Festivals in Focus

153 Pages·2014·0.609 MB·English

by  Dragan Klaic

Fest iva ls i n Foc us

Festiva ls in Focus
With an Introduction by
Christopher Maughan
and Franco Bianchini
Including The Future of
European Festivals by
Bernard Faivre d’Arcier
Bud ape st , Hu nga r y
© Julia Bala and Contributors, 2014
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Contents
Introduction ............................................................. xi
Christopher Maughan and Franco Bianchini
Festivals in Focus ............................................... 1
1) Historical perspective ......................... 3
2) Facets of festivals ................................. 35
3) Programming Strategies .................... 51
4) The Space of Festivals ......................... 67
Dragan Klaic
Memories to Dragan Klaic ................................ 79
Kulturträger Dragan Klaic ..................... 81
Krzysztof Czyżewski
Dragan Klaic’s legacy: Europe as a
never ending conversation ................ 97
Anne-Marie Autissier
Dragan Klaic 1950-2011: A reflection ..101
Lucy Neal and Rose Fenton
The Future of European Festivals ....................109
Bernard Faivre d’Arcier
List of European Festival Research
Programme Workshops ...............................121
Index of names ..................................................... 125
Notes on Contributors .......................................129

Ack nowledgements

Special thanks are due to Christopher Maughan
and Franco Bianchini for the editorial work
undertaken for this book, to Katarina Pejović,
Anne-Marie Autissier, Richard Fletcher and
Jennie Jordan for their help, and Tom Faber for
his translation from the French of the essay by
Bernard Faivre d’Arcier.
We would also like to acknowledge the financial
support received from the European Cultural
Foundation for the production of this book.