{"id":17910,"date":"2019-09-25T11:21:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T10:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=17910"},"modified":"2019-09-25T11:21:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T10:21:27","slug":"belfast-international-arts-festival-2019-programme-launched-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/09\/belfast-international-arts-festival-2019-programme-launched-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Belfast International Arts Festival 2019 Programme Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li><strong>Belfast selected for French and Japanese\nInternational Cultural Partnerships<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>14 Premieres, 200+ events, 20 days <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>15 October \u2013 3 November 2019<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>International programme focuses on crossing\nartistic borders and pushing boundaries<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/La-Dame-Blanche_Photographer-Brian-Thomspon-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17911\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme for the 57<sup>th<\/sup> Belfast International\nArts Festival has been launched, with a showcase performance by one of the\nFestival\u2019s signature artists, Cuban-born Parisian musician<strong>, La Dame Blanche<\/strong>,\nwho will perform at the Belfast Empire on Friday 18<sup>th<\/sup> October.&nbsp; (Real name) Yaite Ramos Rodriguez is the\ndaughter of the Creative Director of the <strong>Buena Vista Social Club<\/strong>.&nbsp; Reflecting the festival\u2019s key themes of\ninternationalism and artistic fusion, <strong>La Dame Blanche<\/strong> brought guests at\nthe launch to their feet with her infectious and unique blend of hip-hop,\ncumbia and reggae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Festival Artistic Director, Richard Wakely<\/strong> unveiled\nthe programme, which will this year feature over 200 events from the world of\nmusic, dance, film, visual arts, literature and theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He revealed that Belfast has been chosen to contribute to two\nmajor international cultural celebrations, <strong>Japan-UK Season of Culture<\/strong>\nand <strong>FranceDance UK<\/strong>.&nbsp; He said, \u201cThe\n2019 Belfast International Arts Festival will open on 15 October with the UK\npremiere of <strong><em>Median<\/em>,<\/strong> a contemporary paring of choreography with\ndigital projection and electronic sound from Japanese multi-disciplinary artist\n<strong>Hiroaki Umeda. <\/strong>Think of the most creative music videos by Radiohead and\nAphex Twin, meets the stealth and intensity of The Matrix.&nbsp; Also featuring in the programme will be <strong>ASUNA<\/strong>,\na wonderful young artist from Tokyo with his quirky, immersive sound\ninstallation, <strong>100 Keyboards. <\/strong>It is an honour to have been selected to\nhost some of Japan\u2019s finest artists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard went on to reveal another major arts first for the\ncity.&nbsp; He said, \u201cShowcasing the best of\ninternational dance for Belfast audiences has always been one of my biggest\ngoals for the Festival.&nbsp; I am especially\npleased to announce that on the weekend of 25<sup>th<\/sup> and 26<sup>th<\/sup>\nOctober, Belfast International Arts Festival will be co-hosting the first ever\nall-Ireland dance conference, <strong>Co-Motion<\/strong><em>,<\/em> in partnership with Dance\nIreland, Dance Resource Base and Queen\u2019s University Belfast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat weekend\u2019s Festival programme will include performances\nby <strong>Shobana Jeyasingh Dance<\/strong> performing an Irish premiere of <strong><em>Staging\nSchiele<\/em><\/strong> (the story of radical Austrian nude artist and\nself-portraitist, Egon Schiele) before it heads to Southbank\u2019s Queen Elizabeth\nHall for its London run; and acclaimed French company <strong>(LA)HORDE <\/strong>performing\ntheir high energy jumpstyle piece <strong><em>To Da Bone<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; This is a captivating, contemporary\nrebel-call to the social media generation, both in its narrative and in the way\nthat the cast was crowd-sourced from across Europe, through an open audition on\nthe internet. &nbsp;The work of <strong>(LA)HORDE<\/strong>\nwill be recognisable from the multi-million-viewed music video for Christine\nand the Queens\u2019 track Girlfriend.\u201d \n\nThis y\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belfast selected for French and Japanese International Cultural Partnerships 14 Premieres, 200+ events, 20 days 15 October \u2013 3 November 2019 International programme focuses on crossing artistic borders and pushing boundaries The programme for the 57th Belfast International Arts Festival has been launched, with a showcase performance by one of the Festival\u2019s signature artists, Cuban-born &hellip; 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