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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Colleagues,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I apologize for the second email, but it occurred
to me that some people may not be able to access the attachment I sent earler
regarding World Theatre Day. I am including it here for your
convenience.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am thankful that I am able to work and create in
a profession I love. Thank you to all my mentors, past and present for their
inspiration and encouragement. I am especially grateful for Gaeten Charlebois,
who has done so much to promote and document our achievements.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Happy World Theatre Day Everyone. Keep the
faith!</FONT></DIV>
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WORLD THEATRE DAY - 27th March 2001</FONT></DIV>
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International Message</FONT></DIV>
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World Theatre Day International Message 2001</FONT></DIV>
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Iakovos KAMPANELLIS</FONT></DIV>
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Playwright<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR> "I
believe that Theatre will never cease to exist. I think, even
if<BR> this might sound paradoxical,
that this ancient Art is also an
Art<BR> of the Future. Not because of
the will of those who create
Theatre<BR> – playwrights, actors,
directors - and all the other factors
that<BR> contribute to a performance,
but because you, the people, the<BR>
audience, will still want it to exist in the future.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> On what
do I base this optimistic prediction about Theatre’s
future<BR> ? On the belief that the
creation of Theatre stems from a
person’s<BR> psychical need, a need
that will never be eradicated.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I invite
you all today to share some thoughts that would seem
to<BR> justify my point of view. The
fact that Man walked on the Moon<BR>
seems already an old story ! It no longer impresses us that
a<BR> spaceship went to planet Mars
and brought back samples of its
soil<BR> ! A huge space station
providing accommodation for space
tourists<BR> and young couples on
their honeymoon is already under
construction<BR> and spaceships
exploring distant planets and sending their
photos<BR> back to Earth are now
almost an everyday occurrence !.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> However,
although we are living in a time when humanity
is<BR> conquering space, we still
continue to go to the Theatre, and
find<BR> ourselves in a space
belonging to an Art that has existed
and<BR> functioned with the same
simple means, ever since measuring
time<BR> with a sundial was thought to
be a great technical achievement.
In<BR> my view, this evident, timeless
relation between human beings and<BR>
theatre is an eternal one. This is because I believe that
while<BR> Theatre evolved into a
social phenomenon, it was, at the
beginning,<BR> a natural one. Theatre
dates from the time that the first
human<BR> beings began to memorize
their experiences and represent them
in<BR> imagination, from the time that
human beings began to plan their<BR>
actions, imagining how to accomplish them. The first
theatre<BR> company and the first
theatrical performances took shape in
the<BR> minds of men and women. Every
person has an innate need and
ability<BR> to create performances.
Have you ever realized that each of
us,<BR> without exception, has at his
or her disposal a private theatre<BR>
company, in which we ourselves play the leading role while at
the<BR> same time being our own
audience ? Very often, we are also
the<BR> playwright, the director and
the set designer of this company.
How<BR> and when does this occur
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Isn’t
this in fact what we are doing, when, preparing ourselves
for<BR> an interesting or crucial
meeting, we imagine the whole scene
in<BR> order to decide how we will
behave. Aren’t our memories and
even<BR> our dreams, actually
performances of our private company ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I think,
therefore, that Theatre will never cease to exist
because<BR> I believe that men and
women will never stop living without
the<BR> agony of self-knowledge,
without the existential need to
become<BR> spectators of their selves
and their actions, that is to say,<BR>
without those elements of the human psyche from which the Art
of<BR> Theatre emerged, from which it
has been re-created for thousands
of<BR> years and from which it will
continue to be reborn as long as
human<BR> beings remain the natural
fruit of love."</FONT></DIV>
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[original Greek]</FONT></DIV>
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photograph<BR> and to circulate them.
When you do so, please include the
following<BR> mention, and, if you
display the material on Internet, we ask
you<BR> to add a link to the ITI site
on Internet <A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> « WORLD
THEATRE DAY was created in 1961 by the
International<BR> Theatre Institute
(ITI). World Theatre Day is celebrated
annually<BR> on the 27th March by ITI
Centres and the international
theatre<BR> community, various
national and international theatre events
being<BR> organized to mark this
occasion. One of the most important of
these<BR> is the circulation of the
International Message
traditionally<BR> written by a theatre
personality of world stature at the
invitation<BR> of the International
Theatre Institute. »</FONT></DIV>
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