Three Armenian theaters to perform at next festival

Yerkir/arm
December 10, 2004

Back in January, 2004 Ministries of Culture of Armenia and Syria
signed an agreement on cultural collaboration, which implies not only
organization of mutual cultural events in both countries but also
interaction in many cultural fields.

This year Syria has organized days of the Armenian culture. In frames
of the same agreement, the Armenian Edgar Elbakian theater toured in
Damascus during a festival this year.

Razmik Abrahamian of the Ministry on Culture says that the Armenian
theater greatly impressed the Syrian spectators with a two-hour
performance of Fridrich Dyurenmath’s `Last waltz.’ The performance was
followed by long applauds.

The festival had been suspended for 16 years and restarted after
4-hour talks of the director and president. The raised funds went to
the government. Our actors highly praised the level of organization of
the overall event.

Although the festival did not foresee any prizes, several actors,
including Armenian Vladimir Msrian, were given respect ceremonies.
The Armenian performance was so appreciated that the next year three
theaters will be invited.

A the end of the interview, Razmik Abrahamian said that unlike
previous years, when the Armenian community of Syria was gathered only
around the church, now you can feel the presence of the Armenian
state.