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Shaun Parker | CEO & Artistic Director | Shaun Parker & Company, Arts Bunker, University of SydneyShaun Parker Cie | Australia

To Whom It May Concern:
I am writing on behalf of the Australian dance organisation Shaun Parker & Company that is based on the
University of Sydney campus in Australia, and by which is supported by the Australia Council for the Arts
and Create NSW.
I am also writing on behalf of our dancers, creative artists, production crew, and managerial team who
have all be involved in collaborative work with BIPOD including performances at the world-class facility
Citerne Beirut.
Shaun Parker & Company was funded by the Council of Australian Arab Relations (CAAR), the Department
of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT through their ACDGP investment) and the Australia Council for the Arts to
visit Beirut as part of a cultural exchange program at Citerne Beirut this year (2019).
The Company’s experience at Citerne Beirut was a remarkable example of true cultural exchange between
Australia and Lebanon, and it is one that we hope to continue into the future. Beirut is so very fortunate to have such vital arts leaders such as Omar Rajeh and Mia Habis and their incredible team and cultural vision that is Citerne Beirut.
As a leading Australian cultural leader, I whole-heartedly support the vision and continuation of Citerne Beirut, the BIPOD – Beirut International Contemporary Dance Festival, and the outstanding work processes of Omar Rajeh and Mia Habis. Such a visionary project places Beirut and Lebanon on the international stage with several cultural and political benefits for both the short-term and the long-term.

Please do not hesitate to contact me for further information or support regarding this matter.

Yours sincerely,

Shaun Parker
CEO & Artistic Director
Shaun Parker & Company
Arts Bunker
University of Sydney
AUSTRALIA

Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances. Sanford Meisner

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
Oscar Wilde

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.
George Bernard Shaw

To a professional critic (I have been one myself) theatre-going is the curse of Adam. The play is the evil he is paid to endure in the sweat of his brow; and the sooner it is over, the better.
George Bernard Shaw