ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Binder - Theater producer
A Tony Award winner, theater producer David Binder is interested in taking performances off the stage.

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David Binder won the Tony award for producing the record-breaking smash Hedwig and the Angry Inch starring Neil Patrick Harris. Other Broadway credits include Of Mice and Men starring James Franco and Chris O'Dowd (the first Broadway show to be filmed by the National Theatre of Britain's NT Live and shown in cinemas around the world), 33 Variations starring Jane Fonda, and the first Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun, with Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashad and Audra McDonald.

Binder has also staged events and festivals around the globe, including The High Line Festival, which was curated by David Bowie, The New Island Festival (ten days of Dutch site-specific theater, dance and music in New York City) and IBM's 100th Anniversary: Short Ride in a Fast Machine (held at Lincoln Center). He is the Artistic Associate of London's LIFT Festival.

PHOTO CREDITS for David's 2012 TED Talk:

Minto: Live – Sydney Festival
2011
3 Courtesy of Lone Twin
4 Courtesy of Lone Twin
5 Courtesy of Lone Twin
6 © Pekka Mäkinen
7 © Amrit MacIntyre
8 Courtesy of Lone Twin
9 © Pekka Mäkinen
10 © Pekka Mäkinen
11 © Pekka Mäkinen
12 © Pekka Mäkinen
13 © Pekka Mäkinen
14 © Pekka Mäkinen

The Mahabharata
16 © Image Entertainment

Einstein on the Beach
17 Spaceship © Lesley Leslie-Spinks 2012

De La Guarda
21 Courtesy of De La Guarda

Sleep No More
22 © Alick Crossley

100% – Rimini Protokoll
23 100% Berlin, © Barbara Braun, courtesy of Rimini Protokoll
24 100% Karlsruhe, © Jochen Klenk, courtesy of Rimini Protokoll
25 100% Köln, © Sandra Then, courtesy of Rimini Protokoll
26 100% Köln, © Sandra Then, courtesy of Rimini Protokoll
27 100% Köln, © Sandra Then, courtesy of Rimini Protokoll
28 100% Karlsruhe, © Jochen Klenk, courtesy of Rimini Protokoll
29 100% Köln, © Sandra Then, courtesy of Rimini Protokoll

Grown-Up School (Daily Life Series Part 4)
32 LIFT Brecknock Primary School, London 1999
Photograph: Andrew Whittuck
www.dailylifeltd.co.uk

Roam – a National Theatre of Scotland and Grid Iron production
33 Photo by Richard Campbell, courtesy of National Theatre of Scotland

Urban Dream Capsule
34 Photo courtesy of Bedno.com

Small Metal Objects, Back to Back Theatre
36 Photo by Berni Sweeney, courtesy of Back to Back Theatre
37 2009 Time-Based Art Festival. Photo: Carole Zoom, courtesy of Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
38 Photo by Jeff Busby, courtesy of Back to Back Theatre
39 Photo by Prudence Upton, courtesy of Back to Back Theatre
40 © Richard Termine

Royal de Luxe
42 © Carsten Siegel, berlinsidewalk.com
43 © Flickr user Mlle Jordan
44 © Carsten Siegel, berlinsidewalk.com
45 © Carsten Siegel, berlinsidewalk.com
46 Photo by Flickr user sw77, licensed by creative commons
47 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Matthew Andrews
48 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Matthew Andrews
49 © Carsten Siegel, berlinsidewalk.com
50 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Matthew Andrews
51 Photo by Flickr user sw77, licensed by creative commons
52 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Sophie Laslett
54 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Matthew Andrews
55 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Sophie Laslett
56 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Matthew Andrews
57 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Matthew Andrews
58 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Sophie Laslett

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TEDGlobal 2012

David Binder: The arts festival revolution

David Binder: La revolució dels festivals d'arts

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David Binder és un important productor de Broadway, però l'estiu passat va acabar en un petit suburbi australià, veient com els veïns ballaven i feien representacions davant de casa seva -- i li va encantar. Ens mostra la nova cara dels festivals d'arts, que trenquen la frontera entre audiència i intèrpret i ajuda a les ciutats a expressarse.
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SydneySydney. I had been waitingesperant my wholetot life to get to SydneySydney.
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Sydney. Tota la vida havia volgut viatjar a Sydney.
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I got to the airportaeroport, to the hotelhotel, checkedcomprovat in,
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Arribo a l'aeroport, a l'hotel, em registro,
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and, sittingassegut there in the lobbylobby, was a brochurefulletó
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i assegut allà al vestíbul veig un fullet
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for the SydneySydney FestivalFestival. I thumbedfullejava el througha través it,
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del Festival de Sydney. Faig una ullada,
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and I cameva venir acrossa través de a showespectacle calledanomenat "MintoMinto: LiveViure."
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i veig un espectacle anomenat "Minto:Live."
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The descriptiondescripció readllegir: "The suburbansuburbana streetscarrers of MintoMinto
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La descripció deia: "Els suburbis de Minto
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becomeconvertir-se en the stageetapa for performancesactuacions
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es converteixen en l'escenari de representacions
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createdcreat by internationalinternacional artistsartistes
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creades per artistes internacionals
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in collaborationcol·laboració with the people of MintoMinto."
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amb la col·laboració de la gent de Minto."
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What was this placelloc calledanomenat MintoMinto?
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Què era aquest lloc anomenat Minto?
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SydneySydney, as I would learnaprendre, is a cityciutat of suburbsafores,
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Sydney, pel que sabia,
és una ciutat de suburbis,
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and MintoMinto liesmentides southwestsud-oest, about an hourhores away.
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i Minto es troba al sud-oest,
a una hora més o menys.
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I have to say, it wasn'tno ho era exactlyexactament what I had in mindment
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La veritat, no era exactament
el que esperava trobar
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for my first day down undersota.
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el meu primer dia a Austràlia.
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I mean, I'd thought about the HarbourPort BridgePont or BondiBondi BeachPlatja,
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Vull dir, esperava veure
el Pont del Port o Bondi Beach,
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but MintoMinto? But still, I'm a producerproductor,
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però Minto? En fi, com que sóc productor,
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and the lureatraure of a site-specificprivadesa i seguretat theaterteatre projectprojecte
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i era un projecte teatral
pensat per a un lloc específic,
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was more than I could resistresistir. (LaughterRiure)
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no vaig poder resistir-me.
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So, off I wentva anar into FridayDivendres afternoontarda traffictrànsit,
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Vaig agafar el cotxe divendres a la tarda,
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and I'll never forgetoblida't what I saw when I got there.
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i mai no oblidaré
el que vaig veure quan vaig arribar.
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For the performancerendiment, the audienceaudiència walkedcaminava
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Per la representació, l'audiència caminava
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around the neighborhoodbarri from housecasa to housecasa,
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pel veïnat de casa a casa,
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and the residentsresidents, who were the performersartistes intèrprets o executants,
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i els residents,
que eren qui feien la representació,
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they cameva venir out of theirels seus housescases, and they performedrealitzat
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sortien de les seves cases, i feien
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these autobiographicalautobiogràfica dancesdanses on theirels seus lawnsgespa,
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aquestes dances autobiogràfiques a la gespa,
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on theirels seus drivewayscalçades. (LaughterRiure)
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al carrer. (Riures)
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The showespectacle is a collaborationcol·laboració with a U.K.-based-base
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L'espectacle és una col·laboració
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performancerendiment companyempresa calledanomenat LoneSolitari TwinBessons.
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amb l'empresa d'actors britànica Lone Twin.
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LoneSolitari TwinBessons had come to MintoMinto and workedtreballat
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Lone Twin va treballar prèviament a Minto
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with the residentsresidents, and they had createdcreat these dancesdanses.
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amb els residents, i havien creat aquestes dances.
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This Australian-IndianAustràlia-Índia girlnoia, she cameva venir out and startedva començar
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Aquesta nena Australiana-Índia, va sortir
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to dancedansa on her frontfront lawngespa,
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i va començar a dansar davant de casa seva,
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and her fatherpare peeredva mirar out the windowfinestra to see
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el seu pare mirava per la finestra per veure
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what all the noisesoroll and commotioncommoció was about,
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què era tot aquest soroll i rebombori,
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and he soonaviat joinedunit her.
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i s'hi va apuntar de seguida.
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And he was followedseguit by her little sistergermana.
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També la seva germana petita.
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And soonaviat they were all dancingballar this joyousjoiosa,
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I de sobte estaven tots ballant aquesta dansa
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exuberantexuberants dancedansa right there on theirels seus lawngespa. (LaughterRiure)
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alegre i exuberant devant de casa seva. (Riures)
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And as I walkedcaminava througha través the neighborhoodbarri,
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A mesura que caminava pel veïnat,
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I was amazedsorprès and I was movedmogut by the incredibleincreïble
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estava impressionat i commogut per l'increible
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sensesentit of ownershippropietat this communitycomunitat clearlyclarament feltsentia
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sentiment d'identificació que aquesta comunitat sentia
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about this eventesdeveniment.
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per aquest esdeveniment.
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"MintoMinto: LiveViure" broughtportat SydneysidersSydneysiders into dialoguediàleg
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"Minto: Live" va establir un diàleg entre els veïns
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with internationalinternacional artistsartistes, and really celebratedcelebrat
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i artistes internacionals, i va celebrar de veritat
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the diversitydiversitat of SydneySydney on its ownpropi termstermes.
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la diversitat de Sydney a la seva manera.
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The SydneySydney FestivalFestival whichquin producedproduït "MintoMinto: LiveViure" I think
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Crec que el Festival de Sydney
que va produir "Minto: Live"
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representsrepresenta a newnou kindamable of 21st-centuryaquest segle artsarts festivalFestival.
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representa un nou tipus de festival d'arts
del segle XXI.
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These festivalsfestes are radicallyradicalment openobert.
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Aquests festivals són radicalment oberts.
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They can transformtransformar citiesciutats and communitiescomunitats.
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Poden transformar ciutats i comunitats.
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To understandentendre this, I think it kindamable of makesfa sensesentit
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Per a entendre això, crec que agafa sentit
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to look where we'vetenim come from.
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si mirem d'on venim.
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ModernModerna artsarts festivalsfestes were bornnascut
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Els festivals d'arts moderns van néixer
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in the rubblerunes of WorldMón WarGuerra IIII.
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de les runes de la Segona Guerra Mundial.
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CivicCívic leaderslíders createdcreat these annualanual eventsesdeveniments
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Els líders civils van crear aquests esdeveniments anuals
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to celebratecelebrar culturecultura as the highestel més alt
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per a celebrar la cultura com
la més alta forma d'expressió
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expressionexpressió of the humanhumà spiritesperit.
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de l'esperit humà.
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In 1947, the EdinburghEdimburg FestivalFestival was bornnascut
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El 1947, va néixer el Festival d'Edimburg,
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and AvignonAvinyó was bornnascut and hundredscentenars of othersaltres
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el festival d'Avinyó, i cents d'altres
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would followseguir in theirels seus wakeestela.
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es van crear després.
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The work they did was very, very highalt artart,
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El treball que feien era molt elitista,
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and starsestrelles cameva venir alongjunts like LaurieLaurie AndersonAnderson
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i venien estrelles com Laurie Anderson,
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and MerceMerce CunninghamCunningham and RobertRobert LepageLepage
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Merce Cunningham o Robert Lepage,
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who madefet work for this circuitcircuit,
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que van col·laborar en aquest circuit,
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and you had these seminalseminal showsespectacles like "The MahabharataMahabharata"
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i feien espectacles fonamentals
com "The Mahabharata"
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and the monumentalmonumental "EinsteinEinstein on the BeachPlatja."
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i el monumental "Einstein on the Beach".
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But as the decadesdècades passedpassat,
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Però van passar les dècades,
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these festivalsfestes, they really becamees va convertir the establishmentestabliment,
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aquests festivals es van establir,
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and as the culturecultura and capitalcapital acceleratedaccelerat,
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i amb l'acceleració de la cultura i el capital,
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the InternetInternet broughtportat us all togetherjunts,
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l'Internet que ens ha unit a tots,
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highalt and lowbaix kindamable of disappeareddesaparegut,
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i la distinció elitista-popular casi desapareguda,
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a newnou kindamable of festivalFestival emergedva sorgir.
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va sorgir un nou tipus de festival.
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The oldvell festivalsfestes, they continuedva continuar to thriveprosperar, but
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Els festivals anteriors encara prosperaven però
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from BrightonBrighton to RioRio to PerthPerth, something newnou was emergingemergent,
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de Brighton a Rio, o a Perth,
estava sorgint quelcom de nou,
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and these festivalsfestes were really differentdiferent.
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i aquests festivals eren diferents de debò.
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They're openobert, these festivalsfestes, because, like in MintoMinto,
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Aquests festivals eren oberts perquè a Minto
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they understandentendre that the dialoguediàleg
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la gent comprèn que el diàleg
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betweenentre the locallocal and the globalglobal is essentialessencial.
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entre allò local i allò global és indispensable.
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They're openobert because they askpreguntar the audienceaudiència to be a playerjugador,
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Són oberts perquè demanen a l'audiència
que siguin actors,
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a protagonistprotagonista, a partnersoci, rathermés aviat than a passivepassiu spectatorespectador,
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protagonistes, companys,
abans que espectadors passius,
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and they're openobert because they know that imaginationimaginació
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i són oberts perquè saben que la imaginació
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cannotno pot be containedcontingut in buildingsedificis,
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no es pot tancar dins d'edificis,
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and so much of the work they do
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i la major part del treball que fan
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is site-specificprivadesa i seguretat or outdoorl'aire lliure work.
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és en llocs específics o en espais oberts.
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So, the newnou festivalFestival, it askspregunta the audienceaudiència to playjugar
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Llavors, el nou festival
demana a la audiència que representi
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an essentialessencial rolepaper in shapingformació the performancerendiment.
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un paper essencial dins de la representació.
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CompaniesEmpreses like DeDe LaLa GuardaGuarda, whichquin I produceproduir, and PunchdrunkPunchdrunk
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Companyies com De La Guarda,
que produeixo, i Punchdrunk
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createcrear these completelycompletament immersiveImmersió experiencesexperiències
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creen aquestes experiències totalment immersives
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that put the audienceaudiència at the centercentre of the actionacció,
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que posen l'audiència al centre de l'acció,
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but the GermanAlemany performancerendiment companyempresa RiminiRimini ProtokollProtokoll
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però la companyia d'actors alemanya Rimini Protokoll
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takes this all to a wholetot newnou levelnivell.
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ho porta tot a un nivell diferent.
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In a seriessèrie of showsespectacles that includesinclou "100 PercentPer cent VancouverVancouver,"
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En una sèrie d'espectacles
que inclou "100% Vancouver"
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"100 PercentPer cent BerlinBerlín," RiminiRimini ProtokollProtokoll makesfa showsespectacles
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o "100% Berlín",
les representacions de Rimini Protokol
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that actuallyen realitat reflectreflecteixen societysocietat.
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realment reflecteixen la societat.
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RiminiRimini ProtokollProtokoll choosestria 100 people that representrepresentar that cityciutat
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Rimini Protokoll escull 100 persones
que representen la ciutat
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at that momentmoment in termstermes of racecarrera and gendergènere and classclasse,
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en aquell moment d'acord amb la raça,
gènere i classe,
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througha través a carefulamb compte processprocés that beginscomença threetres monthsmesos before,
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per mitjà d'un acurat procés
que comença 3 mesos abans,
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and then those 100 people shareCompartir storieshistòries about
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llavors aquestes 100 persones
expliquen històries sobre
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themselvesells mateixos and theirels seus livesvides, and the wholetot thing
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ells mateixos i les seves vides, i tot
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becomeses converteix a snapshotinstantània of that cityciutat at that momentmoment.
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esdevé una foto de la ciutat en aquell moment.
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LIFTASCENSOR has always been a pioneerpioner in the use of venuesespais.
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LIFT és un pioner en la localització d'esdeveniments.
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They understandentendre that theaterteatre and performancerendiment
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Entenen que el teatre i la representació
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can happenpassar anywhereon sigui.
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poden ocurrir allà on vulguis.
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You can do a showespectacle in a schoolroomAula,
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Pots fer una representació en un aula,
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in an airportaeroport, — (LaughterRiure) —
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en un aeroport, — (Riures) —
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in a departmentdepartament storebotiga windowfinestra.
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o a l'aparador d'una botiga.
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ArtistsArtistes are explorersexploradors. Who better to showespectacle us the cityciutat anewnou?
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Els artistes són exploradors.
Qui millor per ensenyar-nos la ciutat un altre cop?
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ArtistsArtistes can take us to a far-flungremots partpart of the cityciutat
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Els artistes es poden portar
a la part més remota de la ciutat
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that we haven'tno ho han fet exploredtrepitjat, or they can take us into
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que no hem explorat, o ens poden portar
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that buildingedifici that we passpassar everycada day but we never wentva anar into.
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a aquell edifici pel que passem cada dia
però no hi entrem.
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An artistartista, I think, can really showespectacle us people
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Un artista, crec,
es capaç de mostrar-nos les persones
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that we mightpotser overlookpassar per alt in our livesvides.
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que passaríem per alt d'altra manera.
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Back to Back is an AustralianAustràlia companyempresa of people
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Back to Back és una companyia australiana
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with intellectualintel · lectual disabilitiesdiscapacitat. I saw theirels seus amazingsorprenent showespectacle
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de persones discapacitades.
Vaig veure el seu espectacle
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in NewNou YorkYork at the StatenAmèrica IslandIlla FerryFerri TerminalTerminal
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al Staten Island Ferry Terminal de Nova York
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at rushcorren hourhores.
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en hora punta.
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We, the audienceaudiència, were givendonat headsetsauriculars and seatedassegut
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Repartien auriculars entre l'audiència i ens assèiem
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on one sidecostat of the terminalterminal.
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a una banda del terminal.
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The actorsactors were right there in frontfront of us,
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Els actors estaven just davant de nosaltres,
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right there amongentre the commutersviatgers,
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entre els viatgers,
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and we could hearescoltar them,
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i els podiem sentir.
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but we mightpotser not have otherwised'una altra manera seenvist them.
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Potser d'altra manera ni tan sols els miraríem.
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So Back to Back takes site-specificprivadesa i seguretat theaterteatre and usesusos it
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Aleshores Back to Back
fa teatre en llocs específics i l'utilitza
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to gentlysuaument remindrecorda us about who and what we choosetriar
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per a recordar-nos qui som i què escollim
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to editedita out of our dailydiàriament livesvides.
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per a editar les nostres vides.
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So, the dialoguediàleg with the locallocal and the globalglobal,
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Així, el diàleg entre allò local i allò global,
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the audienceaudiència as participantparticipant and playerjugador and protagonistprotagonista,
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la audiència com a participant, actor i protagonista
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the innovativeinnovador use of sitelloc, all of these things
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come to playjugar in the amazingsorprenent work
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of the fantasticfantàstic FrenchFrancès companyempresa RoyalReial dede LuxeLuxe.
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RoyalReial dede Luxe'sDe luxe giantgegant puppetstitelles come into a cityciutat
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and they liveen directe there for a fewpocs daysdies.
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For "The Sultan'sDel soldà ElephantElefant," RoyalReial dede LuxeLuxe
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cameva venir to centralcentral LondonLondres and broughtportat it to a standstillaturat
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with theirels seus storyhistòria of a giantgegant little girlnoia and her friendamic,
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amb la seva història d'una nena gegant i el seu amic,
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a time-travelingtemps de viatge elephantelefant.
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un elefant que viatja a través del temps.
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For a fewpocs daysdies, they transformedtransformat a massivemassiu cityciutat
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into a communitycomunitat where endlessinterminable possibilitypossibilitat reignedva regnar.
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en una comunitat plena d'infinites possibilitats.
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The GuardianGuardian wroteva escriure, "If artart is about transformationtransformació,
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"Si l'art es tracta de transformació
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then there can be no more transformativetransformador experienceexperiència.
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llavors no pot haver-hi
una experiència més transformadora.
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What 'The' La Sultan'sDel soldà Elephant'Elefant ' representsrepresenta is no lessmenys
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El que "The Sultan's Elephant" representa
és ni més ni menys
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than an artisticartístic occupationocupació of the cityciutat
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que una ocupació artística de la ciutat
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and a reclamationreclamació of the streetscarrers for the people."
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i una reivindicació del carrer per a la persones".
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We can talk about the economiceconòmic impactsimpactes of these festivalsfestes
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on theirels seus citiesciutats, but I'm much [more] interestedinteressat in manymolts more things,
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a cada ciutat,
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like how a festivalFestival helpsajuda a cityciutat to expressexpressar itselfella mateixa,
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per exemple com un festival
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how it letsdeixa it come into its ownpropi.
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com li fa arribar a ser ella mateixa.
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FestivalsFestes promotepromoure diversitydiversitat,
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they bringportar neighborsveïns into dialoguediàleg,
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afavoreixen el diàleg entre veïns,
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they increaseaugmentar creativitycreativitat,
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fomenten la creativitat,
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they offeroferta opportunitiesoportunitats for civiccívic prideorgull,
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enforteixen l'orgull cívic,
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they improvemillorar our generalgeneral psychologicalpsicològic well-beingbenestar.
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i milloren el nostre benestar psicològic en general.
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CaseCas in pointpunt:
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just ninenou monthsmesos after 7/7, a LondonerLondinenc wroteva escriure,
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my daughterfilla calledanomenat up with that sparkleespurna back in her voiceveu.
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em va trucar la meva filla
i vaig sentir la seva veu plena de goig.
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She had gatheredreunit with othersaltres
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to watch 'The' La Sultan'sDel soldà ElephantElefant,' and, you know,
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per a veure "The Sultan's Elephant", i, saps?
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it just madefet all the differencediferència."
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Això va marcar una diferencia".
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LynLyn GardnerGardner in The GuardianGuardian has writtenescrit
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that a great festivalFestival can showespectacle us a mapmapa of the worldmón,
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que un gran festival
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a mapmapa of the cityciutat and a mapmapa of ourselvesnosaltres mateixos,
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un mapa de la ciutat
i un mapa de nosaltres mateixos,
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but there is no one fixedfix festivalFestival modelmodel.
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però no hi ha un model fix de festival.
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the newnou festivalsfestes, is that they are really fullycompletament capturingcaptura
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els nous festivals, és que capturen completament
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the complexitycomplexitat and the excitementemoció
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la complexitat i l'emoció
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of the way we all liveen directe todayavui.
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de com vivim avui dia.
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Thank you very much. (ApplauseAplaudiments)
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Moltes gràcies. (Aplaudiments)
Translated by Dave Øtero
Reviewed by Fran Ontanaya

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Binder - Theater producer
A Tony Award winner, theater producer David Binder is interested in taking performances off the stage.

Why you should listen

David Binder won the Tony award for producing the record-breaking smash Hedwig and the Angry Inch starring Neil Patrick Harris. Other Broadway credits include Of Mice and Men starring James Franco and Chris O'Dowd (the first Broadway show to be filmed by the National Theatre of Britain's NT Live and shown in cinemas around the world), 33 Variations starring Jane Fonda, and the first Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun, with Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashad and Audra McDonald.

Binder has also staged events and festivals around the globe, including The High Line Festival, which was curated by David Bowie, The New Island Festival (ten days of Dutch site-specific theater, dance and music in New York City) and IBM's 100th Anniversary: Short Ride in a Fast Machine (held at Lincoln Center). He is the Artistic Associate of London's LIFT Festival.

PHOTO CREDITS for David's 2012 TED Talk:

Minto: Live – Sydney Festival
2011
3 Courtesy of Lone Twin
4 Courtesy of Lone Twin
5 Courtesy of Lone Twin
6 © Pekka Mäkinen
7 © Amrit MacIntyre
8 Courtesy of Lone Twin
9 © Pekka Mäkinen
10 © Pekka Mäkinen
11 © Pekka Mäkinen
12 © Pekka Mäkinen
13 © Pekka Mäkinen
14 © Pekka Mäkinen

The Mahabharata
16 © Image Entertainment

Einstein on the Beach
17 Spaceship © Lesley Leslie-Spinks 2012

De La Guarda
21 Courtesy of De La Guarda

Sleep No More
22 © Alick Crossley

100% – Rimini Protokoll
23 100% Berlin, © Barbara Braun, courtesy of Rimini Protokoll
24 100% Karlsruhe, © Jochen Klenk, courtesy of Rimini Protokoll
25 100% Köln, © Sandra Then, courtesy of Rimini Protokoll
26 100% Köln, © Sandra Then, courtesy of Rimini Protokoll
27 100% Köln, © Sandra Then, courtesy of Rimini Protokoll
28 100% Karlsruhe, © Jochen Klenk, courtesy of Rimini Protokoll
29 100% Köln, © Sandra Then, courtesy of Rimini Protokoll

Grown-Up School (Daily Life Series Part 4)
32 LIFT Brecknock Primary School, London 1999
Photograph: Andrew Whittuck
www.dailylifeltd.co.uk

Roam – a National Theatre of Scotland and Grid Iron production
33 Photo by Richard Campbell, courtesy of National Theatre of Scotland

Urban Dream Capsule
34 Photo courtesy of Bedno.com

Small Metal Objects, Back to Back Theatre
36 Photo by Berni Sweeney, courtesy of Back to Back Theatre
37 2009 Time-Based Art Festival. Photo: Carole Zoom, courtesy of Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
38 Photo by Jeff Busby, courtesy of Back to Back Theatre
39 Photo by Prudence Upton, courtesy of Back to Back Theatre
40 © Richard Termine

Royal de Luxe
42 © Carsten Siegel, berlinsidewalk.com
43 © Flickr user Mlle Jordan
44 © Carsten Siegel, berlinsidewalk.com
45 © Carsten Siegel, berlinsidewalk.com
46 Photo by Flickr user sw77, licensed by creative commons
47 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Matthew Andrews
48 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Matthew Andrews
49 © Carsten Siegel, berlinsidewalk.com
50 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Matthew Andrews
51 Photo by Flickr user sw77, licensed by creative commons
52 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Sophie Laslett
54 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Matthew Andrews
55 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Sophie Laslett
56 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Matthew Andrews
57 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Matthew Andrews
58 The Sultan’s Elephant produced by Artichoke with funding by Arts Council England and the Mayor’s Office of London, photo by Sophie Laslett

More profile about the speaker
David Binder | Speaker | TED.com