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  What do you think is the essence of performance? We are not sure if we understand the question. If you mean the essence of performing arts or the essence of performing or the essence of our performance.  The essence of the performance To BE is that all human beings are of equal value. We all have the right to a Life in dignity. We all know that many, many people in the world will never get/experience this.  We must deal with this very serious problem. For you, for me, for humanity and peace. Do you believe in the transformative power of art? In what way? Yes.  Art communicates at other channels, has another ‘language’ than everyday life with clean facts, time schedules, money etc. Art speaks to our senses, our inner intelligence and our deepest way of understanding and navigate in the world. To be touched, seen, heard in these layers of your body and soul, can actually change your mind. It’s ancient knowledge and has been used in both politics and individual the...

Atta, Turkey's first and only international arts festival for babies and children, organized around November 20th, World Children's Rights Day, since 2016, celebrated its ninth anniversary in 2025. Having welcomed numerous international groups to date, the festival unites babies aged 0–3, children and young people aged 3–18, their accompanying adults, and children and young people with disabilities aged 3–18 through theatre, dance, music, film, exhibitions, and interactive activities. This year's programme included a variety of performances, ranging from dance theatre for babies aged 6–18 to a new circus for audiences aged 4 and over, as well as dance and object theatre. Between 20 and 30 November 2025, performances by groups from Turkey, Finland, Denmark, France, Norway, Lithuania and Ireland were staged in Istanbul at the Paribuart, Arter, Barış Manço Cultural Centre and Hisar Schools Cultural Centre.  In the third of our conversations with participants from the latest i...

© Kamerich & Budwilowitz - Eyes 2 Atta, Turkey's first and only international arts festival for babies and children, has been held in Istanbul around 20 November, the International Children's Rights Day, since 2016. The festival, which has hosted many groups from abroad so far, brings together babies aged 0-3, children aged 3-18, young people and their accompanying adults, and children and young people with disabilities aged 3-18 with theatre, dance, music, film and exhibitions as well as interactive content. The programme of this year's sixth edition of the festival includes opera for babies, dance for audiences aged 7 and above, theatre and pop-up performances. From 22 November to 8 December 2024, performances by ensembles from the United States, Denmark, France, the Netherlands and Ireland, as well as Atta Festival's own and co-productions, will be staged at Alan Kadıköy, Arter, Caddebostan Cultural Center, Hisar Schools Cultural Center and Kadıköy Barış Manço ...