was required to do so by the law, but she continued to direct. She also directed Maria by Isaac Babel in the Schiller Theater in Berlin, with German cast and Konak by Miloš Crnjanski in the National Theatre in Belgrade in 1986. Her last, unfinished project was Alban Berg's opera Lulu, which she wanted to adapt for the Belgrade Opera. BITEF In 1967, together with Jovan Ćirilov, she founded BITEF - Belgrade International Theatre Festival, and was its artistic co-director until she died. The festival, subtitled New theatre tendencies, was an effort to bring the latest movements within the avant-garde theatre to Belgrade. Trailović tenaciously travelled around the world bringing to BITEF the greatest names of the 20th century theatre, their companies and plays, so the festival gradually evolved into one of the major theatrical festivals in Europe. BITEF was especially successful as it was arguably the only place where artists from both sides of the Iron curtain could meet. Over the decades, programs encompassed various directions. On one side, the extreme experimental tendencies, like Judith Malina and The Living Theatre, Jerzy Grotowski, Richard Schechner, Tadeusz Kantor, Peter Schumann and the Bread and Puppet Theater. On the other, new directorial interpretations of classical works (Peter Brook, Peter Stein, Ingmar Bergman, Otomar Krejča, Peter Zadek, Patrice Chéreau, Claus Peymann, Roger Planchon, Yuri Lyubimov). Also, performances of the contemporary dance were regular, choreographed by Alwin Nikolais, Merce Cunningham, Pina Bausch or Birgit Cullberg. BITEF also showed performances of the traditional, folk theatres, like Chinese Peking opera, Japanese Noh theatre, Ugandan traditional theatre or the Opera dei pupi (Sicilian marionettes theatre), but also followed the theatre's coming out of the box, that is, having performances outside of the theatre buildings, giving shows on stadiums, in semi-collapsed industrial zones and peers, or simply out in the open. Lyubimov's Taganka Theatre was allowed by the Soviet authorities to visit BITEF which was the first time at all they were allowed to leave the USSR, as, until that point, Lyubimov was deemed a dissident by the Soviet government. From the late 1970s, Trailović was right on time with postmodern aesthetics in scenic arts, bringing to Belgrade Robert Wilson (Einstein on the Beach), Johann Kresnik, Tomaž Pandur. Some artists gained international recognition after being summoned by Trailović to the festival: Luca Ronconi (with his famous Orlando furioso), Victor Garcia, Roberto Ciulli and his Theater an der Ruhr.