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Accompanying Event

International Symposium

6th Tbilisi International Biennale of Stage Design
Date
15 October 2026
Thursday, 11:00–17:00
Venue
National Library of Georgia
7 Lado Gudiashvili Street, Tbilisi
11:00–11:15
Opening and welcome
Session I, 11:15–12:00

“Theatre and Fashion” / “Theatre and War”

Online Session
11:15–11:30
Fruzsina Nagy (Hungary)Online Session
“A New Genre: Catwalk Concert – Where Performance and Fashion Meet Through Music and Costumes”
11:30–11:45
Michel Kessler (Switzerland)Online Session
“Radical Recomposition”
11:45–12:00
Liliia Voloshyna (Ukraine)Online Session
“Performing Experience and Spatial Practices: Theatre Work with Veterans in Times of War”
12:00–12:20
Coffee break
Session II, 12:20–13:15

“Theatre and War”

In-Person Session, Part 1
12:20–12:35
Amálie Bulandrová (Czech Republic)In-Person Session
“Staging the Infrastructure of War: Scenography, Affect and the Performance We Love Shooting”
12:35–12:50
Dinesh Yadav (India/USA)In-Person Session
“Two ‘Enemy’ Nation and a Dog: Performing the Border”
12:50–13:15
Qin Xiujie (China)In-Person Session
“War and Theatre” (with translation)
13:15–14:15
Lunch break
Session III, 14:15–15:00

“Theatre and War” & “Theatrical Costume. Continuation of Tradition”

In-Person Session, Part 2
14:15–14:30
Zahra (Saba) Fuladvand (Iran/Hungary)In-Person Session
“The Mirror as Witness: Staging War, Migration, and Memory”
14:30–14:45
Marianna Oakley (Georgia)In-Person Session
“Georgian Scenography: From the History of Theatrical Costume. Shift of Time or Continuation of Tradition”
14:45–15:00
Khatuna Kikvadze (Georgia)In-Person Session
“Theatre and Fashion: Through the Lens of Scenography at the Tbilisi Youth Theatre”
15:15–16:45
Panel discussion and Q&A (90 min)
16:45–17:00
Symposium wrap-up and closing