2015 Arts Award: Art Recharged
Today the Festival received the Arts Council's Art Recharged award alongside brilliant New Haven Community artists and thinkers
Below is executive director Mary Lou Aleskie's acceptance speech
In 1947, the Edinburgh International Festival rose out of the ashes of the Second World War to provide 'a platform for the flowering of the human spirit'. Edinburgh is not the first Festival to emerge in response to basic human need but it may be among the most among the world’s most prolific.
Twenty years ago, Anne Calabresi in collaboration her co-conspirators Roz Meyer and Jean Handley, believed...
Live Long and Stand: Why A&I Staff Are Up On Their Feet
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas is more than just performances and lectures.
Across the 15 days of each Festival, numerous programs promote healthy living through active lifestyles, food and sustainable consumption, and activities that engage the mind as well as the body. The message we spread is one of building a healthy community, living life to the fullest and enriching the mind, body and spirit.
Unfortunately it’s difficult for us, at times, to incorporate these messages of healthy living into the demanding schedules of our staff and crew. By day 15 of the Festival most of...
The Fabulous Truth
"(The Revolution) will be feathered, jeweled, sequin, glitter, long leg, high heel, patent pumps and…won’t be masculinized.”
—from an original song by Taylor Mac
In Taylor Mac’s ambitious, ongoing series A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, he explores the popular music and social context of each decade in American history, starting with the 1770s. Each decade is represented by its concert, debuted one by one over a period of several years. When the entire cycle is complete in 2016, all 24 decades will be performed in a single marathon event.
The 1990s will premiere in New Haven at the...
A New Circus 'Machine'
Vincent Dubé’s debut company Machine de Cirque brings the audience in on the risk
Mention circus to many people, and they might think of colorful tents and clowns. But a new type of theatrical circus has emerged: these shows take traditional circus acts like the see-saw, juggling, and high-flying stunts, and repackage them in a slick, more contemporary frame—without the circus animals.
Now comes Machine de Cirque, a brand new Québécois company under the direction of Vincent Dubé. The company’s first show brings together four exciting young acrobats, a versatile musician, an array of props, and...
ANNOUNCING FESTIVAL 2012! June 16-30
Featuring the American premiere of National Theater of Scotland's The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, Mark Morris Dance Group, Australian circus-arts troupe Circa, and a solo performance of King Lear from Taiwan and free performances on the New Haven Green from Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright, Red Baraat, Noori, and Rosanne Cash
Announcing Festival 2012
Serious Fun is the theme of the 2012 International Festival of Arts & Ideas, which will be presented June 16-30 at various sites in New Haven, Connecticut.
“The 17th Annual International Festival of Arts & Ideas is a 15-...
Season Announcement & Member Preview Party event on March 27
MEMBERS HELP TO MAKE THE FESTIVAL HAPPEN!
Membership has its value, including advance reservations and discounts on tickets. Tickets will be available at the event for an exclusive member discount price before they go on sale to the general public on April 15.
Memberships are available to purchase at the party or CLICK HERE for more information or to purchase your membership now.
Festival announces 2012 Fellowship Program
The Festival's Fellowship Program is a five-month program for New Haven-area
high school youth designed to improve each fellow's skills in creative writing,
communication, and critical thinking, through a program of weekly classroom
sessions and interactions with the Festival's staff and programming. The program
aspires to develop the next generation of artists, stage technicians, and arts
audiences.
Jill Abramson receives the 2011 Visionary Leadership Award
The first female editor of the world's most innovative and widely read online news source made a confession Friday: Nothing compares to the journalistic thrill she gets from grabbing the morning paper. In print. The confession came from Jill Abramson, the new executive editor of The New York Times.
She spoke to a ballroom full of New Haven movers and shakers gathered for lunch at the Omni Hotel ballroom to watch her receive the 2011 "Visionary Leadership Award" from the International Festival of Arts & Ideas-and to dish about life behind the curtain at the Gray Lady.
New Haven has yet another opportunity to see the work of Bill T. Jones
Dear Friends,
Do you remember the summer of 2010 when Elizabeth Alexander interviewed Bill T. Jones at the Festival just a day after his landmark Tony Award for choreography in Fela!? And were you with us in 2011 to catch Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company's stirring reflection on Lincoln in SERENADE - THE PROPOSITION? Or to witness the origins of this important American artist's work in his early career dance BODY AGAINST BODY?
And what excites me about this coming week is that Fela! at the Shubert will feature the same lead actor and many of the same cast members as the Broadway...
Festival to honor Jill Abramson, first woman editor of New York Times at 2011 Visionary Leadership Award Luncheon
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas will present the 2nd annual Visionary Leadership Award to Jill Abramson, the first female executive editor of The New York Times in its 160-year history. The award presentation and benefit luncheon will take place from Noon to 2PM at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale.
For more information or to purchase tickets, please call Patrick J. Dunn at 203-498-3704 or email pdunn@artidea.org
Cathy Edwards, Festival's Director of Performance Programming, featured in New York Times
The Festival's Director of Performance Programming Cathy Edwards just finished up her final year as guest curator of the ninth annual Portland Institue for Contemporary Arts' Time-Based Art Festival. Read how these interdisciplinary festivals have become "cultural Cuisinarts."
Festival co-sponsors "Somalia - The Land of Warriors and Poets" panel hosted by Yale World Fellows Program
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas co-sponsored the Somalia panel featuring rap artist K'naan on Monday night at the Yale University Art Gallery. Hosted by the Yale World Fellows Program, the event addressed issues around international aid, the politics of dignity, and a new paradigm for transparency and citizen-based initiatives. K'naan is best known for his hit single "Wavin' Flag" (link to video here) the 2010 World Cup anthem.
Read the article in Yale Daily News here
Read the article on Middle East North Africa Financial Network here