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A conversation about Luminato's 2010 program choices with Artistic Director Chris Lorway and Festival producers and curators.
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Poet and librettist Jill Battson joins Wayne Strongman, Managing Artistic Director of Tapestry new opera works, and Roman Borys of the Gryphon Trio, along with other members of the artistic team, to discuss their new oratorio on the history of HIV-AIDS.
Artistic Director Gideon Obarzanek and other members of Australia's acclaimed contemporary dance company Chunky Move share insights into their production's exploration of duality in our society and the blending of performance and reality.
Performer and director Erika Batdorf speaks with producer Paul Shaw and designer Bretta Gerecke about her use of the "three-dimensional poetry" of words, music, and movement to tell the story of Persian poet and her relationship to the women's rights movement.
Building on the Festival's East/West theme, join esteemed Canadian poet and playwright George Elliott Clarke for an exploration of literature and the African-Canadian communities of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Luminato artists Erika Batdorf of One Pure Longing, Anthony Black of Homage, and magician David Ben discuss this year's Festival themes of artists' rights and intellectual property.
Helgard Haug and other members of Germany's Rimini Protokoll discuss their trademark "Reality Trend" theatre, exemplified by their use of audience participation to create a simulated setting that blurs the boundary between reality and fiction.
Christian Barry and Anthony Black, Artistic Directors of 2b theatre company, speak about their dramatic homage to advertising executive turned sculptor Haydn Davies, while Trevor Davies, Haydn's son, shares his thoughts about his father's legacy.
Members of the Miami-based design collective FriendsWithYou - Arturo Sandoval II and Sam Borkson - discuss their unique character-based installations focusing on friendship and creativity.