Festivals – Luxusartikel oder städtischer Motor (Festivals – luxury item or engine of the city)

Signification and absurdity of festivals within the city community

Sunday, 08 November 2009 // 2.30 – about 4.00 p.m.
Festival café at Telegraph

Festivals connect the local culture of a city to the outside world. They are indispensable for the cultural dissemination and innovation of the city community. – In their universal, artificial language, the guest appearances of the international »festival circus« pass by the identities and needs of the respective local cultures. Their cost is greater than their value.

The planned discussion moves between these two extreme stances. It questions conditions and means by which international and regional projects and artists are able to relate to one another.

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Credits

Mit dem künstlerischen Beirat der euro-scene Leipzig

Sigrid Gareis: Kuratorin für Tanz und Theater, Wien/Berlin,
Gründungsintendantin und bis Juni 2009 künstlerische Leiterin Tanzquartier Wien

Maria Magdalena Schwaegermann: Projektarbeit und Kulturaustausch, Berlin / Istanbul, langjährige künstlerische Leiterin des Festivals Zürcher Theaterspektakel

Tilmann Broszat: künstlerischer Leiter SPIELART Festival, München

Rolf Dennemann: künstlerischer Leiter des Festivals off limits, Dortmund

Klemens Wannenmacher: Kreativ Coaching Berlin und

Michael Faber: Bürgermeister für Kultur der Stadt Leipzig

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Günther Heeg, Theaterwissenschaftler, Universität Leipzig