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Organised by the collective of  artists Proyecto 3, the third Night of Theatre took place at Theatre Arq. Carlos Lazo in the Faculty of Architecture of the National Mexican University on 17th November 2007, from 7 pm to 7 am of the next day. Five directors from Colombia, France, Italy, Poland and Mexico were invited to art residencies in Mexico City. During these residencies each one, together with a Mexican team of actors and dancers prepared a specific art work to be shown during the festival. A visual artist and a writer, both from Mexico, were also invited to participate in these rehearsals. Five theatre and dance performances and a video documental were showcased during the night: Variaciones sobre una clase muerta by Mario Bellatín (writer), Contando Borreguitos by Héctor Bourges (visual artist) with Teatro Ojo group, Bombay Railways by Jean-Frédéric Chevallier (theatre director and philosopher), El “conforte” de lo inconfortable by Camill Goliasz (philosopher), Muestras de los hombres de menos by Matthieu Mével (dramaturgist), Extrême Orient by Frank Michelletti (choreographer) and Rastros / Rostros by Victor Viviescas (dramaturgist). A little more than four hundred peoples came to the night event. The theatre and dance performances as well as the video documental continued to be shown in the same theatre in November, December 2007 and January 2008. To organise the Night of Theatre, Proyecto 3 received sponsorship from FONCA (program for cultural projects development), Mexican National University, University of Claustro de Sor Juana, Casa Refugio Citlaltépetl and Pascual Workers Cultural Foundation. Less academic and more interactive than the usual academic conference, Proyecto 3 organised for the occasion a series of Theoretical Activities around the Third Night of Theatre at Casa Refugio Citlaltépetl, University of Claustro de Sor Juana,  Teatro Arq. Carlos Lazo and Mexican National University Faculty of Philosophy from 25th October to 16th November 2007. The first conversation about contemporary theatre texts took place at Casa Refugio Citlatépetl, on October 25th, 2007. Jean-Frédéric Chevallier, Frank Micheletti and Philippe Ollé-Laprune were thinking together. The second conversation about contemporary theatrical texts, took place in Casa Refugio on November 8th, 2007 at the same place, with Mario Bellatín, Héctor Bourges, Matthieu Mével, Víctor Viviescas and glass of wine in hand for each one. A seminar was held at Claustro de Sor Juana University on October 26, 2007 with  Jean-Frédéric Chevallier, Camill Golliash, Frank Micheletti and Rubén Ortiz. It was a good moment for thinking about the notions of “present”, “to present”, “to receive a present”, which also involved the audience. The second part of the seminary took place on Friday, 9 November 2007 with the participation of  Héctor Bourges, Matthieu Mével and Víctor Viviescas. And round tables about “Resistance and relation” were held in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of UNAM on 16 November 2007 with Héctor Bourges, Jean- Frédéric Chevallier, Ileana Dieguez, Camill Golliash, Marcos López, Matthieu Mével, Philippe Ollé-Laprune and Víctor Viviescas.

 WITH Jean-Frédéric Chevallier [Paris, Kolkata] Samantak Das [Kolkata] Cuqui Jerez [Madrid, Berlin] André-Éric Létourneau [Montréal] Patrice Maniglier [Paris] Yazel Parra Nahmens [Caracas, Barcelona] Sukla Bar [Kolkata] Bhudray Besra [Chaulbata village] Motilal Hansda [Borotalpada village] Surujmoni Hansda [Borotalpada village] Chandrai Murmu [Bhangabhandh village] Sunandan Roy Chowdhury [Kolkata]

 PRESENTED BY Trimukhi Platform, Institut Français in India AND French Embassy in India IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Alliance Française du Bengale, Ecole des Médias de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Acción Cultural Española AC/E, MACE, Hexagram