A Meeting of Members of Policy Making Council of Fadjr International Theater Festival with Culture Minister
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Minister of culture and Islamic guidance described theater as one of the arts with the least challenges and maximum opportunities, saying that a boom in dramatic arts would help reduce social disorders in the society.
Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri said on Sunday at the gathering of members of Policy-Making and Executive Council of the 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival and directors of its organizing committees that the artists would create joy and bring smile, which could finally lead to internal peace in the society, irantheater.ir reported.
He added that Iran was facing challenges in how to stir joy in the country. “With the assistance of artists, happiness could be produced and re-produced like oxygen. A man needs solidarity, interaction, dialogue and happiness,” the minister stressed.
One of the features of culture, he said, was its ability to unify, adding that theater could consolidate society and consequently prevent disorders and upheavals.
Character-making was another feature of culture, Mr Salehi-Amiri said, explaining that theater could create character for the audience.
Another feature of culture was adaptation and theater could create it through dialogue, he said.
Also, the minister said, creating identity and giving identity were other characteristics of culture, stressing the importance of respecting the identity of the society in theater.
On resistance economy, Mr Salehi-Amiri said that theater could help the resistance economy through dialogue.
On the economy of theater, the minister said that Iran theater was facing woes in this section and was dependent on the government but its only rescue could be production of theater pieces by public bodies and private sector. “Theater must stand on its feet and be self-reliant,” he stressed.
Referring that between 90 and 110 pieces are staged in Tehran every day now, Mr Salehi-Amiri said that the figure showed that theater and cinema were competing neck and neck in the country now. “The figure was a source of happiness, predicting a bright future for the country’s performing art.”
Ali Moradkhani, deputy culture minister for artistic affairs, Mahdi Shafiee, director general of Dramatic Arts Center, and a group of officials of the performing arts and 35th Fadjr International Theater Festival, delivered speeches prior to the minister.