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Bulgarian/US Coigny/ITI Initiative
(2005 - 2007)
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Martha
Ciogney, long time director and president of the
International Theatre Institute, retired in 2004 after a
career as a major voice in world theatre.
Martha
played a key role in Eastern and Central Europe after
the fall of the Soviet Union, helping the former
East-Block countries such as Hungary, Poland,
Czechoslovakia, along with Russia make sense out of a
rebirth and reframing of international cultural policy.
Martha
had a special relationship over her career with
Bulgaria, and has one of the most complete
understandings of the theatrical topography in that
country.
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When
she came to CITD with the idea for a small,
targeted, renewal of the US/Bulgarian
connection, CITD, its US Partner Theatres, and
The Trust for Mutual Understanding found her
offer to lead such a project compelling.
In
the summer of 2005, Robert Woodruff, artistic
director of American Repertory Theatre in
Cambridge. Massachusetts and Ivan Talijancic
attended the Suitcase Festival in Sophia and the
Varna Festival with Martha.
2007
will have Molly Smith and Philip Arnoult joining
Martha in Budapest.
The
Bulgarian / US – Coigney / ITI Initiative is
supported by The Trust for Mutual Understanding
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