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====Date: [[:Category:2006 | ====Date: [[:Category:2006|2006]]==== | ||
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====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]==== | |||
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'''Location:''' Minsk, | '''Location:''' Minsk, Belarus | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' The play, Eleven Vests (1997), is about violence, scholastic and military authoritarianism. | '''Description of Artwork:''' The play, ''Eleven Vests'' (1997), is about violence, scholastic and military authoritarianism. | ||
'''The Incident:''' The troupe was about to start a performance at a house in the capital of Minsk when armed officers burst into the building and everyone inside were taken to a police station.Up to 60 spectators, all actors, managers, directors of Free Theatre including three children of 6, 7, and 8 years old together with French Director Christian Benedetti, Director of Theatre-Studio Jerome Impilizzierri, and Assistant to director Nina Reno and Netherlands professor Boris Gerets and Production Manager Mark Jansen were arrested during the performance. | '''The Incident:''' The troupe was about to start a performance at a house in the capital of Minsk when armed officers burst into the building and everyone inside were taken to a police station.Up to 60 spectators, all actors, managers, directors of Free Theatre including three children of 6, 7, and 8 years old together with French Director Christian Benedetti, Director of Theatre-Studio Jerome Impilizzierri, and Assistant to director Nina Reno and Netherlands professor Boris Gerets and Production Manager Mark Jansen were arrested during the performance. | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' Everyone was released three hours later. | '''Results of Incident:''' Everyone was released three hours later. | ||
Background on the Free Theater:The Free Theater is barred from performing in Belarus and has no permanent space. Nevertheless, it continues to survive, screening audiences before every performance. | Background on the Free Theater:The Free Theater is barred from performing in Belarus and has no permanent space. Nevertheless, it continues to survive, screening audiences before every performance. | ||
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Revision as of 22:53, 22 November 2011
Date: 2006
Region: Europe
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Theatre
Artist: The Belarus Free Theater
Confronting Bodies: representatives of three different special forces (OMON, KGB, and district police)
Dates of Action: August 22, 2007
Location: Minsk, Belarus
Description of Artwork: The play, Eleven Vests (1997), is about violence, scholastic and military authoritarianism.
The Incident: The troupe was about to start a performance at a house in the capital of Minsk when armed officers burst into the building and everyone inside were taken to a police station.Up to 60 spectators, all actors, managers, directors of Free Theatre including three children of 6, 7, and 8 years old together with French Director Christian Benedetti, Director of Theatre-Studio Jerome Impilizzierri, and Assistant to director Nina Reno and Netherlands professor Boris Gerets and Production Manager Mark Jansen were arrested during the performance.
Results of Incident: Everyone was released three hours later. Background on the Free Theater:The Free Theater is barred from performing in Belarus and has no permanent space. Nevertheless, it continues to survive, screening audiences before every performance.
Source: KadmusArts Blogs
