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Close-Act Theatre
Close-Act Theatre is an international street theatre company that was founded in 1991 in the Netherlands. The group originates from collaboration of designers, actors, dancers, choreographers and musicians, all the disciplines are combined. Close-Act is a street theatre company in the Netherlands and most of their performances are made for an audience of 5.000 to 10.000 people. The artistic directors of Close-Act are Hesther Melief and Tonny Aerts. The group performed worldwide on festivals including the Daidogei World Cup is a street performance festival and competition held annually in Shizuoka City, Japan each November. History The Daidogei World Cup first took place in 1992. Planning for the first event took three years, and the turnout of 1.5 million visitors ..., Klein Karoo National Arts Festival Oudsthoorn and Festival Internacional Cervantino. Productions The group has many different productions. Their bigger spectacles have included ''Globe'', ''Malaya'', ''Pi-le ...
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Street Theatre
Street theatre is a form of theatrical performance and presentation in outdoor public spaces without a specific paying audience. These spaces can be anywhere, including shopping centres, car parks, recreational reserves, college or university campus and street corners. They are especially seen in outdoor spaces where there are large numbers of people. The actors who perform street theatre range from buskers to organised theatre companies or groups that want to experiment with performance spaces, or to promote their mainstream work. It was a source of providing information to people when there were no sources of providing information like television, radio etc. Nowadays, street play is used to convey a message to the crowd watching it. Street play is considered to be the rawest form of acting, because one does not have a microphone or loud speakers. Sometimes performers are commissioned, especially for street festivals, children's shows or parades, but more often street theatre ...
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Daidogei World Cup
is a street performance festival and competition held annually in Shizuoka City, Japan each November. History The Daidogei World Cup first took place in 1992. Planning for the first event took three years, and the turnout of 1.5 million visitors exceeded the planners' expectations. From 2005, it expanded from a 3-day to a 4-day festival. The 2020 event, scheduled to run from 31 October to 3 November, was cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the first time that the event had been cancelled. Overview Probably the biggest event on Shizuoka's calendar, the Daidogei World Cup is an annual international festival of buskers, held in November. Performers come from around the world and perform throughout the central part of the city as well as in some peripheral locations. It is a very popular event in Shizuoka, as well as among performers, and very competitive for performers to gain entry to the festival. The festival is held mainly all around downtown Shizuoka ...
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Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees
The Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (Afrikaans for ''Little Karoo National Arts Festival'' and usually abbreviated to ''KKNK'') is an Afrikaans language arts festival that takes place yearly in the South African town of Oudtshoorn. The festival includes both the visual and the performing arts and is officially recognized by the South African government as a national arts festival. Based on the number of visitors, it is also the largest South African arts festival. The first festival took place in 1994 and was the idea of a businessman from Oudtshoorn, Nic Barrow, and a former Public Relations Manager for the South African publishing firm Naspers Naspers Limited is a South African multinational internet, technology and multimedia holding company headquartered in Cape Town, with interests in online retail, publishing and venture capital investment. Naspers' principal shareholder is its ..., Andrew Marais. Annually the KKNK attracts more than 1,000 artists performing or exhi ...
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Festival Internacional Cervantino
The Festival Internacional Cervantino (FIC), popularly known as ''El Cervantino'', is a festival which takes place each fall in the city of Guanajuato, located in central Mexico. The festival originates from the mid 20th century, when short plays by Miguel de Cervantes called '' entremeses'' (singular ''entremés'') were performed in the city's plazas. Guanajuato is a small colonial-era city with a rich cultural history. In 1972, the festival was expanded with federal support to include more events to add a more international flavor. Since then, FIC has grown to become the most important international artistic and cultural event in Mexico and Latin America, and one of four major events of its type in the world. It is a member of the European Festivals Association and the Asian Association of Theater Festivals In addition to government support, there are also private sponsors such as Telmex, Televisa and Microsoft. History Origins through the 1970s The city of Guanajuato, where ...
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Street Theatre
Street theatre is a form of theatrical performance and presentation in outdoor public spaces without a specific paying audience. These spaces can be anywhere, including shopping centres, car parks, recreational reserves, college or university campus and street corners. They are especially seen in outdoor spaces where there are large numbers of people. The actors who perform street theatre range from buskers to organised theatre companies or groups that want to experiment with performance spaces, or to promote their mainstream work. It was a source of providing information to people when there were no sources of providing information like television, radio etc. Nowadays, street play is used to convey a message to the crowd watching it. Street play is considered to be the rawest form of acting, because one does not have a microphone or loud speakers. Sometimes performers are commissioned, especially for street festivals, children's shows or parades, but more often street theatre ...
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