The inaugural edition of the INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS IN CLUJ opens at Cluj-Napoca National Theatre and will take place during 7-9 October 2011. The event will be an annual one and aims to promote the international dialogue through theatre, to disseminate cultural information and to create the opportunity for cultural international collaborations and initiatives. The meetings represent a space for dialogue through art. The festival will have a different theme each year, set by the participants at the previous editions. The themes may vary from general artistic and social points of interest to the focus on artists or cultural currents.
In 2011, the first edition of the festival is dedicated to Gellu Naum (1915-2001), the outstanding Romanian surrealist author. In addition to offering the basis for a dialogue platform and to initiating theatre networking, the festival will present the following: three performances of the Cluj-Napoca National Theatre’s productions based on texts by Gellu Naum: ZENOBIA, directed by Mona Marian, FLORENCE IS I (based on the play by Gellu Naum and Jules Perahim), directed by Alexandru Dabija and THE ISLAND, concert-performance by Ada Milea; a special screening of EXACTLY AT THE SAME TIME, a Cluj-Napoca National Theatre production from 2002, directed by Mihai Măniuţiu; the conference Gellu Naum and the European avant-garde presented by Simona Popescu (writer, professor at the Faculty of Letters, Bucharest University) and Ion Pop (literary critic and historian, professor at he Faculty of Letters, Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj); a round table discussion pannel; the Gellu Naum and Jules Perahim Exhibition; book and CD launches.
The program of the Gellu Naum Meetings
Friday, October 7
7pm, "Euphorion" Studio:
Zenobia, based on Gellu Naum’s novel, written and directed by Mona Marian
Saturday, October 8
2pm, Foyer / Main Hall:
Exhibition Opening: Gellu Naum and Jules Perahim.
Speakers: Ion Pop, literary critic and historian, Sebastian Reichman, poet, and Marina Vanci-Perahim, art critic and historian.
Special screening: Exact în acelaşi timp (Exactly at the Same Time) by Gellu Naum, directed by Mihai Măniuţiu (produced by the National Theatre in Cluj, 2002)
Conference: Gellu Naum and the European Avant-garde
Speakers: Simona Popescu, writer and essayist, and Ion Pop, literary critic and historian.
Q & A Session
7:30 PM, Foyer:
Book Launch: Gellu Naum, Opere, vol. I, Poezii (The Complete Works, 1st Volume, Poems), Polirom Publishing House, Iaşi, Romania, 2011.
Speakers: Simona Popescu, writer and essayist, and Sanda Cordoş, literary critic and historian.
CD Launch: Apolodor in English based on Gellu Naum’s play (A&A Records), music by Ada Milea, English version by Ana Constantinescu and Ada Milea. Speaker: Ion Mureşan, poet. Performer: Ada Milea
8:00 PM, Main stage:
Welcome message by Kelemen Hunor, Ministry of Culture; Sorin Apostu, Mayor of Cluj-Napoca; Mihai Măniuţiu, Artistic and Executive Director Cluj-Napoca National Theatre.
Florence Is I by Gellu Naum and Jules Perahim, directed by Alexandru Dabija
Sunday, 9 October
11am, 2nd floor foyer:
Round table debate
6:30pm, Foyer:
CD and Scholarship Programme Presentation:
- Insula (The Island) by Gellu Naum, a CD with Gellu Naum’s play, translated in six languages, produced by the Romanian Cultural Institute - the Romanian Cultural Institute’s Scholarships for Translators Programme in the frame of which the creation of the CD was made possible
Speaker: Mirela Sandu, Director of the Promotion and Public Relations Department, ICR.
Audio-Book Launch:
Gellu Naum, Vârsta semnului "...câteva din frumoasele mele poheme" rostite în 1967/1991/1999 (The Age of the Sign "... some of my beautiful pohems" uttered in 1967/1991/1999), audiobook containing 2 CDs and a book, edited by Casa Radio.
Speakers: Simona Popescu, writer and essayist, and Alex Goldiş, literary critic.
Book Launch:
Mihai Măniuţiu, În Balkanya, eu şi ceilalţi demoni (In Balcanya, Me and the Other Demons); Opiniile unui călător nedemn de încredere (The Opinions of an Untrustworthy Traveler); Exorcisme (Exorcisms) Bybliotek Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2011.
Speakers: Mihai Măniuţiu, author, Ion Bogdan Lefter, literary critic and historian, Ştefana Pop-Curşeu, theatre critic and Artistic Manager of National Theatre in Cluj, Diana Suciu, publisher, Director of Bybliotek Publishing House.
7pm, Main Hall:
Music and theatre performance: Insula (The Island) based on Gellu Naum’s play, by Ada Milea
SPONSORS AND PARTNERS OF THE FESTIVAL
Event organized by: The Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony, Cluj-Napoca National Theatre, Romanian Cultural Institute
Main sponsors: Banca Transilvania, Banca Comercială Română;
Sponsors: Vinexpert, Deloitte, Match Point, Floarea Ta;
Parteners: UNITER, Asociația Conexio, Compania de Teatru ArtAct, Cărtureşti, bybliotek, Hotel Agape;
Media parteners: Zile și nopți, ArtAct magazine, TVR Cluj, Port.ro, metropotam.ro, amdoar18ani.ro, revista evenimentelor, Cluj-am, Faclia de Cluj, Servus Cluj, Mesagerul de Cluj, Citynews.ro, Radio Guerilla, Gazeta de Cluj.
