Festival d'Avignon

Since 1947, every year in the last three weeks in July, the Avignon Festival (Festival d' Avignon ), created by Jean Vilar place, with numerous theater, dance and vocal performances. From 1971, it was continued by the then 35 -year-old Paul Puaux with a new generation of directors until 1979. Since then, it has the legal form of a guided from the town by its mayor association. Bernard Faivre d' There were Arcier (1980-1984, again 1993-2003), Alain Crombecque (1985-1992) and from September 2003 Hortense Archambault and Vincent Baudriller directors of the festival.

Apart from the " Add " performances in the Papal Palace, the Carmelite monastery and other venues that are funded by public institutions, there are also hundreds of "off" performances in which private theater groups their skills in backyards, show on the road etc..

During the festival, people flock to the streets - especially worth seeing: the Rue des Teinturiers, Place de l' Horloge and the square in front of the Pope's Palace (Palais des Papes ).

This again - also strikes the stage staff - newly structured interaction hergebrachter and new productions has greatly influenced the theater in France and Europe. The Choreographic Ballet Theater, for example, got its start chance.

Important productions

Documentary

  • Avignon: court of honor and battlefield. Documentary, France, 2006 Written by: Bernard Faivre d' Arcie, directed by Michel Viotte, production: Arte France, Air Date July 12, 2006, movie information from arte.
  • Theatre Theatre! A Trip to the Avignon Festival 2012 documentary, France 2012, 35 min, directed by. Labory Marie and Jérémie Cuvillier, production: Arte France, German First broadcast: July 14, 2012, movie information from arte.
  • Fresh wind in the Papal Palace. Visionary theater from the Avignon Festival. (OT: . La vent souffle dans la cour d' honneur ) Documentary, France, 2013, 95 min, Book: Elisabeth Perceval, Antoine de Baecque, Nicolas Klotz, Director: Nicolas Klotz, Elisabeth Perceval, production: La Compagnie des Indes, Gildas le Roux, francetélévisions, arte France, first broadcast July 13, 2013 in arte, Summary of arte. Inter alia Easter with Thomas Meier, Romeo Castellucci, Simon McBurney and Dieudonné Niangouna in theater work.

Theatrical documentaries

In the " Maison Jean Vilar " in Avignon many productions are documented.

Jeanne Moreau Robert Wilson (director) John Neumeier Pina Bausch Luc Bondy William Shakespeare Sasha Waltz Peter Brook Mahabharata Thomas Ostermeier Woyzeck Jan Fabre Berliner Zeitung
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