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The CINARS Biennale in Montreal, from November 11 to 16, will present Recirquel’s production of Paradisum, directed by artistic director Bence Vági.
Hundreds of companies and cultural productions from fifty countries will take part in this international performing arts expo.
Following the jury’s decision, Recirquel’s new production has been selected for the first time for the Biennale’s pitch forum on November 12.
Photo: MTI/Lakatos Péter
The CINARS (Conférence internationale des arts de la scène) Biennale, one of the world’s largest performing arts exhibitions and festivals founded thirty years ago, is held every two years in Montreal, with the participation of hundreds of companies and cultural productions from fifty countries. In addition to theater and music, the festival features contemporary dance and new circus performances.
The six-day event is attended by around 2,000 professionals, including the heads of the world’s major cultural institutions, and is the venue where many theaters and festivals select the artistic productions they will stage in the coming years.
On the second day of the event, the CINARS Pitch Forum will be held, where only nine productions will be selected by the jury from hundreds of applicants after a months-long application process.
This year, for the first time, Recirquel’s new production has been shortlisted as one of the most innovative contemporary productions; Bence Vági will present Paradisum to around 600 directors and program organizers from the world’s leading cultural institutions.
“It is a great pleasure and a source of pride that Paradisum is one of the most promising innovative productions in a very strong international field, alongside French, Swedish, Canadian, Australian, and Taiwanese productions,” Bence Vági emphasized.
This is not the first time that Recirquel has received special attention at CINARS: in 2016, the company’s production Night Circus and in 2021, My Land, were also included in the official program of the Biennale.
Paradisum explores the myth of rebirth after the destruction of the world, the myth of a new human existence.
The cirque dance production, combining contemporary dance and circus arts, made its debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August.
In October, the production also had a successful debut in Hungary at the Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival and was shortlisted for this year’s Highlights of Hungary.
Paradisum can next be seen in Hungary from January 15 at the Müpa Festival Theater.
Via MTI; Featured image via MTI/Lakatos Péter