MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL

Melbourne International Arts Festival is one of Australia\'s leading international arts festivals and has an outstanding reputation for presenting unique international and Australian events in the fields of dance, theatre, music, visual arts, music theatre, multimedia, free and outdoor events over 17 days each October.

First staged in 1986 under the direction of composer Gian Carlo Menotti it became the third in the Spoleto Festival series - joining Spoleto, Italy, and Charleston, United States. Melbourne\'s Spoleto Festival changed its name to the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts in 1990. Past artistic directors are John Truscott, Richard Wherrett, Leo Schofield, Clifford Hocking, Sue Nattrass, Jonathan Mills and most recently Robyn Archer. In 2003, the Festival was renamed Melbourne International Arts Festival.



Image Opening Night, Thursday 9 October 2003, Dancing in the Streets, Federation Square
Photographer Carla Gottgens

CONTACT:


Ph +61 3 9662 4242
Fax +61 3 9663 4141
Email contact.us@melbournefestival.com.au
Website www.melbournefestival.com.au