"Nôt" by choreographer Marlène Monteiro Freitas in the courtyard of the Palais des Papes in Avignon. (Credit: Christophe Raynaud de Lage/Festival d’Avignon)
"Even as the Avignon Festival begins, the far-right Israeli government continues its attacks on Gaza, committing war crimes, blocking humanitarian aid, systematically violating human rights and international law, causing the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians, among whom are thousands of children. Children. Children. Children," stated Avignon Festival director Tiago Rodrigues.An op-ed signed by a hundred festival artists and published in the weekly Télérama followed this letter: "We, men and women of the show, declare our solidarity with the Palestinian people."Moreover, the Arabic language was at the heart of this edition. "A language," said Rodrigues, "too often weaponized by those who prefer hatred and violence.""When I Saw the Sea" by the Lebanese Ali Shahrour....
"Even as the Avignon Festival begins, the far-right Israeli government continues its attacks on Gaza, committing war crimes, blocking humanitarian aid, systematically violating human rights and international law, causing the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians, among whom are thousands of children. Children. Children. Children," stated Avignon Festival director Tiago Rodrigues.An op-ed signed by a hundred festival artists and published in the weekly Télérama followed this letter: "We, men and women of the show, declare our solidarity with the Palestinian people."Moreover, the Arabic language was at the heart of this edition. "A language," said Rodrigues, "too often weaponized by those who prefer hatred and violence.""When I Saw the Sea" by the Lebanese Ali Shahrour....
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