{"id":2948,"date":"2021-01-23T20:17:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T20:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/wp2\/?page_id=2948"},"modified":"2026-10-30T17:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T13:31:01","slug":"about-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/about-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"About Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tbilisi Biennale of Stage Design 2026, in collaboration with OISTAT, presents the Tbilisi International Symposium 2026.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Symposium will take place as part of the Tbilisi Biennale of Stage Design in Tbilisi, Georgia, on October 15, 2026, from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM (local time).<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 25px 0 30px;\"><a class=\"theme-btn btn-style-one\" style=\"margin: 0 12px 12px 0;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/symposium-photos\/\">Symposium Photos<\/a><a class=\"theme-btn btn-style-one\" style=\"margin: 0 12px 12px 0;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/symposium-recordings\/\">Watch the Recordings<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>About the Symposium<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tbilisi International Symposium provides a platform for leading professionals and emerging voices in the fields of theatre, stage design, costume, architecture, and technology, including artists, educators, and researchers.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The themes of the Symposium:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWar and Theatre\u201d \u2013 reflecting urgent global and regional concerns<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTheatre and Fashion\u201d \u2013 the main theme of the Tbilisi Biennale of Stage Design 2026<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Symposium aims to foster a dynamic and inclusive exchange of ideas and practices across disciplines.<\/p>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Suggested Thematic Sections<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Section I: War and Theatre<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Performing Crisis: Theatre Amid War and Acts of Resistance<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Theatre as Witness: Staging War, Memory, and Trauma<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">War on Stage \/ Stage at War: Reimagining Conflict Through Performance<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Section II: Theatre and Fashion<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practice: Inspiration, Transcription, Adaptation<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research: Scenographic Materials and New Publications<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Education: Innovation and Tradition<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The International Symposium will be held in a hybrid format and will take place physically at the National Library of the Parliament of Georgia (Location: Tbilisi, Lado Gudiashvili St. #7).<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Scenography Symposium is part of the open forum of the Biennale. The symposium is dedicated to the discussion of modern trends in scenography and problems of culture through crisis.<\/p>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/symposium-speaker\/\">Speakers<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/speakers\/fruzsina-nagy\/\">Fruzsina Nagy<\/a> (Hungary)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/speakers\/michel-kessler\/\">Michel Kessler<\/a> (Switzerland)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/speakers\/liliia-voloshyna\/\">Liliia Voloshyna<\/a> (Ukraine)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/speakers\/amalie-bulandrova\/\">Am\u00e1lie Bulandrov\u00e1<\/a> (Czech Republic)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/speakers\/dinesh-yadav\/\">Dinesh Yadav<\/a> (India \/ USA)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/speakers\/qin-xiujie\/\">Qin Xiujie<\/a> (China)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/speakers\/zahra-saba-fuladvand\/\">Zahra (Saba) Fuladvand<\/a> (Iran \/ Hungary)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/speakers\/marianna-oakley\/\">Marianna Oakley<\/a> (Georgia)<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/speakers\/khatuna-kikvadze\/\">Khatuna Kikvadze<\/a> (Georgia)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbilisibiennale.com\/2026\/symposium-agenda\/\">Symposium Agenda<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tbilisi Biennale of Stage Design 2026, in collaboration with OISTAT, presents the Tbilisi International Symposium 2026. 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