Posts Tagged ‘Shakti’

Le OFF – Avignon 2008

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

The Garage International

Avignon – ancienne ville fortifiée aussi qu’ancienne résidence officielle du Pape. Au mois de juillet chaque année elle se transforme en ville d’accueil pour toutes sortes de festival.Avignon is a lovely ancient city surrounded by a wall where the Pope used to live.

Today it is the vibrant centre of the Avignon Festivals in July. The city comes alive with artists and musicians parading around in costume, busking and handing out leaflets. The audience is here for the festival and to see shows.

Lily, the Garage Cat

Les rues débordent d’activité, d’artistes costumés et de musiciens ambulants et des prospectus offrent un choix étourdissant de spéctacles.

On y vient pour l’ambiance de la rue et pour voir des spéctacles bien sûr ; mais puisque c’est La France, on y vient aussi pour la cuisine et le bon vin !

Le marché deborde de fruits, de légumes, d’olives et de fromages de la région. Dans le quartier du marché on voit affiché partout des détails de spéctacles séduisants.

This is France where people enjoy food and wine as part of the culture and art. Freshly baked bread, olives, wines, cheeses, fruits and vegetables are abundant and the Central Market is full of food, people and, of course, posters!

Posterboard

‘The Garage International’- situé à l’Hôtel Mercure, Pont d’Avignon est le seule rendez-vous étranger au festival. Notre but est de présenter des artistes internationaux non-français. Le Garage International joue donc un rôle petit mais néanmoins important dans le festival.

The Garage International is the only non French venue in the whole festival and we are located in the Hotel Mercure Pont d’Avignon. We are there mainly to introduce international non-French artists to take part in the festival. TGI has a small but important role in the festival.

Bienvenue en Avignon.
Bienvenue a La Garage International!

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Tokyo Fringe Festival – Make it Happen!

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Tokyo Fringe Festival

I have been checking out media about the Tokyo Fringe Festival and it is wonderfully positive.

Check out the Metropolis for an interesting read.

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The Garage International

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Shakti
Welcome to The Garage International

Come park your hopes and dreams with us and join us for the summer festivals. The Garage is a professional venue run by an international artist catering to the needs of an international artist. Our image is the eternal fire burning bright that destroys all boundaries and borders, social morals and taboos.

We invite the controversial and the radical as long as you believe in what you have to say and what you do. Also remember that the most tame traditional thing can be just as unique in this chaotic world.

In 1999 we were proud to host 30 companies from over 10 different countries in theatre, dance, music, physical theatre, mime, and marionette theatre. Every show got reviewed at least once. In 1998 we were the recipient of the ‘Spirit of the Fringe ‘ Award. In 1999, The Riot Group from New York received the Fringe First award for their disturbing and controversial theatre, ‘Wreck the Airline Barrier.’

This was Edinburgh where we started our venture. We then proceeded to the Avignon Public Off Festival in 2001 and then to the Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2002 and then to the Montreal Fringe Festival in 2003. And now 2007 October we have started the FIRST Tokyo Fringe Festival at the Shakti Studio!

Each festival and location has its own special feel and uniqueness about it. It is impossible to say which is better. All of them have a special place as all of us have a special place in this world. Since the Fringe in Edinburgh started in 1947, its motive and aim was to give a new experience to those who came, to share something special, to challenge and to dare to experiment, and not be afraid of failure. Though we may be starting to enter into a new era, this will never change. Artists have come from as far as the other side of the world to share their thoughts and dreams. Audience have come equally as far to listen.

The Garage International is here to receive and embrace all. We will keep growing, nourished by you – both artists and audience.

www.TheGarageInternational.com

Scotsman Article about The Garage International

You can also read Shakti’s answers in our10 Questions series.

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10 Questions: An interview with Shakti

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

Shakti, “The Dancing Phoenix”. I first came across Shakti when a French writer friend of mine mentioned her exquisite dance routines at the Avignon Festival. I sought to find out more about Shakti and how she finely blends her traditional eastern dancing with yoga to western jazz and contemporary rock music to spiritually sculpt her mezmerizing dance movements.

shakti on the shore

Photograph courtesy of Jorg Hacker

Shakti is also Artistic Director of The Garage International which has now expanded into Avignon (France), Adelaide (Australia) and Montreal (Canada). She is embarking on new ventures which she tells us about in her,10 Questions.

1. What made/inspired you to become a writer/performer/artist?

My mother was a dancer; my father was a yogi so I was brought up that way. I started dance and yoga as soon as I was brought into this world and it is a way of life and not a career. I want to express my beliefs through my dance. I want to reveal and Read the rest of this entry »