Festival

Project objectives: ATELIER festival is a theatrical manifestation with an explorer character, who involve original forms and themes: physical theatre, theatre of gesture, poetical theatre, meta-theatre, dance theatre, instrumental theatre. The festival proposes to present performances staged in new manners, original forms of theatrical expression, to explore the big traditions of this art, to involve the audience in the act of creation.

Background, context and reasons for the project: The ATELIER Festival will be this year at his 25th edition, it’s leading goals being offering to the audience new and original modalities in theatrical expression, modalities which should use the classic inheritance according to nowadays problems and involve the audience in the act o creation. What makes the ATELIER Festival different from many other Romanian theatre festivals, is that the performances are selected according to a number of well-established criteria: nonconformism, (post)modernism, openness to various stage approaches; briefly, the search for a new artistic way. Hence, a reduced risk regards the possible disparity (in negative meaning) of the festival offer and a general coherence ensuring the unity, “roundness” and pertinent structure of the ATELIER theatre week.

Target audience: The festival is initiated for an audience who is interested in the modern experience of the contemporary theatre. The overcrowded halls in the last editions prove that the public appreciates the festival as their own, a place where especially the young people come as their home.

Expected results: The ATELIER Festival tests the opening of the directors and the theatres to unconventional stages, to new experiences from the contemporary theatre. We can see the emancipation of the Romanian theatre, which adopted their repertory to the specific of our festival. we hope that the number of audience members increases from one edition to another because this festival was initiated for the for the public.

The development of ATELIER festival: The festival is happening in June, in Baia Mare, Maramureș. it is a festival-contest, with prizes to be won, it has an international character, it contains workshops, meeting with the audience, colloquies, art shows and launching of books.