Since 2009 Odin Teatret and Nordisk
Teaterlaboratorium have been developing as two complementary and
autonomous environments, with different fields of action and
collaborations. While Odin Teatret includes all the activities
of the Odin actors directed by Eugenio Barba, Nordisk
Teaterlaboratorium comprises permanent and intermittent residences,
co- productions, workshops and transformances with groups and
single artists who are independent from Odin Teatret, such as
Altamira Laboratory, The Jasonites, DOO (Divano Occidentale
Orientale), The Masakini Theatre, Ingrid Hvass, Deborah Hunt,
Carolina Pizarro and others.
The groups or
single artists who work within the framework of Nordisk
Teaterlaboratorium all have a long-time connection with Odin
Teatret, at the same time as they have maintained their own
autonomous organisations and activities. Julia Varley, Søren
Kjems and Per Bech Jensen are responsible for the Nordisk
Teaterlaboratorium
The aim of
Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium's residences, co-productions, workshops
and transformances is:
a) to keep
alive an artistic environment with a strong connection to Holstebro
and its inhabitants, schools, cultural associations and different
subcultures;
b) to offer
learning opportunities and a field of experience to theatre
practitioners as intercultural navigators able to interact with
different subcultures in a community;
c) to encourage
exchange among professionals concerning their craft;
d) to spread
information nationally and internationally about the co-productions
created within Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium's framework;
e) to think of
and realise theatre initiatives beyond the traditional boundaries
of a stage.
