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22 nd SEPTEMBER, 13.00 Belgrade Youth Centre, Americana Hall CEDEUM, Belgrade. Serbia ★ NEW HARMONIES OF BITEF POLYPHONY Dialogue platform Duration: 180’ What does polyphonic approach of Bitef Polyphony since its inception mean? Which are the harmonies and counterpoints? What principles does it support and why? What methods is it based on? Does it develop any new ones? Which parameters serve today to assess the commitment of artists and workers in culture? Is there any room for criticism? What is the role of critics and theoreticians in the development of emancipatory performing practices? What is the attitude of artists to those with whom/for whom they work? Do they have the power to respond to the needs of the community or change it? How is this power used? How could it be used? Do new ethical paradoxes arise alongside new aspirations and responsibilities? Introductory questions will initiate a dialogue organised on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of Bitef Polyphony involving, among others, Ana Marjanović-Shane, professor at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia and editor of Dialogic Pedagogy magazine; Ivan Medenica, theatre critic and theorist, professor at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade: Bojana Škorc, psychologist and professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade; Jelena Kovačevič, theatrologist and librarian/archivist at the Yugoslav Drama Theatre and Ljubica Beljanski-Ristić, drama educator and editor of Bitef Polyphony. Other participants will be theatre artists, theoreticians and other professionals helping to create a sui generis platform for future action.

The event will close with the presentation of editions of the Institute for Theatre, Film, Radio and Television of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade,, the Theatre Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad. and the Mostart,focusing on these topics, whose authors will be present and open for a dialogue with the audience. Moderator: Irena Ristič, theatre director and docent at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade

23 rd SEPTEMBER, 13.00 Belgrade Youth Centre, Americana Hall CEDEUM, Parobrod Cultural Institution and Belgrade Youth Centre, Belgrade. Serbia Kosta Peševski ★ PENAL SATURDAY Open forum and public reading of the drama Directed by: Ana Grigorović Duration: 120' (including the open forum) Performers: Milena Živanović, Dušan Ma tejić, Uroš Jakovljevič, Mladen Sovilj, Milica Trifunovič, Mladen Andrejevič and Ljubomir Bandovič. Pena / Saturday is a play based on The Breakfast Club, the teenage cult film of the 1980 s. It introduces us to the world of adolescent hopelessness and search for identity leading to a number of comical, moving and sad situations. This brings one to the precious realisation that delinquency, arrogance, excessive ambition always conceal sadness, feeling of rejection and that one is misunderstood and unloved. On the other hand, the play sheds light also on the world of adults, the narrow-minded ones discontented with their life, unready to engage in education

22 nd SEPTEMBER, 17.00 Parobrod Cultural Institution CEDEUM, Belgrade and Scena/ Sterijino Pozorje Magazine, Novi Sad, Serbia ★ theatre and education Round table and presentation of the special issue Duration: 90’ The round table/presentation of the special issue should provoke a dynamic dialogue among artists, educators and scientists who have been involved for many years in the strengthening and advancement of the relationship between culture and education. Its purpose is to indicate significant opportunities offered by the new theatre and the new school if conditions are provided for their cooperation. The round table is inspired by Theatre and Education, the special issue of Scena Magazine and is intended equally for theatre professionals and professors, teachers and educators. The authors and their counterparts are Bojana Škorc, Vesna Đukić, Anja Suša, Jovan Ljuštanovič, Sunčica Milosavljevič, Milan Madarev, Slobodan Beštič, Sonja Čirič. Nataša Milovič and Vladimir Krušič. Marina Milivojevič-Madarev, the editor of the issue, authors and members of the magazine’s editorial board will speak at the round table.

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