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38-802: Haris Pašović , Director of the East West Theatre Company is a theatre and film director whose achievements include: co-founding of the Directing Department at the Performing Arts Academy in Sarajevo; managing the International Theatre and Film Festival MES during the siege of Sarajevo (during which he produced a production of Waiting for Godot directed by Susan Sontag ); founding of the Sarajevo Film Festival "Beyond

76-625: A concert. The event received a big international coverage in the media and was broadcast live in a number of TV stations. Singapore Arts Festival Singapore International Festival of Arts ( SIFA ) is an annual arts festival held in Singapore . It is organised by Arts House Limited for the National Arts Council . The festival is usually held in mid-year for a stretch of one month and incorporates theatre arts , dance , music and visual arts , etc. Besides local participants, many of

114-567: A documentary film Dreamers ; Europe Today based on Miroslav Krleža 's essay and Roses for Anne Teresa/Football Stories . William Shakespeare's Hamlet was performed in several countries and it was set in the context of the Ottoman Empire. It was one of the Balkan's largest regional co-productions in the past twenty-five years and it involved artists from eight countries. British Reuters, CNN as well as many other media outlets reported about

152-539: A national arts festival to celebrate local arts from the diverse communities in Singapore. It was a biennial event until 1999 when the Festival of Asian Performing Arts and the Festival of Arts were merged as an annual event. In 2012, an independent company, Arts Festival Limited, was set up by the National Arts Council to take over the organising of the festival and it was renamed Singapore International Festival of Arts. It

190-665: A number of workshops and master-classes for directors and actors, as well as public lectures ( Tyrone Guthrie Centre ; National Theatre of Scotland / Edinburgh International Festival ; Queen's University, Belfast ; Drama Centre Singapore; Festival Desire Subotica, Serbia, etc.). He is a co-founder of the Directing Department at the Performing Arts Academy in Sarajevo. Several of his students are today internationally acclaimed film directors (such as Academy Award-winning Danis Tanović and Golden Bear -winning Jasmila Žbanić ). Pašović lives in Sarajevo. He teaches Directing at Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo and Arts and Leadership at

228-659: A square in Sarajevo after Susan Sontag. Pašović even managed to tour in 1994 to several European countries (under UNESCO auspices) with the Sarajevo Festival Ensemble invited by Peter Brook and Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord . During the tour, the Ensemble performed two productions he had directed in the besieged city: Silk Drums based on the Noh plays , and In the Country of Last Things , based on Paul Auster 's novel. After

266-515: A stellar showcase of international performances, the Festival will truly touch you in ways you never imagined possible. Singapore Arts Festival 2011 was held from 13 May to 5 June 2011 and its theme was 'I Want To Remember'. The opening show was When a Gray Taiwanese Cow Stretched, by Ishinha . About the migration of people from the South Sea islands to South East Asia, Taiwan and Japan, it was Singapore Arts Festival's largest-ever outdoor performance at

304-615: Is commissioned by the National Arts Council. In addition to international acts, Singaporean productions (some in collaboration with overseas partners) in previous Arts Festivals include ECNAD 's Missing In Tall Pillars (2002), Mark Chan 's Little Toys (2003), Opiume (2004) and Dreaming of Kuanyin Meeting Madonna (2007). The Singapore Arts Festival focused on water in 2008, with both the opening and closing shows being performed on water. The opening show of 2008, Water Fools ,

342-786: Is the artistic leader of the East West Theatre Company in Sarajevo and tenured Professor of Directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo . Pašović was born in Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1961. His education includes the Academy of Performing Arts in Novi Sad, former Yugoslavia; the Fulbright Scholarship in the USA ( University of Hawaii , Honolulu, New York University and

380-618: The Bosnian National Theatre Zenica and the Slovenian Youth Theatre of Ljubljana organized a five-day workshop in Zenica on the theme "Do the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Northern Ireland have the right to be happy? ". This workshop was greatly inspired by Bertrand Russell 's work The Conquest of Happiness, and materials generated there will serve as a basis for a future production. East West Theatre Company and

418-640: The Esplanade Park . The 2019 edition runs from 16 May to 2 June. The festival director is Gaurav Kripalani. In response to the Singapore government's measures in light of the COVID-19 pandemic , Arts House Limited and the National Arts Council announced the cancellation of the SIFA. The 2021 edition defined a working model for arts festivals amidst a pandemic – a landmark achievement capping Festival Director Gaurav Kripalani’s final term. Held from 14 May to 20 June,

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456-569: The University of Wisconsin , Madison); the UNESCO High Levels for Directors, Festival d’Avignon, France, and other professional trainings. He directed in some of the most significant theatres in the former Yugoslavia and participated in a number of festivals worldwide. His productions of Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening and Calling the Birds based on Aristophanes ’ play The Birds (both at

494-485: The 2009 Golden Wreath for Contribution to Theatre at the International Theatre Festival MES Sarajevo. Haris Pa%C5%A1ovi%C4%87 Haris Pašović (born 16 July 1961) is a Bosnian theatre director. Over the course of his career, he has also worked as a playwright, producer, choreographer, performer, and designer. He is best known for his productions of Wedekind's “ Spring Awakening ”. He

532-642: The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Schaubühne Theatre presented themselves to local audience with three of their productions: Shakespeare's Hamlet directed by Thomas Osteremeir played in the Olympic Hall Zetra before more than 2,500 spectators, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman directed by Luk Perceval and F. Richter Under Ice in the National Theatre for more than 1,300 spectators. In 2007 and 2008, East West organized events in

570-558: The Bled School of Management, Slovenia. Haris Pašović is the main initiator of a large-scale event called Sarajevo Red Line which in April 2012 commemorated the Siege of Sarajevo 's 20th anniversary. This drama and music poem dedicated to Sarajevo citizens killed during the 1992–96 Bosnian War consisted of 11,541 red chairs placed on the main Sarajevo street and it included a street exhibition and

608-753: The City of Sarajevo are the main organizers of a large-scale event called Sarajevo Red Line which in April 2012 commemorated the Siege of Sarajevo 's 20th anniversary. This drama and music poem dedicated to citizens killed during the 1992-96 siege of their city consisted of 11,541 red chairs placed on the main Sarajevo street and it also included a street exhibition and a concert. East West Theatre Company has collaborated with many partners, such as British Council , MOTT Foundation, Open Society Fond, Goethe Institut , LOTTO Foundation Berlin, Schaubuhne Berlin, US Embassy , UK Embassy, Norway Embassy, French Embassy, NATO, EUFOR, OSCE,

646-1118: The Council of City of Belgrade, the City of Sarajevo, the City of Zagreb, the City of Ljubljana, the Ministry of Culture of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Canton Sarajevo, the Ministry of Civil Affairs of BiH. We also collaborated with some of the most prestigious world festivals, such as Edinburgh International Festival, Singapore Arts Festival, Napoli Teatro Festival Italy, International Theatre Festival Kontakt (Poland), Sibiu International Festival (Romania), EX Ponto (Slovenia), Sterijino Pozorje (Novi Sad), International Theatre Festival MES Sarajevo, International Theatre Festival Ohrid Summer (Macedonia) and Yugoslav Drama Theatre in Belgrade, Kosztolany Theatre in Subotica, Mladinsko Gledališče in Lubljana, Zagreb Youth Theatre, TALA Centre etc. East West Theatre Company won

684-451: The East West Theatre Company organised a workshop presenting the story of football to 300 kids coming from deprived areas of the region of Campania . In February 2009, the East West Theatre Company hosted one of the highest-profile theatre companies in Europe, Schaubühne Berlin, as a central part of the project East West Fest – Berlin in Sarajevo. This was one of the events in Europe that marked

722-675: The East West Theatre Company. Class Enemy has been pronounced as the Best Contemporary Show at the International Festival Kontakt, Toruń, Poland, and as The Best Play of the Year in Singapore's leading newspaper Straits Times and the leading theatre portal The Flying Inkpot. In 2008, East West Theatre Company toured with Class Enemy in Scotland in the small cities such as Cumbernauld , Rutherglen , and Stirling . With

760-610: The End of the World" during the siege of Sarajevo; founding of the East West Theatre Company in Sarajevo . The East West Theatre Company has been performing extensively in the Balkan region and around the world. Some of the venues it performed at include the Edinburgh International Festival; Napoli Teatro Festival Italia, National Arts Festival of South Africa; Singapore Arts Festival; International Theatre Festival Poland as well as

798-978: The Europe's leading directors, producers and choreographers such as Thomas Ostermeier (artistic director of Schaubuhne), Luk Perceval (artistic director of Thalía Theatre Hamburg), Tobias Veit (chief producer of Schaubuhne), James Morrison (producer of Guthrie Theatre Minneapolis), Mark Russel (director of Under the Radar Festival New York), Steve Kirkham and Madelaine Brennan (choreographer from Mathew Bourne's New Adventures), Larisa Lipovac and Tamara Curić (directors of Contemporary Dance Center TALA, Zagreb). Haris Pašović, artistic director held workshops for Scottish theatre and film directors in Edinburgh and master classes for professionals in Belfast, Singapore, Zagreb and Subotica. In October 2011 East West Theatre Company, in co-production with Prime Cut Productions from Belfast,

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836-444: The Festival marked a milestone as one of the largest arts festivals in the world to be staged since the outbreak of the global pandemic in 2020. SIFA 2022 marked the start of Natalie Hennedige's three-year tenure as Festival Director, till 2024. Held from 20 May to 5 June with the title The Anatomy of Performance – Ritual, the 2022 festival featured new commissioned works by a mix of local and international artists. The SIFA 2022 journey

874-472: The National Theatre Sarajevo celebrating April 6 – The Liberation Day of the City of Sarajevo. In February 2011 East West Theatre Company co-produced a show called Europe Today . Their co-producer was the largest Slovenian theatre – Slovene National Theatre, Maribor and European Cultural Capital 2012 Maribor. The show was written by Miroslav Krleža and directed by Haris Pašović with some of

912-574: The Sarajevo International Jazz Festival. In 2002, Pašović made a spectacular comeback to theatre directing Shakespeare's “ Romeo and Juliet ” in front of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a downtown Sarajevo. This was a brave futuristic production about a Muslim Romeo and a Christian Juliet, which involved 25 actors and live musicians, 1000 sq. m of stage, a 60-member crew, arms, vehicles, fireworks, video projections across

950-465: The Yugoslav Drama Theatre, Belgrade 1987/90) have been considered as the landmarks in the theatre of the former Yugoslavia. Likewise, Samuel Beckett 's Waiting for Godot ( Belgrade Drama Theatre ) and Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi (National Theatre Subotica) have been considered as the classic productions in the ex-Yugoslav theatre, the former being the last Yugoslav premiere performed on

988-567: The eve of the war in the country. As the artistic leader of theatre Promena (“Change”), Pašović directed with a great success Wiess's Marat/Sade ; Wedensky's The Christmas Three at the Ivanovs ; Kis's Simon the Magus on a lake surrounded by sand desert; Buñuel's Hamlet placed in the fortress sitting on a rock rising from the Adriatic Sea ( Dubrovnik Summer Festival ) and many other plays. During

1026-442: The events are by international artists. It began as Singapore Arts Festival, ( Chinese : 新加坡艺术节) organised by the National Arts Council, in 1977, and was a biennial event until 1999. Since 2012 it has been called Singapore International Festival of Arts, run by Arts Festival Limited, and commissioned by the National Arts Council. The Festival Director is currently Natalie Hennedige. The Singapore Arts Festival started in 1977 as

1064-666: The façade of the Parliament building and has stopped the traffic in the main city artery for four hours each night it was performed. In 2005, Pašović established the East West Theatre Company and directed a number of shows. Pašović also writes the plays. He wrote Rebellion at the National Theatre , Ulysses , Silk Drums , Bolero, Sarajevo and Football, Football . He also adapted several texts including Alfred Jarry ’s Ubu Roi , Aristophanes' The Birds , Miroslav Krleža's Europe Today , Nigel Williams' Class Enemy ” and several others. He writes essays and articles. Pašović gave

1102-487: The festivals in St. Petersburg, Sibiu, Ljubljana, Belgrade, Zagreb, and many others. The East West Theatre Company's repertoire consists of the following shows: W. Shakespeare's Hamlet ; Faust based on Marlowe; N. Williams' Class Enemy (2007-), Michael Frayn's Copenhagen ; Bolero, Sarajevo based on Maurice Ravel's work; Ibsen inspired Nora ; H.C.Andersen's The Ugly Duckling ; H. Pašović's Football, Football ;

1140-497: The finest artists in the region: Miki Manojlović , an actor; Edward Clug , a contemporary dancer and choreographer and the industrial, neoclassical band Laibach . The dramaturge of the production was the Zagreb Youth Theatre director, Dubravka Vrgoč. Financial Times gave it excellent reviews rated it with four stars. In the past three years East West Theatre Company has organized master classes and workshops with some of

1178-628: The impact of the rapid development of technology on contemporary life. As the first Balkan company ever, the East West Theatre Company participated at the Edinburgh International Festival 2008 with Nigel Williams’ play Class Enemy (produced in 2007). It is a play about juvenile violence and disillusioned youth adapted to Bosnian circumstances. The Times , Financial Times , The Guardian , The Herald , The Independent , The Scotsman , Scotland on Sunday , BBC, BBC World Service and many other British media reported extensively about

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1216-530: The production. Amar Selimović, as Hamlet, was awarded the Best Young Actor Award at the International Theatre Festival MES Sarajevo. Faust (produced in 2006) opened the MES Festival Sarajevo 2006 and in only two days attracted (for Bosnia and Herzegovina) record breaking 2,000 spectators. Based on Christopher Marlowe 's masterpiece, this production was set in the near future and it examined

1254-716: The project. Reuters , British Guardian , Channel News Asia , CNN Mexico, China Daily , India Times , Daily News Pakistan, ABC News and media in Italy, Spain, Australia, Singapore and Indonesia wrote extensively about the show. Football, Football was a highlight of the National Arts Festival in South Africa that was taking place during the FIFA World Cup 2010 . During the Napoli Teatro Festival Italia

1292-468: The same play, East West Theatre Company also toured to more than thirty Bosnia and Herzegovina towns. Most of the tour towns have not hosted a single theatre production for several decades prior to the arrival of the East West Theater Company's Class Enemy . In 2010, East West Theatre Company was invited to create an international theatre and dance production Football, Football . The show

1330-547: The siege of Sarajevo (1992–96) Pašović spent most of the time in Sarajevo managing the MES International Theatre Festival . He directed plays and produced several shows, among others Waiting for Godot , directed by Susan Sontag . In 1993, while Sarajevo was still under the siege, he also organized the first Sarajevo Film Festival “Beyond the End of the World” and was one of the most prominent advocates of naming

1368-534: The war, Pašović directed several documentaries including Greta , a story on Prof. Greta Ferusic who survived both Auschwitz and the siege of Sarajevo ; a documentary trilogy entitled Home , Love Thy Neighbor and The Balkans – Blood and Honey about the American journalists David Rieff , Peter Maass and Ron Haviv , who had reported from the Bosnian War and an art documentary entitled A Propos de Sarajevo about

1406-724: Was performed by the French group Ilotopie . It was held from 23 to 25 May at Boat Quay . The entire performance was performed in the Singapore River . The closing show, Hydro Sapiens, was performed by The Lunatics from the Netherlands . It was held in Bedok Reservoir from 20 to 22 June. The 2010s theme, Between You and Me, was all about getting closer to the arts. For the first time, the Festival will actively reach out to everyone through an outreach programme called com.mune. Together with

1444-587: Was written and directed by Haris Pašović , and produced in cooperation with Napoli Teatro Festival, Singapore Arts Festival , Les Ballet C de la B, legendary contemporary dance company and Flota Institute from Slovenia. Since the May 2010 opening, the show has been performed fifteen times on three continents (Europe, Asia and Africa). The artists coming from four continents (Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia) and seven countries (Italy, Slovenia, Singapore, Burkina Faso, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China and Australia) gathered to work on

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