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In this series of interviews we try to get to know the directors/choreographers who will be the international guests at the 23rd Istanbul Theatre Festival in November 2019. Our fourth guest is  Peter Lee. Ayse Draz & Mehmet Kerem Ozel Art Unlimited Performing Arts Editor & Writer [The Turkish translation of this interview is published and can be accessed on art.unlimited ] What is the spirit of theatre in your opinion? How do you define contemporary theatre today? Traditionally, theatre represents a space of wonder. In other words, theatre is a space where you can experience non-dailiness. Even in this digital era, in which the cinema wields a stronger influence, the theatre still maintains its own unique characteristics as a dramatic and thematic space. I believe that is the spirit of the theatre. Its very own identity. Regarding the contemporary theatre, the value in itself remains. However, the theatre is challenged by its limited accessibility. Various media...

In this series of interviews we try to get to know the directors/choreographers who will be the international guests at the 23rd Istanbul Theatre Festival in November 2019. Our third guest is Victor Ryzhakov. Ayse Draz & Mehmet Kerem Ozel Art Unlimited Performing Arts Editor & Writer [The Turkish translation of this interview is published and can be accessed on art.unlimited ] What is the spirit of theatre in your opinion? How do you define contemporary theatre today?     I do not have an answer, never even thought about it. But ... if a human being has a soul, then the Man is the spirit and the greatest value of the theatre. If we take Theatre as a model of the World, then Man in this world is the host of warmth and spirituality that he receives from Nature and the Universe. And his purpose then is to preserve this as the only quality that gives him a privilege over other living beings. The Theatre – all the more, contemporary theatre, despite the dive...

In this series of interviews we try to get to know the directors/choreographers who will be the international guests at the 23rd Istanbul Theatre Festival in November 2019. Our second guest is Karine Ponties. Ayse Draz & Mehmet Kerem Ozel Art Unlimited Performing Arts Editor & Writer [The Turkish translation of this interview is published and can be accessed on  art.unlimited ] What is the spirit of dance in your opinion? How do you define contemporary dance today?   I strongly believe that the body can't lie! So, for me, to dance requires a complete commitment and a constant questioning of how we translate the world. I have the feeling that choreographic writing always comes from the body, hence the necessity to forge ties and work with individuals, each of whom contains their ‘writing’. Individual animal-like scoring processes which try to translate, and thus rewrite existing languages: sounds, words, gestures, colors and the excesses of the world that ...

In this series of interviews we try to get to know the directors/choreographers who will be the international guests at the 23rd Istanbul Theatre Festival in November 2019. Our first guest is Wim Vandekeybus / Ultima Vez. Ayse Draz & Mehmet Kerem Ozel Art Unlimited Performing Arts Editor & Writer [The Turkish translation of this interview is published and can be accessed on art.unlimited ] Wim Vandekeybus (Photo: Danny Willems) What is the spirit of dance in your opinion? How do you define contemporary dance today?    All what can be seen as dance is a bodily expression, a communication medium to externalise inner feelings, strategies, wishes and emotions. Contemporary dance opened the field for less technically defined dance techniques. Digital accessibility to all dance forms on earth influenced the contemporary dance as an eclectic medium where authenticity is not to be respected but could be copied and pasted as original. In the 80s dance became theatr...