Back for a fifth and final time, the Unfolding Kafka Festival 2024, a biennial contemporary performing arts festival founded and directed by Jitti Chompee, will unveil its most ambitious programme yet in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Franz Kafka’s death and the festival’s own 10-year anniversary.
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Back for a fifth and final time, the Unfolding Kafka Festival 2024, a biennial contemporary performing arts festival founded and directed by Jitti Chompee, will unveil its most ambitious programme yet in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Franz Kafka’s death and the festival’s own 10-year anniversary.
Divided into three sections, the festival’s programme consists of 15 performances (including two world premieres and six Asian premieres), four exhibitions and one screening, which collectively feature 40 molam musicians and local performers, as well as 25 international guest artists from 13 countries.
While the festival’s departure is a grave loss for Thai contemporary dance, Jitti, the founder and choreographer of 18 Monkeys Dance Theater, says that its meteoric rise to rival world-class arts festivals has now reached its apex. Ready to take on new challenges and…