Opportunity in Emerging Europe: Finding Beauty thanks to FITS, The Sibiu International Theatre Festival

Here is an amazing Opportunity in Emerging Europe for your info: one of the most important international performance arts festival in Europe is about to start

The 29th edition of the The Sibiu International Theatre Festival invites us all, lovers of Beauty, to come to Sibiu and find it. 24 June – 3 July

From my personal experience, not only that we WILL find Beauty there, but we will be ENCHANTED. This is what this amazing Festival – with Capital F – does. It Enchants. Are you ready for such an opportunity? Here is what you will experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KskJWL4vfOU

The Sibiu International Theater Festival is, beyond a celebration of the arts, a perfect combination of theater, dance, contemporary circus, film, musical, opera, book, conferences, exhibitions, performances, music, street performances. For more details go to https://www.sibfest.ro/en/about-us

Since the first edition of the festival, some of the most representative international theater companies, directors, actors, scenographers have been present in Sibiu, which has led to a transformation not only of the community's openness to other mentalities, worlds and cultures, but and a professionalization of Romanian artists and students in the performing arts, invited to Sibiu to present shows and to participate in workshops, conferences etc.

Even though FITS has kept the word “theater” in its title, it has become a “performing arts” festival since its first editions. FITS has invited different types of dance performances - contemporary, traditional (flamenco, kathak, kabuki, butoh, noh, dervish, African, Balinese), hip-hop, flexing. Important choreographers of contemporary or traditional dance have marked the history of the festival.

From the first editions, circus performances have been present in the festival, on the street or in performance halls, enjoying great success. Among the most famous guest companies in Sibiu are Cirque Baroque, Les Lendemains - from France, Circa Contemporary Circus, Les Parfaits Inconnus, Les 7 Doigts de la Main and Machine de Cirque - from Canada, Circa Contemporary Circus and Gravity & Other Myths, Strut & Fret Production House - from Australia, Lady Cocktail and Cie Carré Curieux, Cirque Vivant! - from Belgium, Compagnia Finzi Pasca, Martin Zimmermann, Compagnia Baccalà and David Dimitri - from Switzerland, Kallo Collective from Finland, Lurrak - from France.

The churches in Sibiu and M?rginimea Sibiului have hosted a series of concerts of Fado, Gospel, organ, opera and other musical genres, offered by Romanian and international artists and bands. Starting with 2017, the program of FITS events has expanded in places of worship in Transylvanian fortified churches, creating a new dimension of the festival by capitalizing on the Romanian cultural heritage and bringing an excess of importance to the value of renovated Transylvanian organs.

Street performances are a very important component of FITS, much loved by its public. Over a quarter of a century, over 500 street companies have performed in various open spaces of Sibiu and its surroundings.

There is a lot more to be told about the amazing FITS – so I invite you to consult their website for further details. However, I cannot leave out this piece of info regarding the Opportunities in Emerging Europe, the Walk of Fame – Aleea Celebritatilor – of The Sibiu International Theatre Festival. Over time, Sibiu has witnessed and benefited from the extraordinary contribution made by the many cultural and artistic personalities to the development of Sibiu as we know it today. Each of these personalities has a distinct and extraordinary story, which connects her to the destiny of Sibiu and which remains woven into the intimate fiber of the community. The Walk of Fame is designed as a permanent place to celebrate and recognize these contributions, representing a tribute to the achievements in the cultural and artistic field of Sibiu or in connection with it. More details at https://www.sibfest.ro/en/aleea-celebritatilor

Hope to see you in Sibiu, if not for THIS edition, then for sure for the 30th one, next year. Make sure to book your tickets weeeeellll in advance and get ready to be Enchanted!

Jackie Bojor

FRD Center – www.frdcenter.ro

...In love with FITS since 2014...