(9 Apr 2006)
5 April 2006
1. Mid shot of organisers looking at performers who are running on the wall performing ''Villa Villa'' (Argentinian entry)
2. Mid shot of performers running on the wall
3. Various of artists playing instruments and singing
4. Various of performers doing acrobatics under water
5. Pan left of performers doing acrobatics under water to artists playing instruments
6. Mid shot of performers running on the wall
7. Artists playing instruments
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Nacho Pachon, Manager of play ''Villa Villa'' (Argentinian entry):
"Our show takes place in the venue that you see with the audience standing and participating in the performance. The audience interacts with the performers, which means each show has unique staging. This is not just a theatrical play, it is also a party with the performers flying over the spectators."
6 April, 2006
9. Wide of performers acting in Chinese opera ''The City of Tebas''
10. Various of Chinese performer singing
11. Mid shot of Chinese musicians playing instruments while the play
12. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Luo Jin Lin, Director of the traditional Chinese opera ''The City of Tebas'' (Chinese entry):
"We have large stage props every time we present (the show) in Beijing. However, when we travel as we did this time to Bogota, we cannot bring our entire sets. Generally, the stage for traditional Chinese opera is very simple and it expresses and reflects the imagination."
13. Various of Chinese performers acting
14. Various of performers thanking spectators for the applauses
STORYLINE:
Latin America''s biggest theatre festival, now in its 10th year, has become so renowned for its rich talent that theatre directors from around the world now flock to the biannual event to scout new talent for their next season''s programme.
This year''s festival, held in Bogota, the capital of Colombia, is called "The World on Stage", and promises a record 700 performances by 2,400 artists representing 42 countries.
Shows include the Argentinian entry, ''Villa Villa'', featuring energetic and spectacular sequences.
Manager Nacho Pachon says "The audience interacts with the performers, which means each show has unique staging."
From China there is a beautiful traditional Chinese opera called ''The City of Tebas.''
Director Luo Jin Lin said they had to leave their huge stage sets and props in Beijing, and travel light to Bogota.
Other performances range from a German production of Edward Albee''s "Who''s Afraid of Virginia Woolf" to a modern dance troupe from Benin.
Since its inception 20 years ago, the theatre festival has grown into the largest in the world.
More than 3 million spectators are expected over the 17 days of performances.
Beyond the numbers, the quality of performances is what has made Colombia''s capital, with its reputation for drug-running and kidnappings, a surprise fixture in the select number of arts festivals worldwide, including the Edinburgh International Festival and the Avignon Theatre Festival.
Organisers hope to repeat the surprise success of the 2004 festival, in which seven mostly Colombian productions were invited to festivals in Switzerland, Ireland, Austria, the United States and Czech Republic.
Colombia''s "The Keening," was also picked up by the American Repertory Theatre in Boston, where it received its English-language premiere.
The special guest this year is Russia, represented by marathon productions of "War and Peace" and Anton Chekhov''s "Three Sisters."
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