International Festival of Arts and Ideas
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Country and Region | United States — Connecticut |
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Type of Festival | Dance, Drama, Literary, Music |
Location of Festival | New Haven, Connecticut USA |
Festival Contact Information | International Festival of Arts and Ideas |
Festival Description | Every year in June, New Haven hosts The International Festival of Arts and Ideas festival —stunning music and dance, brilliant theater, bright and emergent thinkers gathered from around the world. As the Festival unfolds, the city shares the finery of its venues which include world-class theaters, courtyards, museums, galleries, and richly diverse neighborhoods with guests from near and far. The Festival showcases hundreds of international events each summer, from over 20 countries, with an impressive scale and scope unmatched in the Northeast. |
Festival Dates | June 14 - 28, 2014 |
Festival Links | http://www.artidea.org/ |
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Podcast interviews:
- If you like this festival — listen to…
- Mary Lou Aleskie, executive director of the Arts & Ideas Festival
http://kadmusarts.com/podcasts/?p=48 - Miguel Zenon, musician and composer
http://kadmusarts.com/podcasts/?p=949 - Freshlyground, South African band
http://kadmusarts.com/podcasts/?p=2546 - Jane Hirshberg, managing director and CEO of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
http://kadmusarts.com/podcasts/?p=922 - Sekou Sundiata, poet and performance artist
http://kadmusarts.com/blog/?p=303 - Vijay Iyer, pianist and composer
http://kadmusarts.com/blog/?p=469 - Margaret Lawrence, Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College
http://kadmusarts.com/blog/?p=496
- Mary Lou Aleskie, executive director of the Arts & Ideas Festival
Practical Info:
Photo slideshow credits:
- In order of appearance
- Anonymous 4, photo by Chris Carroll
- Gloria, Photo credit Stephanie Berger
- The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, is a storytelling show based on the Border Ballads and begins touring pubs, howfs and other unlikely venues in a quirky, boisterous show in the Scottish Folk tradition. A National Theatre of Scotland production..Cast Madeleine Worrall (Prudencia Hart), Andrew Clark, David McKay, Annie Grace, Aly Macrae..Created by Wils Wilson and David Greig. Directed by Wils Wilson..The first venue is The Victorian Bar, Tron Theatre, Glasgow 9th and 10th Feburary 2011. The production continues throughout the country taking in Coatbridge, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Ullapool, Edinburgh with other locations to be added. For further information press contact on this production is Liz Smith 07971 417210…Picture © Drew Farrell. Tel 07721-735041.
- Red Baraat, photo by Amy Tourchette
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