Festival d'Avignon
The programme of the 65th Festival d'Avignon, whose associate artist is the French dancer and choreographer Boris Charmatz, is available.
This edition brings once again together artists from around the world to offer you an exceptional panorama of the contemporary performing arts scene in the unique setting of Avignon’s medieval walled-city.
Most of the shows that will be presented are created especially for the Festival and many artists are starting rehearsals as we write these lines.
The Festival d’Avignon has long been an international platform for the performing arts, welcoming artists and performances from many countries and in many languages. Since 2007, and with the support of the European Commission, the Festival d’Avignon has made a significant effort to enable a growing number of non-French-speaking audiences to fully enjoy the artistic programme.
You can consult the English version of our website by clicking here. You can also sign up for our English e-newsletter to receive regular updates on the activities of the Festival d’Avignon throughout the year.
Special programmes and tools have also been prepared for you during the Festival:
- Many of the shows presented in the programme have strong visual, musical or dance components and will be easily accessible to non-French speakers: enfant and Levée des conflits, the two choreographies by Boris Charmatz, Cesena, the new piece by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Björn Schmelzer in the Cour d’honneur, as well as her show Fase, Courts-Circuits by François Verret, Danses libres by François Chaignaud and Cecilia Bengolea who are also presenting (M)IMOSA, …du Printemps! by Thierry Thieû Niang, Exposition universelle by Rachid Ouramdane, low pieces by Xavier Leroy, Sul concetto di volto nel figlio di Dio directed by Romeo Castellucci, Unwort by William Forsythe, VIOLET by Meg Stuart, without forgetting the eight programmes of the Sujets à Vif or the six “batailles” at the École d’Art d’Avignon. Numerous visual installations are also accessible for non-French speakers: those in the École d’Art d’Avignon, Dead Reckoning by Vladimir Miller and Philipp Gehmacher, the one by Jean Michel Bruyère/LFKs La Dispersion du fils, as well as Melting Point - Avignon, the photo and video exhibition of Stéphane Couturier at the Maison des Vins.
Some performances will be presented in English: I Am the Wind by Jon Fosse directed by Patrice Chéreau, Life and Times: Episodes 1 and 2 presented by Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska of the Nature Theater of Oklahoma.
Some performances will be presented in other languages: Bloed & Rozen. Het lied van Jeanne en Gilles, directed by Guy Cassiers will be in Dutch, Kristin, nach Fräulein Julie, directed by Katie Mitchell and Leo Warner in German, "Maldito sea el hombre que confía en el hombre": un projet d'alphabétisation, directed by Angélica Liddell, will be in Spanish, Yahia Yaïch - Amnesia by Jalila Baccar and Fadhel Jaïbi in Arabic.
- English synopses will also be available for theatrical shows. Please ask at the box office or at the door for details.
We hope you will be able to join us this summer in Avignon.
