YEREVAN-KAPAN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MONO PERFORMANCES
Marietta Makarian
AZG Armenian Daily
April 17 2009
Armenia
ARMMONO international theatre festival, first organized seven years
ago, gives opportunities for various creative contacts and new
achievements to both Armenian and foreign young artists.
On April 8-13 in Yerevan and then April 13-17 in Kapan 16 mono
performances of actors and producers from Armenia, USA, Russia, Poland,
Germany, Ukraine, France and Great Britain were and will be performed
within the framework of the festival.
The festival in Yerevan started with Hakob Ghazanchian’s "Double Bass",
where actor Hovhannes Babakhanian again shone with his acting
Andrey Lyubimov’s "A Ring From Above" (Russia) enraptured the
audience with its gentle and emotional interpretation. NA Speaker
Hovik Abrahamian that watched the performance told "Azg" daily,
"Similar events fill us with new emotions".
Nora Armani’s "Evocations of Armenia" (Great Britain) made an
inimitable impression on the Armenian audience the third day of
the festival. Nora Armani is known as a bold, enterprising and
talented producer and actor in not only Armenian but also American and
international theatrical circles. The "Sojourn at Ararat" performed by
her is about the Armenian Genocide that together with the well-known
actor and producer Gerald Papazian was presented in four languages in
different parts of the world. Weaving together the most remarkable
pieces from Armenian poetry and literature, Nora Armani and Gerald
Papasian have created "Sojourn at Ararat", a two-character play that
tells one couple’s love story and through it reveals the trajectory
of the Armenian people.
At the festival, Nora Armani performed to the accompaniment of
well-known musician Davit Baqamjian’s viola. She presented the works
of Narekatsi, Hovhannes Tumanian, Paruyr Sevak, Gevorg Emin, Eghishe
Charents and others in Armenian and English, in combination with the
music of Komitas, Alan Hovhannes, Ekmalian and others.
Poem "Akhtamar" was also originally performed seasoned with selected
music and skilful interpretation.
A special part was dedicated to the anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide.
At the closing ceremony of the Yerevan Festival, the participants
of the festival were given certificates, dolls dressed in Armenian
national clothes and flowers. Just after it, they set off for Kapan.