Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
Festival TransAmériques
Festival in Montreal, Quebec , founded in 1985 by Marie-Hélène Falcon as Festival de Théâtre des Amériques.
It began as a biannual festival of theatre from the Americas but has since grown into a festival of world theatre with the occasional play presented outside of the actual festival.
Among the countries which have sent companies to the Festival are Vietnam, Great Britain, Mexico, Romania, Canada, and the United States. Artists whose works have appeared through the Festival are Ariane Mnouchkine, Peter Sellars, Peter Brook, Daniel Brooks , Guillermo Verdecchia , Robert Lepage and Wajdi Mouawad .
In 2007, the name was changed to Festival TransAmériques to reflect the inclusion of dance and multidisciplinary performance art. The current Artistic Director is Marie-Hélène Falcon.
Website: www/fta/qc/ca
Last updated 2010-02-01
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