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The Honor of the 21st of The Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater
Italy
Theatre and Entertainment. Received her master degree in theatre management and entertainment- Bocconi University and La Sala theatre in Milan in 2004. Consultant at the Assessorship of Cultural Policies for the Municipality of Rome. Organizer of ?The Rome White Nights? from 2004 to 2007 as she was charged directly by the Mayor of Rome. Manager of the ETI (The Italian Theatre Board) as she was responsible for the External Relations and Events in the field of contemporary theatre. Director of the Department of Culture of the City of Rome - Experimental Theatre?s Programs from 2001 to 2008. Professor of Rome University Tor Vergata and the L UMSA and L UISS Universities in Rome. Taught courses on theatre organization and theatrical program. Held workshops on organization and management of Theatre Events - University of Florence. Contributed with articles and essays to specialized theatre magazines and reviews
Spain
-Wrote many articles for Spanish, European and Latin American theatre magazines. -Interested in the phenomenon of the North Africa's Arabs to the European continent. He focuses on the problems they face in mingling in the Spanish Society. -Wrote a play that has an Arabic title: "Ahlan" (Welcome) in which he dealt with the problem of the Arabs? immigration to Europe. -Won the Spanish Patriotic Prize in dramatic literature in 1998 for writing "Ahlan ". -Honored by the Festival of the contemporary Spanish playwrights in 2006. -Published more than forty plays and directed many of them. -Published numerous studies on theatre in The World Theatre Magazine. -Interested in the theatre of Old Egypt and the Arab theatre in particular TawfikAl Hakim. -Member of many of the National and World Theatre Associations such as: - The Association of Spanish Playwrights. - The Association of young Spanish playwrights. ', - The international Institute of Theatre. - The Patriotic Union of University Theatre since its foundation in 1966. -Lectured on "Theatre and Experimentation" in many Spanish, European and Latin American Universities. -Participated in tens of International Conferences of Theatre. -His play "Iloids" was translated by the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre in 2003
(U.S.A)
Theatre- New York University. - Honorary Board Member ,International Centre for Performance Studies- Morocco. - Consultant ,Practice Performing Arts School - Singapore. - Artistic Director ,EastCoast Artists - Chair, Theatre Discipline Committee, CIES (Fulbright) -Professional Positions -Visiting Guest Professor, Taipei National University of TheArts,Taiwan. - Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Iowa. -Taught in Liebig University,and in Institute for Theatre and Media Studies,Johan Wolfgang Van Gothe University,Frankfurt, Germany. -Professor in the Superior Institute of Arts-Havana Cuba. -Fellowships, Grants andAwards: -Honorary Doctorate,Hongong Academy of Performing Arts. -Medal from The Polish Government for supporting Polish Culture. -Fellow, Central School of Speech and Drama,London. -Lifetime Achievement Award-PerformanceStudies International -Otto Award for Political Theatre from Castillo Cultural Center-New York. -Asian Cultural Council for Directing the Oresteia in Taiwan The adaptation was translated to Chinese. -Special Award -New England- Theatre Conference. -Principal Organizer -Interculturalism Conference-Italy -Books and Essays - "Performance :Experimentation et Theorie du Theatre aux USA. " -"Over Under and Around:Essays on Performance and Culture. Calcutta and New Delhi ; "Between Theatre and Anthropology", "Environmenital Theatre", "The Future of Ritual", "The End of Humanism" and many others. -Has Adapted many original textes such as: -Aeschylus' "The Orestia"; Marlowe's "Faust" and Gothe's and Moliere's" Don Juan". -Directed many performances since 1964 and till the present time such as: - "Hamlet : That is The Question. "And it was performed in the International Theatre Festival-Poland. -"Concerning Waitin for Godot",performed in Lublin International Theatre Festival -Poland. - "Three Sisters "and "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov in addition to many others like "Oedipus"; "Mother Courage ; "Macbeth ", "The Lesson",and "Miss Julia". -Lectured in many universities in and outside the United States of America. He also held many workshops on Theatre in any countries.
(France)
- Obtained a Diploma in Theatrical Studies - The Institute of Performances Studies - Faculty of Arts. - Translated many books such as: "Le Vie en Theatre" (318 pages) (The life in Theatre - 318 pages) written by Fanette etAlbert Vander. - Published many books such as: "Stephanette Vendeville", "Au Maitre nu Albert Vander", 200 pages (Mr. Albert the Naked) and "The Living Theatre". - Published many essays and reviews such as "The Violence of Phedre in the Choice of the Absolute" ; 1999, "Memory of the Tragedy in Theatre ; 1998, "The Temple of Silence", 2001 and "The Road of Exile". - Invited by the International Institute of Theatre in America to interact through the program of Intercultural Exchange. - Held many seminars and theatrical workshops for Experimental research. - Participated in the Popular Festival of Troy. - The principal organizer of many conferences, forums and training courses of theatrical expression, and the Media mission in theatrical teaching in the University of Ohio - The United States of America. - Participated in the International Conference for Creativity University of Paris. - Held a training course in The Preparatory Study of Biomechanics. - Participated in activating the Theatrical movement and appointed as the vice-president of the Student Theatrical Association - Paris 1964. - Founder of the Independent Center of Theatrical Art. - Member of the Association of Defending and Developing Theatre - The French University in 1971. - Coordinator in the Department of Theatre - Paris University from 1987 - 1988. - Coordinator of the Experimentation Research in Theatrical Arts - University of Paris. - Member of the Council of Life and Studies - Paris University. - Member of the Universities' National Council. - Member of the Scientific Council in Paris University. - Manager of the Aesthetic, Philosophical and Artistic Unit - Paris University.
(Brazil)
- Worked in the Theatrical realm for over 40 years. -Appointed in many official positions, such as: - The General Director of Theatrical Arts Sector. - The General Director of the Music Sector. - The general Director of Culture Identity and Culture Diversity. - President of Funrate (The National Organization for Arts) from 1966 till the present time. -Acted in many roles for cinema, television and theatre. - In cinema he acted in "The Man who Defied the Devil" in 2007, in 2003 "Omen", in 2000 "Three Stories in Bahya" and "Brava" in 2000. - For TV, he performed in "The Messenger" in 2006, and for theatre, he played in "Hamlet" in 1984, "The Taste of Passion" in 2001, "The Hero" 1996 and "The Wall" 2000. - Earned many prizes such as The Best Actor Award for his role in 'Antigone" in 1962. - The Stado De Sao Paolo newspaper awarded him the SOA prize for theatre. - Won the prize of the best director for directing "The Window" and the Moliere award from Air France Theatre. - APCA prize for best Directing from Globo TV. - In 1995 the Mink Theatre awarded him "Mambembe Award" for directing "The Pearl". - In 1998 he earned the 'Zumiere" International Award for his collective work.
- Member of the National Company of Acting,The Iraqi Artists' Syndicate and The Arab Union of Theatre, The General Union of Arab Artists. - Member of the Preparation Committee of Bagdad Theatrical Festival in 1985. - Member of the Preparation Committee of The Festival of Theatre Forum for Experimental Performances. - A Jury member for two festivals - Head of Jury of the 11th edition of The Festival of Theatre Forum for Experimental Performances. - A member of Bagdad of Institute foe Experimental Theatre. - Founder of Bagdad Theatrical Professional in 1998. - Director of the National Company of Cinema and Theatre Sector-Ministry of Culture. - Acted in 58 theatrical performances, in 29 TV series and 5 movies. -Directed 29 theatrical performances,27 documentaries. -Directed dramas and programs for TV and Radio. - Represented Iraq in numerous artistic interviews, cultural events, forums ,National ,Arab and International Festivals of Theatre. - Taught 'Acting and Directing" in The Fine Arts Institute in Bagdad. - Artistic Consultant and Theatrical Director in Duba Association -Al Fujaira for Culture, Arts,and Theatre in the United Arab Emirates. - Founder of Al Fujaira International Festival for Monodrama. - Wrote and directed the play of "Kalam lou Ma'na" in Amman for Care World Organization. - Participated in many Arab and World Theatrical workshops - Invited by the ITI to participate in a workshop in Bonn -Germany. - Held many workshops such as "Theatre and Heritage, IragiRo'a Theatrical workshop in Berlin 2005. - Earned many awards in acting and directing.
(Egypt)
-Graduated from The High Institute of Theatrical Arts in 1969. -Studied in the vocal department in The High Institute of Conservatory. -Appointed in the Egyptian National Theatre and participated in twenty plays. -Has a distinguished history in theatrical acting. Some of her eminent plays, "Al Hussein Thaeran" ,Al Nar Wa Al Zaytoon" ,'Al Gins Al Talet"), "Matlouf" , "Al Eskafeya Al Ageiba" "Phedre ; "Bab Al Fotouh ; "Al Faris Wa Al Aseera",'Antigone ; and "Macbeth". -Played the lead role in almost 35 TV series. -Participated in 13 movies such as: 'Al Ganna That Kadameiha'; "Kowkab Al Shark", "Al Touk Wa Al Eswera'; and "Al Bo'asaa ". -Represented Egypt in numerous Arab and International festivals and conferences such as: -Damascus International Festival -The Catholic Center Festival -The Festival of the Russian Republic of Tetrestan -The Fateh Men September Medal -Award winning actress as she won many awards such as: -Best Actress Award for her role in the movie "Al Ganna That Kadameyha ". -Best Actress Award for her role in the movie "Ta'erAla Tarik" -Best Actress Award for her role in the TV series "La Elah Ella Allah". -Best Actress Award for her role in the TV series 'Al Share'eAl Gadeed".
Poland
- Founder of "The Avant-garde Vitcaciti Theatrical Company" in 1984 in collaboration with Juke; the company's manager and his wife; actress Fitson. - His company is considered the expansion of a legacy of all the Reformation Movements in Poland (Grotoviski, Contor, Shanya...). Nowadays, it represents the most important avant-garde theatre in Poland. - Lead actor in the "Avant-garde Vitcaciti Theatrical Group" as he applies the usage of body angles in the composition of the theatrical space. - Taught several courses such as: "The Composition of the Performer's Body", "The Relationship between the Performer and The Theatrical Space: Open and Close" and "Mine" in The Institute of Theatrical Arts for both Professionals and amateurs. - Responsible for training a group of youths using non-traditional avant-gardist theatrical technique applying the approaches of "Stanslaveski, Grotovoski, Contor and Barba ". - Lead Actor in many performances such as:
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"Graf Franz Von Talik" in the
Avant-gardist - "Sigismondo" in Caldirom's "Life is Just a Dream" in 1985. - "Mephistopheles" in "The Tragedy of Dr. Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe in 1986. - "The Rich Man" in the play of "The Theatre of the Big World" in 1986. - "Oedipus" in Sophocles' "Oedipus, The King" in 1987. - "Paris" in "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller in 1995. - "Duncan" in William Shakespeare's "Macbeth - A Scottish Tragedy". - In 1990, he directed his first play; "The Devil in Love" which he scenographed and adapted based on the theatrical texts by Shtawdenger. - In 1998, he directed the avant-garde thatrical performance "Piaf--Piaf" and in 2006, the experimental performance "Rumble" which was a collage of poems of the contemporary Polish poem Z. Heerbet. - Won the Grand Prize for acting the role of "Duncan" in "Macbeth - A Scottish Tragedy" in the Festival of Theatre in Budapest, in 1998. - Best Actor Award for the role "Tago" in the Festival of the Avant-garde Theatre in Prague in 1990. - Best Performance Award for the performance of "Barabarz" in the Festival of the Polish Theatre in 2008. - Won the Grand Prize for Directing "Mazeba" in 2001. - Best Directing Award in the Festival of the Independent Theatre in Sweden in 2006. - A Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
(Canada)
- Received her Diploma in Theatrical Arts in 1975. - Played and directed more than twenty five performances in Quebec - Canada, France and Africa. - Acted in many distinguished productions in collaboration with "Le Theatre de Gens den Bas" (The Theatre of the Underground People), "Le Nouveau Theatre Experimental" (The New Experimental Theatre), "Le Theatre Populaire du Quebec" (The Popular Theatre of Quebec), et "Le Theatre du Nouvea Monde" (The Theatre of the New World). - Collaborated with the dance group "Bultoh Daisakudakan", "The Tenkei Theatre and Master Nognuchi in Japan, with Giovanni Poli in Italy and with Eugenio Barba in Denmark. - Played remarkable roles in many performances such as: The Danial of Arnold Wesker by Jean Duceppe 2009 (Le Deni d'Arnold Wesker), John Patrick Shanley's The Doubt (Le Doute), Caryl Churchill's The Blue Heart in 2006, Slyvie Drapeau's and Isabelle Vincent's "The Swallowing of the Sea and the Fish" (Avaler le Mer et les Poisons), Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls", Lorca's "The Prodigious Shoemaker" (La Savetiere Prodigieuse), Louise Bombradien's "The City of the Wolves" (La Cite des Loups), Michelle Magny's "the Square of the Sky" (Un Carre de Ciel), Moliere's "Don Juan" (Don Juan), "Romeo and Juliette"; Larry Tremblay's "Ogre"; Marie-Line Laplante's "A Spot on the Moon" (Une Tache sur la Lune), and Kundera's "Jack and his Master" (Jacques et son Maitre) - Professor in the High School of Theatre of LUQAM since 1993. - Member of the Arts' Council in Canada and the Art Council and Literature in Quebec. - Won the Quebec Price Academy of Theatre. - Published a big collection of essays on directing. - Won the Prize of Victor-Barbeau de lAcademie des Lettres du Quebec" for directing "Le Passeur dames" (The Ferryman of Souls).
Algeria
- Acted in more than 85 plays from the National and World Repertoire. - Earned the Best Actor Award - The National Festival of Professional Theatre in 1986. - Translated and adapted more than 25 plays. - Awarded the First Prize in Cartage Festival twice in 1987 for his role in "The Martyrs Returned this Week" a play based on a novel by Al Taher Wattar, and in 1989 for his play "Al Eita ". - Directed many performances such as "Goha and the People"; "Raise the Curtain" and "The Exercise". - Founder of the Citadel Theatre in 1989. - Held a writing workshop in Limoge - France in 1994 and in 1995 in Montalvo Villa in San Francisco. - Participated in National and International Festivals as an actor, writer and director. - Selected as a Head of Jury in many National and International Festivals such as the
Euro-Mediterranean Festival in Seidi Belabbas. for Experimental Theatre in 2004. - President of the National Festival of Professional Theatre since 2005 till the present time. - Advisor of the Theatre Circle of Algeria as the capital of the Arab Culture in 2007. - President of Theatre Sector in the Second African Cultural Festival in Algeria - 2009. - Honorary president of the International Cultural Festival for Theatre.
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