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IETM Autumn Plenary Meeting in Vilnius 8-11 October 2009
From 08-10-09 till 11-10-09 - Vilnius, Lithuania
Plenary meeting - All Parts - posted by IETM on 23.04.09
The IETM Autumn Plenary Meeting in Vilnius October 8-11 2009 will put a new point on IETM meetings map. East is the direction. East, which became very sexy two decades ago, right after the Berlin Wall came down. East, which started losing its glamour as the iron curtain sank into history.
The meeting in Vilnius will deal with Eastern promises on one hand and Western expectations on the other. It will explore new colonisation of all sorts, going from the East to the West and vice versa; and the territories culture and art have colonised in our own societies.
The meeting will take place at Menu spaustuve (Arts Printing House), a performing arts centre and creative industries harbour, which “colonised” an abandoned printing house back in 2000.
And, yes, last but not least, Vilnius is the European Capital of Culture this year.
So welcome!
CONTENT SESSION
20 years have passed after the remapping of Europe started in 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall. The end of the 90s witnessed the East as interesting, inspiring, astonishing and desired by the rest of the world. Various tools to incorporate the Eastern stage into old Europe have been created, various advices from people with know-how started flowing. New mutual colonisation began – to allow the East to work in the West physically and/or administratively and to inspire the West to „regain soul“. But now we can look back (without anger) and ask what were those changes like? Were they real changes indeed? What was expected from the East and were all Eastern promises fulfilled? And – why is the East not sexy anymore?
ARTISTIC PROGRAMME
With the help of International Theatre Festival Sirenos, the meeting will present the rich traditions of Lithuanian theatre, starting with the great masters of metaphor and rebellion, and finishing with new names and trends of the Lithuanian performing arts scene. Lithuanian Dance Information Centre has been involved in creating a programme representing a national contemporary dance panorama, which will also be presented for meeting participants. Apart from Lithuanian arts, a platform for Latvian and Estonian showcases will also be given space.
MAIN ORGANISERS OF THE MEETING
Menu spaustuve (Arts Printing House), Menu Faktura, International Theatre Festival Sirenos and Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009. The meeting will be organised in collaboration with Lithuanian Dance Information Centre, Vilniaus festivaliai, theatre studio Meno fortas.
