Trimukhi Platform announces 14th edition of NIGHT OF THEATRE Festival
December 26, 2022 15:39:51 IST MTG editorial
The NIGHT OF THEATRE n°14, an international night-long festival of contemporary, performing and collaborative arts curated by Trimukhi Platform will be staged at Trimukhi Cultural Centre in Borotalpada Santhal village, West Medinipur on Saturday, February 11, 2023.
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Held in partnership with the French Embassy and the French Institute in India, the Goethe-Institute / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata and the University of Québec in Montréal, the 2023 programme involves around 50 Santhal performers from Borotalpada village with a solo dance and a trio directed by French-Senegalese Amala Dianor, an open air exhibition designed by Bengali Sumantra Mukherjee, a dance-theatre performance, an happening in memory of Jean-Luc Godard and a video art installation directed by French Jean-Frederic Chevallier and Bengali Sukla Bar Chevallier, a sound art piece in memory of Samantak Das designed by Canadian Andre Rric Letourneau and introduced by Bengali Nikhilesh Bhattacharya, a series of Santhal dances selected by Falguni Hansda and Molina Soren, a midnight dinner, a multicultural dance party and a philosophical conversation with the artists about theatre and community moderated by Ashoka University Performing Arts director Justin McCarthy and Rouen University professor Mariana Camargo.
NIGHT OF THEATRE n°14 is supported by the French Embassy in India and Institut Français, the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata, the University of Québec in Montreal (UQAM), the Fonds de Recherche du Québec. Two of the artworks to be showcased during the festival are co-produced by Danse élargie 2020 (Théâtre de la Ville, Paris) and the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF).