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Graz (APA) – For the third time since its founding in 2016, the inclusive InTaKT festival of dance, culture and theater will take place from 17 to 25 November in Styria. On Tuesday, festival organizers and participants jointly presented this year's program in Graz.

The Bozner "Teatro La Ribalta" dance and theater show "Ali / Flügel" (Die Bühne theater), presented on Saturday, November 17 at the Schauspielhaus shopping center, will be premiered and inaugurated. Two promising dancers, Jason De Majo and Michael Untertrifailer, both with Down syndrome, tell the story of a frustrated young man and an injured angel who prefers to be human.

On Sunday, the "Tandem" photo exhibition will be inaugurated at the Universalmuseum Joanneum, where joint photographs of photographers with or without disabilities will be presented. At the presentation of the program on Tuesday, photographers and teams of inclusive photographers presented promising samples of their work.

The Frida & Fred – Knopftheater children's museum in Graz is one of the institutions and institutions involved this year. Among others, the traditional Ljubljana puppet theater Lutkovno Gledalisce with the tolerance play "Goose the Bear" (The Goose, who believed to be a bear) was introduced. This piece, like the second production that takes place, the pilot project Austro-Japanese "Onigri", is suitable for children over two years.

Other institutions include Theater am Ortweinplatz, Next Liberty, GrazMuseum, Rechbauerkino and Kunstuniversität Graz. InTaKT organizers are expecting more than 1,000 visitors for nine days of matches this year. This would mean an increase of about 10% over the previous year. In 2016, about 200 visitors attended the much shorter duration of the festival, namely two days.

Christoph Kreinbucher, the inventor and organizer of the festival, said the festival's other goals are to grow and – depending on the financial means – to lead more inclusive and integrative arts projects from others. European countries in Graz and, on the other hand, to use the ideas of inclusion. Deepen art in the Styrian regions. In cooperation with the Schloss Retzhof training center in Wagna near Leibnitz, this year a first step in this direction has been taken. Thursday, November 22, Elisabeth Harnik and Angelika Holzer will participate in a music and dance workshop.

(S E R V I C E – Dance, Culture and Theater Festival included, organized from 17 to 25 November in Graz and Wagna, detailed program, additional information, maps, etc .: www.intakt-festival.at)

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