PERIOD: June 16th to 30th

Group: Ilotopie Play: "La Mousse en Cage" Photo: Frederico de Almeida/Casa da Foto

FIT BH/96, extended if compared to the first version, dured 15 days, bringing plays and performances to nine different closed stages and 19 open stages. Besides, it expanded through all nine administrative areas in the capital and even in Betim, Contagem and Mariana - three small cities close to Belo Horizonte.
During the event, a research made with the audience established an 88% positive valuation, a 7% regular valuation, 5% of ignorance and 0% of negative valuation, confirming FIT's indisputable acceptation by the population.

PLAYS

National

MELODRAMA (stage) Cia. dos Atores - Rio de Janeiro/Brasil
PRIMEIRAS ESTÓRIAS (street) Teatro do Bão - Campinas/Brasil
O OLHO DO TAMANDUÁ (stage) Cia. Tamanduá de Dançateatro - São Paulo/Brasil
RODA SAIA GIRA VIDA (street) Teatro de Anônimo - Rio de Janeiro/Brasil
AMOR PAREGÓRICO (street) Velho Mangaba e suas Pastoras Endiabradas - Recife/Brasil
AMORES DE AZEVEDO (stage) Produção independente Belo Horizonte/Brasil
ESPERANDO GODOT (street) Armatrux - Belo Horizonte/Brasil
COISA DE DOIDO (stage) Produção independente - Belo Horizonte/Brasil
TAKE OFF: O CINEMA NO TEATRO (stage) Circus Pocus - Belo Horizonte/Brasil
A BALADA DO AMOR VERDADEIRO (alternative stage) Cia. Reviu a Volta - Belo Horizonte/Brasil
COBRA NORATO (street) Giramundo Teatro de Bonecos - Belo Horizonte/Brasil
BABACHDALGHARA (stage) Oficcina Multimedia - Belo Horizonte/Brasil
FILOMENA, ZULURDES, CUSTÓDIA (street) Gorete Milagres - Belo Horizonte/Brasil
CIRCO BIZARRO (alternative stage) Formandos da Escola de Teatro da Fundação Clóvis Salgado - Belo Horizonte/Brasil

International

NOITE DE REIS (stage) Backa Teater - Gotemburgo/Suécia
DIMONIS (street) Comedians - Barcelona/Espanha
IN CONCERT (alternative stage) Sèmola Teatre - Barcelona/Espanha
HÍBRID (stage) Sèmola Teatre - Barcelona/Espanha
SIDE-CAR (street) Boni & Caroli - Barcelona/Espanha
A CORTE DOS VAGABUNDOS (stage) Flash Marionnettes - Estrasburgo/França
AS TRÊS IRMÃS (stage) Ballatum Théâtre - Lievin/ França
LA MOUSSE EN CAGE (street) Ilotopie - Port. Saint. Louis/França
LES GENS DE COULEURS (street) Ilotopie - Port. Saint. Louis/França
BARRACA DE FEIRA (stage) Colombaioni - Roma/Itália
POPON EL BRUJO Y EL SUEÑO DE TISQUESUSA (street) Teatro Taller de Colômbia - Bogotá/Colômbia
O CÉU POR TERRA (alternative stage) Centro Per La Sperimentazione e La Ricerca Teatrale - Pontedera/Itália
CARTA DIVA (stage) Ennio Marchetto - Veneza/Itália
VIAGEM AO CENTRO DA TERRA (stage) La Troppa - Santiago/Chile
LES HOMMES EN NOIR (street) Cie. Contre-Pour - St. Sebastien D'Aigrefeville/Bélgica
ZAPEROCO (street) Teatrela - Caracas/Venezuela
NINGUÉM ESCREVE AO CORONEL (stage) Rajatabla - Caracas/Venezuela

SPECIAL EVENTS

* 2nd Meeting of International Festivals Directors
Discussing the possibilities of cooperation between the international theatre festivals.
Place: Centro Cultural da UFMG
Date: 26/06/1996 to 28/06/1996

* Culture Section Editors Meeting
The Culture in the Second Sections: editorial politic, market pressure, perspectives and tendencies.
Place: Centro Cultural da UFMG
Date: 17/06/1996

* D-Day - Minas Gerais' Group Theatre Movement Day: activities from the movement and the importance of group theatre. Exhibitions, debates and presentations.
Place: Centro Cultural da UFMG
Date: 17/06/1996

* The Role of Non-Government Organizations in the Developing Countries' Culture and Educative Process - Nelly Garzon Conference, vice-president of IIT - International institute of Theatre.
Place: Centro Cultural da UFMG
Date: 25/06/1996

WORKSHOPS

* "Children in the Main Street"
Improvising, memorizing and interpretation based on the text by Franz Kafka. With François Kahn, from Centro Per La Sperimentazione e La Ricerca Teatrale de Pontedera (Itália)
Place: Teatro Universitário da UFMG
Date: 16/06/1996 to 26/06/1996

* "History Carpet"
Interpretation Workshop, with Stefano Vercelli, from Centro Per La Sperimentazione e La Ricerca Teatrale de Pontedera (Itália)
Place: Teatro Universitário da UFMG
Date: 16/06/1996 to 26/06/1996

* "The Street Theatre as an Appropriation of the Urban Silhouette", with André Carreira, Grupo Escena Subterranea (Argentina) director.
Place: Centro Cultural da UFMG
Date: 18/06/1996 a 22/06/1996

* "The Actors' Physical Principles Training in the Biomechanich", by V. Meyirhold, with Maria Thaís Lima Santos (São Paulo/Brasil)
Place: Teatro Universitário da UFMG
Date: 24/06/1996 a 29/06/1996

* "Emotion Architecture - Scenery Workshop", with José Dias (Rio de Janeiro/Brasil)
Place: Centro Cultural da UFMG
Date: 23/06/1996 to 30/06/1996

* "Scenery Theatre - Introduction to Visual Theatre", with Cibelo Navarro (Minas Gerais/Brasil)
Place: Centro Cultural da UFMG
Date: 10/06/1996 to 30/06/1996

* "The Actor's Voice"
With Mônica Montenegro (SP)
Place: Teatro Universitário da UFMG
Date: 18/06/1996 to 22/06/1996

EXHIBITIONS

* "Scenery Models by J.C. Serroni"
Place: Grande Galeria do Palácio das Artes
Date: 19/06/1996 to 30/06/1996

* "Fite Doll" - Exhibition from the Theatre Doll Association of Minas Gerais.
Place: Foyer do Palácio das Artes
Date: 19/06/1996 a 30/06/1996

* "Specters - 10 Years in Scenes"
Photography Exhibition by Guto Muniz
Place: Sala Ana Horta - Centro Cultural da UFMG
Date: 17/06/1996 a 30/06/1996

VIDEO SESSION

* "Cinco Sentimentos do Teatro"
Monographic Transmission about the theatre philosophy, through the review of trajectories and work of Living Theatre, Eugênio Barba, Teatro Pontedera, Peter Brook e Jerzy Grotowski.
Place: Auditório do Centro Cultural da UFMG
Período: 20 a 24/06/96

* "Mostra Permanente de Vídeos"
Two daily sessions, presenting audio-visual approaches of theatre performances, interview with directors and films that use theatre as theme.
Place: Sala de vídeo do Centro Cultural da UFMG
Date: 16/06/1996 to 30/06/1996