MEXT Minister attends opening ceremony for the international performing arts festival the “Theatre Olympics”

Tuesday, August 20^th, 2019

Culture

 

 

The Theatre Olympics is an international performing arts festival established in Athens, Greece in 1993 by internationally renowned theatre directors.

This year’s 9^th festival will be co-hosted for the first time by Japan and Russia. It will be held in Japan between August 23^rd to September 23^rd at the Toga Art Park in Toyama Prefecture, and in Russia between June 15^th to December 15^that the National Alexandrinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg.

More than 60 outstanding performing art works from all over the world will be held in Toyama Prefecture in addition to educational programs for next-generation artists.

 

At the opening ceremony, MEXT Minister Shibayama Masahiko said he hopes this year’s festival held in differing environments will have a good influence on the creation and appreciation for performing arts and is the perfect opportunity to reexamine the universal value of cultural diversity.

 

Link to the 9^th Theatre Olympics official website

 

 

Photo 1  from left: Theodoros Terzopoulos, Chairman of Theatre Olympics International Committee, Suzuki Tadashi, Theatre Olympics International Committee Japan Artistic Director, Valery Fokin, Theatre Olympics International Committee Russia Artistic Director

 

 

 

Photo 2

Pavel Stepanov, Deputy Minister of Russian Federation Ministry of Culture