Bitef

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BITEFTEATAR/BITEF THEATRE

U istoriji festivala poznati su slučajevi da pozorište osnujefestival ili da festival osnuje pozorište. Istorija Bitefa je primer za oba slučaja. 1967. godine rođenaje ideja da se u Beogradu osnuje prvi u seriji bududh međunarodnih manifestacija a grad Beograd je prihvatio ideju i obezbedio sredstva. Festival je dobio ime Bitef, a zajedno sa imenom odmah i podnaslov Nove pozorišne tendencije. Rosie dvadeset godina, 1989. Bitef osniva i pozorište u nedovršenoj zgradi nikad osvećene evangelističke I crkve pored Bajlonijeve pijace u centru Beograda. 1 Jedan teatar je nasledio tekovine jednog festivala. Bitef teatar je ponikao na plodnom tlu i tradiciji ■ avangardnosti (ako to nije oksimoron) Bitef festivala, tada već uveliko jednog od najpoznatijih i najživljih poprišta novih svetskih teatarskih zbivanja. Od osnivanja, teatar je angažovan u smeru I savremenih promišljanja, namera i praksi novog pozorišta, avanture umetničkog istraživanja, traganjima za novim i stvaranju tog novog u pozorišnom obliku, a sve to još u društvenom kontekstu naše dinamične i dramatične sredine. Zadatak je odgovoran, zamaman i izazovan. Svake sezone, svake godine nov i drugadji. Odraz tih težnji je ono što Bitef teatar previđa i obećava i ove 2009. godine. ■ There have been cases in theatre history when theatres founded festivals and when festivals founded theatres. The history of Bitef is an example for both, in 1967 the idea of founding the first in the series of future international events was born, and the city of Belgrade embraced the idea and provided the funding. The festival was named Bitef, and at the same time it was given a subtitle-" New I theatrical tendencies". Twenty years later, in 1989, Bitef founded a theatre in the unfinished, unconsecrated building of the Evangelist church near the Bajloni market in the centre of Belgrade. ■ One theatre inherited the traditions of a festival. Bitef theatre was born on the fertile soil and traditions of the avant-garde (even though this may be considered an oxymoron) of the Bitef festival I which had already grown into one of the most famous and most energetic venues of new events in world theatre. Since its conception, the theatre has been involved in contemporary reconstructions, intentions and practices of the new theatre, adventures in artistic research, quests for the new and its creation in the language of the theatre, all that within the context of our dynamic and dramatic social environment. The task demands great responsibility but is at the same time alluring and challenging. Every season, 1 every year, it is new and different. Its reflection is what Bitef is expecting and promising for this year ( too.