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15/6/2000

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Festival, New Haven

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Connecticut's premier showcase of the performing arts, the visual arts and the exploration of ideas, is expanding this year to New London and Stamford. To allow the Festival to establish itself in its new extended format, Festival Director Paul Collard has extended his contract until the summer of 2001.

The Festival will open on Friday, June 16 and run through Saturday, July 1, 2000. Programming will take place throughout these 16 days in New Haven, from June 20 to 24 in Stamford, and from June 27 to July 1 in New London.

The extension of the International Festival to Stamford is an initiative of the Stamford Cultural Development Corporation, whose Executive Director; Juliana Sciolla has collaborated on the development of Stamford's program. The program will include, Guilio Cesare (Julius Caesar) at the Rich Forum directed by the brilliant enfant terrible of European theater, Romeo Castellucci. Hugo and Ines, the enchanting mime and puppet company who enthralled last year's Festival audiences, will reinforce the strong family content of the program. In addition to jazz concerts, the streets of Stamford will come alive in the evenings with free outdoor concerts and street theatre. The Festival will open in Stamford on Tuesday 20 June with a Gala presentation of the US premiere of the acclaimed one man show, Shakespeare's Villains, performed by one of England's greatest actors and directors of Shakespeare, Steven Berkoff.

"We are delighted to have attracted the International Festival to Stamford, "said Mayor Dannel P. Malloy. "The arts have a unique role to play in building communities and powering the economies of our cities. For this reason, I have committed Stamford to a series of initiatives aimed at showcasing the artistic qualities of this city, reaching out to all our communities and reinforcing pride in our downtown. Establishing a major International Festival in Stamford is one more step towards achieving these goals."

Governor John Rowland is pleased that the Festival has been successful enough to expand to three cities. "I have been impressed by the Festival's ability over the last four years to make a significant economic contribution to the City of New Haven while building community pride and strengthening social cohesion," said Governor Rowland. "I have given great priority in this term to supporting the arts and revitalizing Connecticut's major cities, and recognize the Festival's potential to contribute to this joint agenda."

In addition to championing the arts throughout the State, making the arts in Connecticut the best supported in the nation, Governor Rowland has placed great emphasis on the value of working collaboratively to harness the State's resources. "It gives me great pleasure to see three of Connecticut's major cities collaborating on this initiative, which in addition to bringing world-class entertainment to people within the State, will help establish Connecticut as one of the top arts destinations in the US."

"I am delighted to be staying on to oversee the expansion of the International Festival," said Paul Collard. "By collaborating with Stamford and New London we will be able to deliver a richer program, attain a higher profile, and attract a much broader audience."

Visual Art events
Friday, June 16
Bill Barrett, Hemi Bawa and Other Sculptors Sculpture 2000 International

Contemporary African American Artists Currents: Contemporary African American Artists in the Collection of the William Benton Museum of Art T. Charles Erickson and Maria Anguera de Sojo Theatre and Dance Photography

11:00 AM
Sunday, June 18
Musa Meyer
Reading: Night Studio, A Memoir of Philip Guston
3:00 PM
Tuesday, June 20
Alicia Volk
Talk: "Dance of the Dragon: Fabulous Beasts in Asian Art"

2:00 PM
Thursday, June 22
The Burnished Chariot Exhibtion

12:00 PM
Alicia Volk
Talk: "Dance of the Dragon: Fabulous Beasts in Asian Art"

12:00 PM
Friday, June 23
Alva Gallery
Other Forms

11:00 AM
Ryan Meyers
Gallery Reception: Work

4:00 PM
Peter Leibert and Hygienic Resident Artists Recent Works

5:00 PM
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas
195 Church Street, 7th Floor
New Haven, CT 06510

Call us: (203) 498-1212
Fax us: (203) 498-2220

For more information, contact: Denver Latimer at (203) 492-4877

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