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The Jury of the 17th of The Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater Threes Anna Screurs - The Netherlands
- A prominent writer, director, actor, and professor of drama. - obtained his M.a in drama from Emerson college, then he received his Doctorat de 3e cycle from Universite Paris VIII IN 1978. - delivered a lot of lectures and organized several workshops at different universities, conferences, and festivals in U.S.A, Canada, the Middle East, and Asia. - manager and artistic producer of so many theatre companies and art festivals such as the Radical Theater Repertory, Rhode Island Theater Festival, the, New Theater Festival, the Living Theatre, and World of Culture for Performing Arts. - directed many performances, some of which are: Viet Nam and Smaller Pieces, The House of the Dogs, Seduction, and Palestine, - took part as an actor in a number of movies such as Animal Factory, In the Soup, Alexa, Signals Through the Flames, and others, - Played the leaking roles in various works for theatre and TV. - Authored a lot of books, and contributed to a lot of journals, periodicals, and magazines. - Participated in a very large number of conferences and seminars on arts and culture. He is also a member of many associations and foundations.
-Currently, she is working on her first feature The Bird Cant Fly and her third novel The Silent Sky. - After graduating in 1985 from the Rietveld Academy of Arts in Amsterdam where she studied theater desighm she became a core member of the international theatre company, “Dogtroep” -Wrote and directed all Dogtroep’s productions from 1989 until 1999 and worked as the Executive Manager of that troupe that staged several performances all over the world, - Created a number of documentaries on visual artists, -After 14 years of creating theatrical performances, she developed two feature film scrips: Te Bird Cant Fly (2001) and War for a Kiss (2002). - Published her first novel The Widows Kiss in June 2003 and it was nominated for two literary awards in the Netherlands. - A renowned Arab writer and actor. - Graduated from the Faculty of Law, then he joined the Acting Department in the fine Arts Institute Where he spent fout years of studying, but he was expelled in his lat academic year for his nationalistic stances, - Co- founded the Modern Theatre company in 1952 with Ibrahim Galal and a group of young people. -Spent all of the year 1957 in a number of the theatres of the Socialist countries, as the were called then, particularly, In Berlin Ensemble Theatre in the ex- Democratic Germany -Founded the Cinema and Theater Establishment and he was its first Manager in 1960. -Head of the Artistic Modern Theatre Company and Chairman of the ITI, Iraq. - Wrote about forty-two plays. -Played the leading roles in about fifty- eight theatrical productions and twelve movies. - Authored about eighteen books whose topics revolve around different cultural domains. -Obtained many awards in recognition of his accomplishments as a playwright and actor. Amongst such awards are: Best Actor Award in Iraq in 1973 and 1984, Best playwright in Iraq in 1984. He was also theatrical pioneer in 1985 and he was the Guest of Honor in the 12th session of the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre (2000).
- a distinguished writer, critic, journalist, and translator. - Immediately after she obtained her B.A. in English Literature from Cairo University in 1962, she worked in the Middle East News Agency until 1967. - Worked as a theatre critic in Al-Gomhouriyya newspaper (1967- 1975) and in Al- Akhbar (1975- 1990). -Chaired the Cultural Section in Al- Ahaly weekly (1982- 1988) and she has been the Editor of the Monthly Adab wa Naqd (Literature and Criticism) since 1987. she regularly contributed to Al- Ahaly and Al- Masy Al- yawm. Took part as a jury member in a number of festivals of documentaries and theatrical productions of the cultural palaces. - Published a lot of her articles, reviews, and studies in such periodicals and journals as Al- Adaab Derassat Arabiyya (Beirut), Al- Nahj and Al- Maarefa (Syria), Al- Taliaa and Ibdaa (Egypt), Nizwa (Omman), and Al- Arabi (Kuwait). -Author of five books, two of which are on her experience when she was sent to jail for political reasons: they are: Al- Sejn wa Al- Watan (jail and Gomeland) and Al- Sejhn: Damaatan wa Warda (jail: two Tears and a Rose) One of ger bookd which is to com soon in entitled A- Masrah.... Horriya (Theatre ....... Freedom) -Translated into Arabic a number of African stories, Wole Soyinkas play The Road, and a book
-Graduated from Rome University, and then she obtained a Master’s degree in planning and management of cultural events. - In 1983, she became an assistant director at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. -Founded in 1995 in Rome a theatre company for contemporary drama named IL Carro Dell’ orsa. - Staged, translated, and directed more than thirty plays. - For the Italian State Radio, she gas written and conducted radio programs on contemporary theatre. She has also directed TV theatrical programs. - Staged in December 2001 Together Not To Forget, an event created to commemorate a tragedy the occurred in Rome afflicting a number of Italian firefighters. - Consultant for the board of education and she is in charge of a project on creativity for experimental theatre involving all primary and secondary schools of Rome. - Completing at present a book on the contemporary and experimental interpretation of Italian melodrama. - Won the Inner Wheel prize for the drama Helentango and the Knowledge of love, as well as the Theatrical “fondi” prize as author and director of Black Lace
- A prominent theatre and TV actor. - Tended to the art of acting with the help of Robert Moulin and Pierre Constant. - Co- founded, with Pierre Constant, the professional troupe of Le Centre Dramatique de La Cournevue. - Took part as an actor in the productions presented by that theatre group. Amongst such works are: Nuit de guerre dans La muse du brado (1974), Les troubadours (1997), les deux nobles cousins (1978), Nouvelles d’ Odessa (1985), Voix lointaines (1993), and Antigone. - Worked as the manager of that company that wandered around a lot of countries all over the world such as Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Tunisia, Algeria. And Egypt. - Participated in many works for TV and cinema.
- A well- known writer, art critic, journalist, and professor of theatre. - Obtained his B.A and M.A from the Tokyo University. -Worked as a part- time lecturer of Theatre at Waseda University. -Chief Editor of a number of theatre magazines such as Chimaera and Theater Arts. -Visiting Scholar of New York University in the Department of performing Studies (1992-3) -Member of Executive Committee of the Second Conference of Asian Women and Theatre (2000-1) -Programming co-director of kyoto performing Arts Centre in Kyoto University of Arts and Design (2002-5) -Artistic Director of Saokoon festival of Kampangel, Hamburg. Germany. - Authored two books: Reverberation Machines: The Worlds of Richard Foreman and The 20th century polyphonic Theatre- The Art and the World and as a History -Translated into Japanese a number of books such as Kantor’s the theatre of Death and Shank’s American Alternative Theater. -Published many articles and researches on arts in the most widespread Japanese and international journals.
- An outstanding theatre director and professor of theatrical arts. - Studied theatre sciences and directing in the most prestigious German universities and academies. - Worked as a director of so many performances produced by the top German and European theater companies such as Rostock, Gera, Leipzig, Kopenhagen. And others. Amongst the works he directed are the following: The Taming of the Srew, Romeo and Juliet, and Othello. -Taught the art of acting at such arts academies as Berlin, Rostock, and Leipzig. - Published many articles and researches on arts in the most widespread Japanese and international journals.
- A distinguished actor and director. - Obtained his B.A and M.A from the shanghai Teatre Academy. - Amongst the successful productions he directed are White snake, Passport, Big Bridge, The Last Empress, Betrayal, Antigone, and many others. - Collaborated with several theatre companies as an actor and director; he worked with the shanghai Youth Theatre Company, the East Shanghai Workers Culture Palace Theatre, The Shanghai Peking Opera Theatre, and the Japan PARCO Group.
-A prominent playwright and theatre director. - Occupied number on position on the Russia’s list of top contemporary playwrights for seventeen years. -In th 1980s, Alexander shot to fame with plays such as Tamada and stars in the Morning SKY; both are about Russian life and they were written great sensitivity and subtlery. -Productions of Alexander’s plays attracted some of the country’s most innovative directors in the 19980s. -During the last five years, he has tended to the directing of his plays as a result of watching his plays destroyed by mediocre directors.
- A playwright, director, and professor of theatre arts. -Graduated from the Municipal School of Dramatic Arts in 1976. -Completed his educational experience by attending courses and seminars on singing, dance, phonetics, and theatrical theatrical techniques. -Manager of El Teatro Colonial since 1985 and of El Teatron since 1994. -Worked as an instructor of expressional dramatic activities at the Municipal School. -Organized a number of seminars and symposia on theatre in juan and Buenos Aires during 1982 and 1983. -Worked as the manager of the school of theatre of the teatro del Globo during 1996 and 1997. -Supervised the process of producing several works based on texts by the most outstanding international writes. - Directed a lot of productions presented by El Teatro Colonial. He also took pary as an actor in some of those performances. -Authored a number of plays and books on theatre. |
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