Tickets for the inaugural Breckenridge International Festival of Arts, a celebration of adventure, play and creativity, go on sale Monday and may be purchased in person at the Riverwalk Center Ticket Office at 150 W. Adams Ave., by phone at 970-547-3100, or online at www.breckcreate.org.
The Festival runs Aug. 14 through 23 and features entertainment from public radio icons and Chicano rock legends to acrobats on poles and blue-colored trees in places and spaces throughout Breckenridge.
“We are thrilled to introduce BIFA, one of, if not the newest multidisciplinary arts festival in North America,” said Robb Woulfe, president and CEO of Breckenridge Creative Arts, the festival’s producer. “Our first season offers an exciting lineup of local, national and global talent, including a number of Colorado premieres and Breckenridge exclusives. We look forward to BIFA becoming a significant addition to the state’s festival landscape and a premier destination event.”
Inspired by themes of environment and mountain culture, the 10-day festival brings together a variety of performances, exhibitions, screenings, workshops, talks, and surprise collaborations, with an eclectic mix of music, dance, film, visual arts, open-air spectacle and family entertainment. Dozens of scheduled events, both indoors and outdoors, ticketed and free, will be showcased at venues and sites throughout the town.
Featured BIFA artists and projects include: a temporary public art installation about global deforestation entitled “The Blue Trees” by Konstantin Dimopoulos; famed NPR host Ira Glass in “Reinventing Radio: An Evening with Ira Glass”; Australian aerial performance troupe The Fruits in “Swoon”; avant-chamber quartet ETHEL and their nature-themed multimedia concert “Documerica”; the gravity-defying choreography and extreme-sport dance of VOLO by Diavolo; and a screening of the animated cult classic “The Triplets of Belleville” with live musical accompaniment by Le Terrible Orchestre de Belleville and composer Benoît Charest.
Additional festival highlights include hyper-accordionist Michael Ward-Bergeman and his roots trio Groanbox onstage with the Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra; mixed-media installation artist Julie Hughes; environmental sculptors Steuart Bremner and Terry Talty; along with a variety of local and regional artists of various disciplines and mediums.
As Breckenridge is a host city for the 2015 USA Pro Challenge, which rolls through town during the final week of BIFA, the festival will also present ARTCRANK BRK, an exhibit featuring hand-made, bicycle-themed posters created by local artists and Colorado-based designers. Also in support of the cycling culture, the festival will present the bike-powered creatures of Austin Bike Zoo, a Texas collective that combines the beauty and strength of human movement with the artistry and theater of puppets.
BIFA will also feature a number of free outdoor musical performances at the new Breckenridge Arts District campus along with a program entitled Trail Mix, which combines hiking, biking, music and art along the trails of Breckenridge through “pop-up” concerts and environmental installations.
For the most up to date information, go to www.breckcreate.org/bifa.
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