Are Arts Festivals Still about Art?

The article presents an edited version of the speech "Are Arts Festivals Still about Art?," by Brent Meersman, delivered at the Thirteenth International Symposium of Theatre Critics and Scholars in May 2009. Meersman spoke on the rich-poor disparity in South Africa being underlined by events such as...

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Publicado en:Theater Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 78 - 87
Autor principal: MEERSMAN, BRENT
Formato: Speech
Publicado: Duke University Press Winter2011
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Sumario:The article presents an edited version of the speech "Are Arts Festivals Still about Art?," by Brent Meersman, delivered at the Thirteenth International Symposium of Theatre Critics and Scholars in May 2009. Meersman spoke on the rich-poor disparity in South Africa being underlined by events such as art festivals. He highlighted the need for strategies to bring art to those who are economically excluded from national cultural participation and discussed several art festivals.