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From the Ted Talk by David Binder: The arts festival revolution

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And as I walked through the neighborhood, I was amazed and I was moved by the incredible sense of ownership this community clearly felt about this event. "Minto: Live" brhguot Sydneysiders into doiguale with international artists, and really celebrated the diversity of Sydney on its own terms.

The Sydney Festival which produced "Minto: Live" I think represents a new kind of 21st-century arts festival. These festivals are radically open. They can transform cteiis and communities.

To understand this, I think it kind of makes sense to look where we've come from. Modern arts festivals were born in the rubble of World War II. ciivc leredas created these annual events to celebrate curutle as the highest expression of the huamn spirit. In 1947, the Edinburgh fsaetvil was born and Avignon was born and hundreds of others would follow in their wake. The work they did was very, very high art, and stars came along like Laurie Anderson and Merce ciaungnhnm and Robert Lepage who made work for this circuit, and you had these smniael swohs like "The Mahabharata" and the monumental "Einstein on the Beach."

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And as I walked through the neighborhood, I was amazed and I was moved by the incredible sense of ownership this community clearly felt about this event. "Minto: Live" _______ Sydneysiders into ________ with international artists, and really celebrated the diversity of Sydney on its own terms.

The Sydney Festival which produced "Minto: Live" I think represents a new kind of 21st-century arts festival. These festivals are radically open. They can transform ______ and communities.

To understand this, I think it kind of makes sense to look where we've come from. Modern arts festivals were born in the rubble of World War II. _____ _______ created these annual events to celebrate _______ as the highest expression of the _____ spirit. In 1947, the Edinburgh ________ was born and Avignon was born and hundreds of others would follow in their wake. The work they did was very, very high art, and stars came along like Laurie Anderson and Merce __________ and Robert Lepage who made work for this circuit, and you had these _______ _____ like "The Mahabharata" and the monumental "Einstein on the Beach."

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  1. brought
  2. human
  3. shows
  4. cities
  5. dialogue
  6. seminal
  7. civic
  8. leaders
  9. festival
  10. cunningham
  11. culture

Original Text


And as I walked through the neighborhood, I was amazed and I was moved by the incredible sense of ownership this community clearly felt about this event. "Minto: Live" brought Sydneysiders into dialogue with international artists, and really celebrated the diversity of Sydney on its own terms.

The Sydney Festival which produced "Minto: Live" I think represents a new kind of 21st-century arts festival. These festivals are radically open. They can transform cities and communities.

To understand this, I think it kind of makes sense to look where we've come from. Modern arts festivals were born in the rubble of World War II. Civic leaders created these annual events to celebrate culture as the highest expression of the human spirit. In 1947, the Edinburgh Festival was born and Avignon was born and hundreds of others would follow in their wake. The work they did was very, very high art, and stars came along like Laurie Anderson and Merce Cunningham and Robert Lepage who made work for this circuit, and you had these seminal shows like "The Mahabharata" and the monumental "Einstein on the Beach."

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