Performing arts have the ancient history and extraordinarily rich and diverse traditions in different cultures of the world. The heritage of traditional forms is the precious inexhaustible source of inspiration for the young generations. Many creative works have been developed under the influence of the traditional cultures.

The search of the connection between tradition and contemporaneity helps to enrich and variegate the contemporary performing arts giving the non-trivial decisions in forms, powerful energy and interesting ways of work on the stage. Today artists show great interest to the traditions and apply themselves to the origins.

• to promote the diverse traditional teachings in performing arts to the contemporary performing arts in the world;

• to attract the bearers of the genuine traditions in performing arts from different regions of the world: dancers, actors, singers, writers and storytellers, etc.;
• to demonstrate various traditional and contemporary methods in performing arts; 

• to develop regular international dialogues on the subject of the interrelation between traditions and contemporaneity; 
   
• to search for interconnection, interpenetration and mutual influence of the traditional forms of performance and contemporary performing arts in the world;     
     
• to open discussions about the methodology using traditional forms as the contribution into the development of the contemporary performing arts;

• to encourage professionals who use traditional forms in professional work to exchange experience;

• to assemble the conference archives as the result of the international meetings and practical investigation of performing arts between tradition and contemporaneity.

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