CONTENTS
Patricia Ariza (Colombia) - POEMS
Roberta Secchi - Viviana
Fortunato (Italy) - SPEAKING STONES
Dijana Milosevic (Serbia and Montenegro) -
STRENGHT FROM SEPARATION
Ginevra Sanguigno (Italy) - A MOVING BODY, A
GROWING MIND
Graciela Ferrari - Maria
Escudero (Argentina) - READY TO DRINK IN EVERY WORD
Malin Bratlie (Norway) - THE PARADE
Jill Greenhalgh (Britain) - A NECKLACE
Ermanna Montanari (Italy - HARDNESS OF
STONE
Beatrice Monroy (Italy) - MARTA'S GESTURE
Aja Marneweck (South Africa) - THEATRE OF
DIFFERENCE
María Sánchez (Mexico) - MORE OR LESS 300
Karolina Spaic (Serbia/The Netherlands) - AN
EYE ON THE FUTURE
Josefina Baez (Dominican Rep./USA) -
Verónica Moraga (Chile) - INA - STONE BY STONE
Gilly Adams (Britain) - PERFORMING WORDS
Elisa Todd (Venezuela/Brazil) - HEART TO
HEART
Raquel Carrió (Cuba) - ACTS OF WRITING AND
REBELLION
Margaret Cameron (Argentina) - PACO PÊNA
Laura Martin - Laura Torres (Argentina) -
WASTELAND
Carran Waterfield (Britain) - GODIVA RIDES TO
AMERICA
Nathalie Mentha (Switzerland/Italy) - FROM
CIRCUS TO STILLNESS
Maria Louisa de Zela (Peru) - MAPPING THE
WAY
Janice Poon (Hong Kong) - WOMEN'S VOICES IN
HONG KONG
Elsa Kvamme (Norway) - TOUCHING THE TELEPHONE
POLE
Julie Robson (Australia) - SEDUCTIVE SOUNDS
Julia Varley (Britain/Denmark) - SEVEN BLANK
NOTEBOOKS
Luigia Calcaterra - Vanna Kårfors - Tiziana Barbiero
- Caterina Scotti - Simona Zanini - Silvia Baudin
(Italy) - GROUP TERRITORY
Maggie Gale (Britain) - MILESTONE WOMEN
Geddy Aniksdal (Norway) - TIME TO CELEBRATE
The Open Page - OPEN LETTERS
Diana Raznovich (Argentina/Spain) - OUR
MILESTONE
The Open Page - OPEN NEWS
Helen Chadwick (Britain) - IN MEMORY: VENICE
MANLEY
EDITORIAL
This is the 10th issue of The Open Page. We
have reached the original goal we set ourselves - to create
something of substance that could leave a trace. We could stop. Yet
we know it is exactly now that we must continue. We have reached
our milestone, but to make this achievement really meaningful we
have to continue. A milestone is visible only when you have moved
on. This is clearly indicated by the articles in this issue:
milestones are an integral part of a continuing
process, events or experiences which take on a particular meaning
only because they are part of a whole life project.
The articles in this issue explore the theme of milestones as
marks in a horizontal landscape rather than a vertical one, and
recurring images of water, pebbles, landmarks and necklaces remind
us of the importance of details and the everyday dimension when
women and theatre are combined.
Historically we recognise as milestones those
events that change our perception of the past and show us a way
forward in our own life experience. The founding of and the
different stages in the development of the Magdalena Project are
certainly milestones for each of us working on the editorial board
of The Open Page, and special moments in the life of the Magdalena
Project are mentioned in some of the articles.
The theme has inspired most authors to look back at their whole
professional lives, to remember how they started and the first
theatre experience that left a lasting mark. Many masters and
performances are mentioned, creating a theatre landscape that fits
into a familiar frame even if coming from countries all over the
world. The big change that children bring in a woman's daily and
timeless reality, the importance of family and friends, the
intimate relationship to rebellion and artistic concerns, help us
understand how women in theatre consider
milestones to have different forms and
consistencies, sometimes more similar to a river than to a rock.
The flowing matter though is just as firm and unshakeable, fearless
and strong as a real stone would be, and richer in vulnerability,
humanity, curiosity and hope.
Some women of the past represent milestones in
theatre history, and some are talked about in this issue, starting
with Maria Escudero, one of the main inspirations for theatre work
in Latin America. The Open Page hopes that by collecting
different voices it will help create further useful references for
the future: a precious assembly of blowing sand grains that have
been deposited for a moment to rest on the pages of a journal; a
mountain of rough gems shining brightly on the winding road of
theatre practice.
Julia Varley
Holstebro, March 2005
no. 10 - March 2005

Editorial Board:
Gilly Adams, Geddy Aniksdal, Maria Ficara, Maggie Gale,
Julia Varley
Production Coordinator:
Rina Skeel
Collaborating Editor:
Jill Greenhalgh
Cover:
Marco Donati
With special thanks to:
Dos Lunas Teatro
Mariana Gonzáles Robert
Grenland Friteater
Charlotte Nightingale
Carmen Troncoso
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