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Festival Following Singer's traces

Festival Following Singer's traces - is an international event organised in Lublin region by the ‘Grodzka Gate – NN Theatre’ Centre. It is the artistic and educational event that has been taking place every year since March 2009. A group of artists from the Czech Republic, France, Spain, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Poland and Russia visits former shtetls to engage local inhabitants in artistic and educational activities inspired by local history, tradition and culture. Chosen destinations are inspired by work of Isaac Beshevis Singer (the author of “The Magician from Lublin”). Jugglers, actors, performers, musicians embark on a journey following traces of the old pre-war past. Volunteers with the locals will work for few days in each town doing various artistic workshops, such as pottery workshops, circus workshops and a fireshow – juggling, tightrope walking, stilts walking, acrobatics,  Israeli dance workshops, drums workshops.

Editions of the Festival: From March 2009 to - July 2013 Festival Following Singer's traces was held in Lublin, Goraj, Frampol, Józefów Biłgorajski, Turobin, Janów Lubelski, Tyszowce, Bychawa and Szczebrzeszyn.