Apollo - International Festival for Youth & Independent Theater

t Greek culture and because we try to put "skepsis" in everything we do, we decided to give the name of the ancient god Apollo to our festival - believing that the art hides in its essence visionary dimensions that can help us discover subtle meanings of reality, healing and revelatory valences derived from the mysterious meeting between the artist and the public, but most of all because we wish that this festival become a permanent invitation to expression and discovery not just for theatre, but for other arts too. Apollo is not just a festival, is an exploration of the human spirit, a celebration of it's creativity and passion.”- Viorel-Mihai Cioflică

Considerations:
APOLLO festival is ment to be an international event organized to promote Alba Iulia and to extend the social and cultural life of our community. The Apollo Festival is an invitation for young theatre groups (age range of the group 18 to 35) to come together, learn and perform for the community of Alba Iulia, Romania. During 4 days of festival, different performances will be presented for the public – as the invited groups come from different schools and orientations in their theatre vision, having different backgrounds. Workshops conducted by a professional and discussions are to be held also, so that participants will have the chance to exercise their abilities, to learn from each other, as APOLLO encourages intercultural dialogue. APOLLO it is not a competition, it’s main goal being to offer to the participant groups the chance to present their work and to build bridges, to develop collaboration relationships and to share experiences by exploring together in the artistically spirit of opening and understanding. Every group present will receive the public’s appreciation, participation diplomas and a personalized trophy. the festival is also a solid proof of the functional social partnership within community - the event would never develop without the support of the Municipality, the Student Cultural House and other institutions and organisations - we underline here the support of Inter-Art Foundation (Aiud, RO) on helping the festival gaining new artistically dimensions. What makes the event a special one is the young spirit, the enthusiasm and the passion of the participating groups - the sincerity and the total involvment of their performances on stage.