History
History
MIHR Theatre was established in 2003 by brother and sister Tsolak and Shoghakat MLKE-Galstyans in Armenia. MIHR Theatre is the first contemporary dance company in Armenia.
Throughout its existence, MIHR theatre has worked in many different genres of movement such as contemporary dance, site-specific performances, emotional dance, inclusive dance, action-painting, physical theatre, open-air performances and drama dance. MIHR Theatre has organized many performances, movies, festivals, open-air events, parades, workshops and other events in different cities.
MIHR Theatre has participated in many international festivals, online festivals, residencies, study tours, educational programs, workshops, seminars, plenary meetings, work groups, satellite meetings, etc., in Spain (Valencia), Germany (Düsseldorf), Great Britain (Reading), Canada (Toronto). France (Paris), USA (Boston, Cambridge, New York, Calabasas, Ventura, Los Angeles, Albuquerque), Israel (Tel Aviv), Belgium (Brussel, Liege), Czech Republic (Prague), Poland (Warsaw, Olsztyn, Lublin), Georgia (Tbilisi, Batumi), Sweden (Stockholm), Latvia (Riga), Lithuania (Vilnius), Belarus (Minsk, Vitebsk), Russia (Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Perm, Tyumen, Arkhangelsk, Ivanovo), Iran (Tehran, Isfahan, Marivan), Egypt (Cairo), Turkey (Istanbul, Mush, Van (Western Armenia)).
International Festivals and Awards
2021, Festival 10 Sentidos FRONTERAS (online), Valencia, Spain
Performance: The Song of a Refugee – online version
2020, internationale tanzmesse nrw, Düsseldorf, Germany
Performance: The Song of a Refugee
2020, Reading Fringe Festival Digital Edition 2020 (online), Reading, England
Performances: Sound of Loneliness – online version, We – online version, Love Sex and Zombies (collaboration with Blue Goat Theatre (Germany / Australia))
2020, 23* Hour Festival Dance Edition (online), Dusseldorf, Germany
Dance movie: After the Rain
2020, Social Distancing Festival, Featured Performance (online), Toronto, Canada
Performance: We – online version
2018, 13th International Theatrical Festival of Marivan, Grand Prix, Best International Performance,
Marivan, Iran
Performance: Soldiers
2017, 21st International Dance Theatre Festival, Lublin, Poland
Performance: Lavash
2016, 11th International Street Theater Festival, Main Prize, Marivan, Iran
Performance: Black Castle
2016, DEMOLUDY NOWA EUROPA 10th International Theatre Festival, Olsztyn, Poland
Performance: Lavash (collaboration with Gabrielle Neuhaus Physical Theatre (Switzerland / Israel))
2015, REVOLUTION 15th International Theatre Festival, Special Achievement, Albuquerque, USA
Performances: Dreams in Dreams, Komitas 10 Commandments, The Colors
2014, 27th International Festival of Modern Choreography, Special Prize, Vitebsk, Belarus
Performance: Soldiers
2014, FADJR 32nd International Theater Festival, Achievement of International competition Program, Tehran, Iran
Performance: P2 (collaboration with Sayeh Theatre (Iran))
2012, PERM STREET International Street Theatre Festival, Special Achievement, Perm, Russia
Performance: Conversation of Thoughts
2011, WHITE NIGHTS IN PERM International Festival of Contemporary Arts in the program “Big Caucasus”, Main Prize, Perm, Russia
Performance: Black Castle, The Colors
2011, RITU 28th International Meeting of University Theatre, Special Prize, Liege, Belgium
Performance: Dreams in Dreams
2011, KOUFAR PLASTILINA International Week of Plastic Arts, Award for a High Artistic Level of the Performance, Minsk, Belarus
Performances: Dreams in Dreams
2011, CALIFORNIA International Theatre Festival 2011 Season, Certificate of Honor, Los Angeles, USA
Performances: Komitas 10 Commandments, The Colors
2010, FADJR 28th International Theater Festival, Certificate of Honor, Tehran, Iran
Performance: The Colors
2009, BEST FEST 15th International Open-Air Theatres Festival, Special Prize, Arkhangelsk, Russia
Performance: Roots
2009, CAIRO International Festival for Experimental Theatre, Cairo, Egypt
Performance: The Colors
2009, ZOLOTOI KONYOK 6th International Theatre Festival, Grand Prix, Tyumen, Russia
Performance: The Colors
2008, STUDENT MASK 4th Moscow International Student Theatre Festival, award “For Finding New Forms in Modern Art’’, Special Achievement, Moscow, Russia
Performance: Am I Crazy
2007, International Culture Fair – Caucasus 2007, Special Prize, Tbilisi, Georgia
Performance: Am I Crazy
2006, JARMILA JEŘÁBKOVÁ AWARD 2006, International Choreography Competition for original dance works, the title of “The Best Young Choreographer’’, Prague, Czech Republic
Performance: Am I Crazy
2006, PILOT Festival of Movement Theatres, Special Prize, Riga, Latvia
Performance: Am I Crazy
Medals and High Achievement
2017, Shoghakat MLKE-Galstyan was awarded with the ‘’Highest Golden Medal՛՛ of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia
2017, MIHR Theatre was awarded with the ‘’Letter of Thanks’’ by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia
2012, MIHR Theatre was awarded with the ‘’Medal named after Leonid Yengibaryan’՛
2008, MIHR Theatre was awarded with the ‘’Medal of Tsaghkadzor’’
2008, Tsolak MLKE-Galstyan was titled as ‘’Honorable Guest of the City of Cambridge’’ by the Major of the city of Cambridge, USA
Local Festivals
2004-2021, HIGH FEST International Performing Arts Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
Performances: Love, Sex and Zombies – online (2021), We – online version (2020), We (2019), The Song of a Refugee (2018),), We (2017), Lavash (2015, 2018), Names- collaboration with Aram Alexander Atamian Harvey (USA), (2015, 2016), The Fly (2014), The Sound of Loneliness (2013), Soldiers (2012), Plays about Death (2011), Dreams in Dreams (2010), Komitas 10 Commandments (2009), Sasna Tsrer, Sanasar and Baghdasar (2008), The Colors (2007, 2008, 2009), Am I Crazy (2006, 2007), Roots (2005), Creation (2004)
2021, ARé Performing Arts Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
Performance: Mapping Women’s Stories
2013, Ijevan Art Festival, Ijevan, Armenia
Performance: Roots
2008, 2010, 2012, Leonid Yengibaryan International Mime Festival, Tsakhkadzor, Armenia
Performances: Conversation of Thoughts (2012), Black Castle (2010), The Colors (2008)
2009, 2010, 2011, «Theater-X» Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
Performances: Dreams in Dreams (2011), Komitas 10 Commandments (2010), Sasna Tsrer. Sanasar and Baghdasar (2009)
2009, 2010, 2011, «Armmono» International Theatrical Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
Performances: Plays about Death (2010, 2011), Am I Crazy (2009), The Colors (2009)
2008, 2009, Republican Theatrical Festival of Young Directors, Yerevan, Armenia
Performances: Roots (2009), Komitas 10 Commandments (2009), Sasna Tsrer. Sanasar and Baghdasar (2008)
2009, Shakespeare International Theater Festival after V. Papazyan, Yerevan, Armenia
Performance: The Colors
2004, Women’s City Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
Performance: Creation