CONTENTS
Iben Nagel Rasmussen (Denmark) - A ROAD IN MY
MIND
Neusa Thomasi (Brazil/France) - WALKING TO
AVIGNON
Ayla Algan (Turkey) - FROM THE CROSSROADS OF
ISTANBUL
Ananya Chatterjea (India/USA) - ETCHINGS IN THE
SAND
Cora Herrendorf (Argentina/Italy) - WORDS FROM
EXILE
Ileana Citaristi (Italy/India) - DESTINATION
INDIA
Kerensa Johnston (Australia/Bali) - EASY
RIDER
Cristina Wistari (Italy/Bali) - FOREIGN
LANDSCAPES
Hala Nassar (Palestine/USA) - THE INVOCATION OF
LOST PLACES
Nehad Selaiha (Egypt) - AT THE FAJR FESTIVAL IN
TEHRAN
Julia Varley (Britain/Denmark) - NEFERTARI
UNDER COVER
Touria Hadraoui (Morocco) - TRADITION AND I
Nasrin Pourhosseini (Iran/France) - RESTING
INJURED FEET
Sonia M'barek (Tunisia) interview by
Brigitte Kaquet (Belgium) - A UNIVERSAL
LANGUAGE
Helen Chadwick (Britain) - PAGES FROM MY
NOTEBOOKS
Luisa Calcumil interview by Isabel
Martins (Argentina) - WOMAN, MAPUCHE, ARTIST
Petra Lindblom (Sweden) - MYTH
OF THE SPIDER-WOMAN
Savannah Walling (USA/Canada)
- RUNNING FOR LIFE
Beatriz Seibel (Argentina) - NO OTHER
OPTION
Guillermina Willet (Brazil) - WANDERING KNIGHT
OF LOVE
Ginevra Sanguigno (Italy) - LET'S GO!
Yamile Lanchas (Colombia) - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE TIDE
Leo Sykes (Britain/Brazil) - FROM MY DIARY
Clelia Falletti (Italy) - THE INACCESSIBLE
MOUNTAIN
Geddy Aniksdal (Norway) - CROSS COUNTRY
Laylage Courie (USA) - MEDEA IN THE DESERT
Liza Magtoto (The Philippines) - SEA BREEZE
Marianne Blichfeldt (Denmark) - AT THE FEET OF
THE HIMALAYAS
Sally Rodwell (Aotearoa New Zealand) - ROADS,
WHEELS, ROUNDABOUTS
The Open Page - ORIENTEERING
Miff Moore - ON MY WAY
Monica Borg Fure - AWAY FROM IT ALL
Sara Serrano López - THE EYES OF AN OLD
WOMAN
Susanne Christensen - THE FISHING TRIP
Verena Tay - WHAT IS SNOW LIKE?
The Open Page - BEING IN TRANSIT
The Open Page - OPEN LETTERS - OPEN NEWS
Susan Bassnett - FLYING TO SIBERIA
EDITORIAL
Theatre women have always travelled. Beatriz Seibel reminds us
of this by quoting María Esther Podestá who wrote in Argentina in
1911 that theatre traditionally only exists on tour. Indeed theatre
does not respect national borders nor can it be confined to a
building. Many articles in this issue on Travel
reflect the reality of women who work in theatre feeling estranged
and foreign deep inside. They become exiles by choice or
constraint, leaving the country where they were born. They are
outsiders and rebels in society, eternally in search of a home, or
carrying their home with them, like the indigenous women of
Patagonia who kept a fire alight on their boats as a symbol of
where they came from. Travelling is both a physical and
metaphorical experience, a movement towards the unknown and fear,
excitement and getting lost, learning and forgetting. It can
include visiting exotic places and navigating on the internet,
letters and diaries, discovery and escape; travel
implies both meetings and solitude.
In the last issue of The Open Page, the theme of Text
presented itself as a journey that used words to move from one kind
of silence to another. Almost every article we have ever received
has expressed a need for movement and the feeling of belonging to a
professional country without borders, where origins are blurred,
and destinations are crossroads. In this issue, Ginevra Sanguigno
points out that the geography we refer to is determined by
disparate audiences, while Ileana Citaristi and Cristina Wistari
amongst others indicate that "countries" and "continents" can be
created by particular techniques and masters. Neusa Thomasi, making
her way on foot to the Avignon Festival, uses a mountain in the
distance as compass while Florinda, the 17th century character whom
Clelia Falletti tells us about, worries that she will not be able
to cross over the mountain she sees before her. Laylage Courie
gives an example of how travel and creation can
influence each other. The tension of travelling in between
tradition and renewal is present in many articles that refer to the
Arab world, while others have chosen to confront the theme as a
journey back and forth in time, a visit inside memory.
The choice of Travel as a theme answered our
wish to hear about personal experiences of lives on tour as well as
how professional, cultural and personal identities are defined by
encountering that which is different. Reading this issue is another
opportunity to understand that with theatre we can travel even when
we stand still, and that as women we can discover the freedom and
joy of travelling while establishing our right to exist on the move
and our need for peace in the world.
Julia Varley
Holstebro, March 2002
no. 7 - March 2002

Editorial Board:
Gilly Adams, Geddy Aniksdal, Maggie Gale, Julia Varley
Production Coordinator:
Rina Skeel
Collaborating Editor:
Maria Ficara
Special Contributors:
Brigitte Kaquet, Isabel Martin
Cover:
Marco Donati
With special thanks to:
Grenland Friteater
Chris Fry
Pippa Hill
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