From July 13 to 19, the 15th edition of the International Theater Festival will take place in the ancient scene of Butrint; A jubilee documentary proves the resistance of this festival since the creation through the adventure of all sorts of ministers who fled and came, in no case to overcome the “financial challenge”, an enthusiasm called artistic director Alfred Bualoti that this year brings For the first time the national theater of China
60 years ago, the founder of the Avignon Festival, Jean Vilar said: “Yes, we must persevere, sacrifice! Whether politicians or strong politicians no longer believe in cultures, it means they no longer trust the sovereignty of the people. ” When mentioning this statement, Alfred Bualoti, the historic director of the Butrint 2000 international theater festival, also takes into account his entrepreneurship, launched 15 years ago: optimism, funding and extraordinary theater theater from Europe and the Balkans. A press file that proves the debate and taboos that broke the Albanian theater itself on that stage, both as a confrontation and artistic quality. Premieres and career directors, who have been fascinated by lovers of the antique scene at the same time as their “peers” call from the depths of the 5 millennium, shaking their psychosis that the theater is the actor. This resistance has lived almost a decade, though it was one of the longest festivals in the country, in attempting to survive the sisterhood, at least around the region where history ignored wars and politics.
“In the face of our desperation from politics, culture and art, there is a new policy that is not at all symbolic but an emblematic example embodied by the sincere feelings of the human soul. The International Theater Festival “Butrinti 2000” with its insistence and resistance, with the engagement of hundreds of artists from all over the world who make up the voice of people rejecting a deprived world, have clearly stated that the stage wonder, courage and hope would necessarily be A solution, a future. To persevere that the decisions of major changes over generations, pass from culture, as this is essential for a civilized and integrated society. Education starts from culture and culture is a continuous education. We have to persevere with intellectual intuition, with confidence in public intelligence, engagement of artists, and awareness of the poet. The zeal and the spiritual thirst of the many public in these 15 editions of the Butrint Festival has given courage, hope and life, the desire for change in the future, though often the circumstances make the opposite. Without a doubt, to believe, to resist and to persevere, this is the best cultural destination or Butrint International Festival. So we have the task to resist and persevere. This emblematic activity of cultural tourism is for generations to come, because from millennia cultures we risk laziness. Butrint with his Festival is a jewel in the bay, he should be exposed to the beauty of his appearance as rare as possible, “says Alfred Bualoti, director of the Butrint festival. In this jubilee, 15 years from the organization the first evening of July 13 opens with a documentary on the Festival anniversary. In the leaflet is marked a modest opening, with people of culture, which means that for years this event even though the money goes from the Ministry of Culture, has been ignored by this institution. While the annual itinerary, set from July 13 to July 19, presents an artistic map from distant places, such as China, while antiquities start with motif variations by the tulip singer, of Ionesco, performance show, with choreography conceived by Gjergj Prevazi; Theater “Thesis Theater Company” from Athens comes with the show “The Dream of a Summer Night”, Shakespeare, directed by Michalis Sionas; The “Migjeni” Theater of Shkodra comes down for the first time in Butrint, with the screenplay “Blue Canary” with script and directed by Stefan Chapalik; The Youth Theater, Tbilisi Geogia with Shakespeare’s “Very Noise for Nothing”, holds another eastern spirit, directed by Dimitri Khutsishvili; While for the organizers of the festival peak is the arrival of the National Theater of China, with the show “Rikardi III”, a unique case for the Albanian public at least.