  High Fest 2011 was a success, festival president says October 15, 2011 - 13:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Arthur Ghukasyan, president High Fest 2011 international Performing Arts Festival, describes this year’s event as a success. According to him, among the Armenian performances the audience most of liked Mihr Theater, Vahan Badalyan’s “Seagull” as well as student works. The audience also favored “Tango de Soledad” staged by UK choreographer Billy Cowie. Ghukasyan noted that a Danish stage director could not arrive due to family problems while the landslide prevented the arrival of a Georgian company. “Moreover, we could not organize open-air performances because of the ongoing rallies in Liberty Square,” he said. The 9th edition of the High Fest was held from October 1 to 8.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
