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L’ESPOIR QU’ELLE AIT LAISSE EN NOUS TOUS UNE PART DE SON AMOUR ET DE SON ARDEUR, REVENUES AINSI DURABLESU CETTE INTRODUCTION, QUE POUR LA PREMIERE FOIS APRES TANT D’ANNÉES JE SIGNE TOUT SEUL, EST ÉCRITE AVEC LA CONVICTION QUE LE THEATRE N’EST PAS FAIT DE MATERIEL AUSSI FRAGILE QU’ON LE PENSEU LE DESTIN THÉÁTRAL DE MIRA TRAILOVIĆ ET DE SON OEUVRE EN TÉMOIGNENTU C’EST AU NOM DE CELA QUE NOUS CONSACRONS LE 23-BITEF’B9 Á LA MÉMOIRE DE MIRA TRAILOVIĆU JOVAN CIRILOV

TO THE MEMORY OF MIRA TRAILOVIĆ THE 23RD BITEF IS THE LAST FESTIVAL MIRA TRAILOVIĆ, ITS FOUNDER AND GREAT INSPIRATOR, ACTIVELY WORKED ONU IT WAS VIRTUALLY TO HER VERY LAST BREATH THAT SHE HAD BEEN WORKING ON THE PREPARATIONS FOR THIS YEAR’S FESTIVALU FOR AS LONG AS SHE HAD BEEN ABLE TO, SHE TRAVELLED AROUND IN SEARCH OF THE PERFORMANCES INTERESTING FOR THE FESTIVALU WHEN HER HEALTH WEAKENED, SHE STILL DID A LOT TO HELP US - HER ZEAL AND ENERGY WERE VIGILANTLY PRESENT AMONG US MAKING SURE THAT “THE MOST INTERNATIONAL OF ALL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS” STAYED WHAT IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN - A CHALLENGE TO THE WORLD, WHICH ALL ITS PARTICIPANTS TOOK PRIDE IN AND WHICH WE WHO MANAGED IT, ALWAYS REGARDED AS A GREAT GATE THAT OPENED TO THE REALM OF THE UNKNOWNU THERE ARE VERY FEW YUGOSLAVS TODAY WHO COULD HOPE TO BE MOURNED LIKE MIRA TRAILOVIĆU HER DEATH ECHOED THROUGH THE WORLD’S PRESS AND MEDIA, SHE WAS GRIEVED IN VIRTUALLY ALL OUR CENTRES OF CULTUREU AND

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