Message from the Director General of Performing Arts to the 27th Children and Adolescent Theater Festival
The Director General of Performing Arts of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance issued a message on the eve of the 27th International Festival of Children and Adolescent Theater.
Charso Press: Kazem Nazari, Director General of Performing Arts, wrote in a message to the 27th International Festival of Children and Adolescent Theater:
“For theater, in different perspectives and approaches, very diverse and different functions have been mentioned, and in different fields, different characteristics for this art have been defined and imagined.
In relation to children and adolescents, in addition to the usual functions of theater, educational approaches have taken a more prominent form and are more considered by theater professionals, audiences and the scientific community, including psychologists, sociologists and researchers in the field of education, as well as families. Placed.
Addressing this aspect of theatrical functions requires a comprehensive understanding of the child and adolescent and their vast and specific world. Cognition includes various branches of psychology, educational sciences, humanities, sociology along with complete and deep aristocracy mastery of the executive and technical methods of theater.
This short indicates the very special importance of activities in children and adolescent theater in every branch and position.
The International Festival of Children and Adolescent Theater seeks to create better conditions in various aspects of education, training, hope and efficiency for the children of Iran by relying on the original, rich and diverse Iranian and Islamic culture. Undoubtedly, this requires effort. It is a great effort at all levels of policy, management and implementation. Because the next generation of society and the influencers and builders of the future of dear Iran are today’s children and adolescents, and one of the prominent missions in the field of culture and art is expert planning and fruitful activity in this field.
Wishing victory and pride to all the artists, theater groups, collaborators and organizers of this great artistic event, I hope that the twenty-seventh step of this dangerous path will bring us and the children’s theater closer to the goals and grand visions of this festival. . »