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British Council VietnamFestival Workshop10-13 June2010

Behind the Scenes at Festival Hue

British Council VietnamFestival Workshop10-13 June 2010

Our Agenda• Welcome• Introductions• Thank You• Structure of the workshop

British Council VietnamFestival Workshop10-13 June 2010

Nick Dodds• Set up Festivals and Events International two years ago• Chief Executive of Brighton Festival and Dome for eight years• Administrative Director of Edinburgh International Festival for

ten years• Past Chairman of BAFA the British Arts Festivals Association for

five years• Past Chairman of IFEA Europe – International Festivals and

Events Association for three years• General Manager of lighting and technical production business• Theatre Manager

British Council VietnamFestival Workshop10-13 June 2010

Ary Sutedja• Indonesian Pianist and Festival Director• Founded JakArt, an International Arts, Cultural and

Educational Festival held in Jakarta in 1999• JakArt a four week festival in June 2001, 2002, 2003 and

Festival a la Carte in 2004 which toured to 15 Indonesian Cities and 12 Cities in Greece as part of Olympiad, and the IF Festival in 2008

• Multi-arts festival, 1000 events, 300 venues, 1000 volunteers• Founding member of the Confederation of the Association of

Asian Performing Arts Festival (AAPAF)

British Council VietnamFestival Workshop10-13 June 2010

Structure of the Workshops• Informal ‘Behind the Scenes’ • Focusing on preparation and delivery of

Festival Hue• Particularly programming and production• Lessons for development of

contemporary arts festivals in Vietnam• FLEXIBLE

British Council VietnamFestival Workshop10-13 June 2010

Structure of the Workshops• Mornings – visits to festival sites• Afternoon oExamples from other UK and Asian

festivals oDiscussion and criticism

• Evening – visit to festival performances

British Council VietnamFestival Workshop10-13 June 2010

Structure of the Workshops• Thursday – Nick on Festival

Programming• Friday – Nick on Festival Production• Saturday – Ary on IF Festival Indonesia

and festival education projects• Sunday – Ary on AAPAF and artists

British Council VietnamFestival Workshop10-13 June 2010

Introductions• Who has been to Festival Hue

before?• 60 second profile - Who are you?• What do you want from this

workshop?