Constantin Chiriac, ‘The Scarlet Princess of
\nEdo’ will be the first show to open the 2020 Cultural and Olympic Games in
\nTokyo. <\/p>\n
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The Sibiu Show Auction Market, organized by the Radu Stanca National
\nTheater, will be open for registration until March 23. Right from its first
\nedition, in 1997, the Show Auction Market has developed as a major cultural
\nnetwork, acting as a go-between for festivals, artists, independent companies
\nand state institutions in performing arts. Annually, over 300 participants from
\nacross the world meet in Sibiu to network in order to arrange future
\npartnerships. This year’s edition takes place over June 11-16, 2018. <\/p>\n
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