07.12.2009
"L'Orto dei Frutti Dimenticati", Parco
Claudio Meldolesi è realizzato!
Realizzato dal Teatro Ridotto in
collaborazione con : Odin Teatret , Coop Adriatica, Arci, Q.re
Borgo Panigale.
INAUGURAZIONE 21 MARZO
2010, ORE 15:30
Il progetto che proponiamo vuole essere un modo
concreto per ricordare la figura di Claudio Meldolesi. Nel prato
retrostante lo spazio del Teatro Ridotto e della Casa delle Culture
e dei Teatri esiste una installazione di Tonino Guerra chiamata "Il
Bosco dei Pensieri", costituita da sculture originali pensate
appositamente da Guerra per questo spazio. L'idea è di integrare
l'installazione con piante da frutto salvate dall'estinzione e
recuperate per la gioia di chi le ha conosciute e di chi le vede
per la prima volta, tanti bei frutti profumati, dai colori caldi e
dai nomi spesso originali: giuggiole, pere spadone, corniole,
nespole, mele cotogne, corbezzoli, azzeruole, sorbe,
perevolpine e
altre, "L'Orto dei Frutti Dimenticati".
Diceva sempre ai suoi collaboratori il professor Claudio
Meldolesi: " Il bravo giardiniere, nell'aiuola, riconosce non solo
i fiori belli ma anche i piccoli fiorellini selvatici".
L'Orto dei Frutti Dimenticati ha una profonda attinenza con tutto
ciò che cercava Meldolesi: piante da frutto che la
commercializzazione della modernità ha cancellato, frutti bizzarri
e selvatici come quei teatri non usuali che Claudio ricercava, e
che spesso la modernità e lo spirito dei tempi spinge ai margini;
ma non per questo meno importanti di altri.
Il parco che vogliamo realizzare vuole essere un omaggio alla
pratica che Meldolesi perseguiva, un modo concreto per ricordare
una figura centrale nella pratica del teatro.
Il parco e l'installazione di Tonino Guerra saranno un unicum,
l'Orto dei Frutti Dimenticati è stato realizzato da Guerra a
Pennabilli, e dal paese di Casola Valsenio, è un'occasione per
mantenere in vita una tradizione ormai pressoché scomparsa,
schiacciata dal consumismo.
Teatro Ridotto, La Casa delle Culture e dei
Teatri
Via Marco Emilio Lepido, 255; Lavino di mezzo - 40132
Bologna
(Autobus 87 dal centro di Bologna)
Tel. 051402051 - 3339911554
e-mail: teatroridotto@gmail.com
; Sito web: www.teatroridotto.it
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05.11.2009
Ulrik Skeel får Holstebro Kommunes Kulturpris
2009
Kommunens første kulturpris til koordinatoren på Odin Teatret i
Holstebro
Byrådets Kultur- og Fritidsudvalg besluttede
på mødet den 28. oktober at tildele koordinator på Odin Teatret i
Holstebro, Ulrik Skeel, Holstebro Kommunes Kulturpris 2009.
Prisen, der er på 25.000 kr.,overrækkes
torsdag aften den 5.
november på Knudsens i Holstebro i
forbindelse med arrangementet "Poesi på en Torsdag".
I begrundelsen for at tildele Ulrik Skeel årets kulturpris
understreger Kultur- og Fritidsudvalget bl.a., at "han har fortjent
prisen for sit samlede virke gennem mange år for kunst og kultur i
Holstebro Kommune og for hans betydning for hele det midt- og
vestjyske område".
Udvalget lægger i sin begrundelse bl.a. vægt på Ulrik Skeels
indsats i forbindelse med Kulturfestival Vinden i 2003 og
Kulturfestival Mørket, der har kørt siden starten af oktober i
år.
Ulrik Skeel er f.eks. også en drivende kraft bag
lyrik-arrangementet "Poesi på en Torsdag" på Knudsens i Holstebro.
Derfor har det også været naturligt for Kultur- og Fritidsudvalget
netop at vælge dette arrangement på Knudsens som ramme for
uddelingen af prisen til Ulrik Skeel.
Vedlagt hele Kultur- og Fritidsudvalgets begrundelse for
valget af Ulrik Skeel til Holstebro Kommunes Kulturpris
2009.
Den første kulturpris
Det er første gang, at Holstebro Kommunes Kulturpris
uddeles. Siden 1987 har kommunen hvert år uddelt en musikpris, men
tidligere i år besluttede Kultur- og Fritidsudvalget at gøre prisen
"bredere", så den dækker hele kulturlivet.
Kulturprisen kan tildeles enkeltpersoner, grupper, foreninger og
institutioner i eller uden for Holstebro Kommune:
- Der har ydet en fremragende indsats inden for billedkunst,
drama, musik, dans eller andet kunstnerisk område som amatør eller
professionel.
- Der har været med til at fremme og synliggøre kulturelle
aktiviteter i Holstebro Kommune.
- Der har udvist kulturelt mod og nytænkning.
- Der har taget initiativer og virket som igangsætter og
inspirator på det kulturelle område.
Flere oplysninger
Formand for Kultur- og Fritidsudvalget, H. C.
Østerby, tlf. 2144 0150.
Direktør for Kultur og Fritid, Hans Kr. Didriksen, tlf. 9611 6900,
mobil 2033 1299
Læs her Indstilling Ulrik Skeel fra Odin Teatret
til Holstebro Kommunes Kulturpris (klik)
Læs her H.C. Østerbys tale til Ulrik Skeel
ved overrÆkkelsen af Holstebro Kommunes Kulturpris
(klik)
Læs her Ulrik Skeels takketale
(klik)
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01.11.2009
Carta a Roxana Pineda y Joel Sáez en ocasión de
los 20 años del Estudio Teatral de Santa Clara, en
Cuba
Felicitaciones por vuestras dos décadas, Roxana y Joel,
hermanitos del Estudio Teatral de Santa Clara. Ustedes ya no son
jovencitos que prometen, ingenuos y soñadores. Con orgullo veo
vuestras alas robustas y cuánto es alto vuestro vuelo. Sin embargo
no olviden, como nunca lo hacemos nosotros del Odin Teatret, que
apenas ponen los pies sobre la tierra, las trampas están allí
esperándolos.
Me siento muy cerca de vosotros porque tengo la impresión -
aunque nunca hemos hablado de esto - de que compartimos una misma
fe: que el teatro no puede prescindir de ser político. E sto no
quiere decir hablar de política, sino tener una
política, una visión de cómo es el mundo y de cómo, en cambio, lo
querríamos. Dos mundos. Y entre ellos una gran distancia que
imagino como un desierto en el que florecen las calaveras y los
huesos que la Historia nos ha dejado.
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22.10.2009
Eugenio Barba is awarded the Diploma for
outstanding contribution to the promotion of Poland in the
World
In a ceremony at the Belvedere Palace on October 22,
Radosław Sikorski presented the annual diplomas of the Minister of
Foreign Affairs for outstanding services in the promotion of Poland
in the world.
Minister Sikorski has awarded the
distinctions for 2008 to the following persons and organizations:
Kamal Abdullayev, artists and curators of the Polish pavilion at
the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale (Nicolas Grospierre,
Kobas Laksa, Grzegorz Piątek, Jarosław Trybuś), Natalia Astafyeva,
Eugenio Barba, Marcin Janusz Gortat, Theodor Kanitzer, Marcin
Kościelnicki, Gilbert Van Landschoot, Wojciech Nawrot, Chris
Niedenthal, Magdalena Materna, Kinga Miodońska-Joucaviel, Natalia
Partyka, Akumal Ramachander, Alex Storożyński, the
Wilno Heritage Society and Krzysztof Wodiczko.
The diplomas have been granted
since 1970, at first - to Poles and Polish expatriates, for
services to Polish culture around the world. Since 1999, under a
broader formula of the award, the diplomas can be granted to any
person - regardless of nationality or country of origin - who
contributes to the international promotion of Poland in such areas
as culture, politics, science or economy. Institutions and
organizations are also eligible. This formula makes it
possible to honor all those who help create a distinct,
objective image of Poland around the world.
Unfortunately due to work
commitments Eugenio Barba was not able to attend the ceremony.
Read Eugenio Barba's letter of thank you
sent to the Ambassador of the Repulic of Poland in Denmark
(Klik)
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21.10.2009
On October 21, we are opening the
Grotowski Institute Reading Room, which will provide the
public with access to the Institute's extensive archival
collections, including:
>>> texts by Jerzy Grotowski (edited by Prof. Zbigniew
Osinski, Tadeusz Burzynski and others) and the essential canon of
literature about Jerzy Grotowski in Polish, English, Italian and
French, including unpublished texts
>>> films related to Jerzy Grotowski and the Laboratory
Theater
>>> a wide array of literature about theater anthropology
(related, among other things, to sessions of Eugenio Barba's
International School of Theater Anthropology), Odin Teatret, and
Oriental theater (in Polish and other languages)
>>> materials concerning the Gardzienice Center for
Theater Pr actices
>>> a unique collection of archival material from
Cracow's Cricoteka: recordings of Tadeusz Kantor's Cricot 2
performances, books and reviews
>>> a collection of Polish theater magazines, including
"Notatnik Teatralny"; "Scena"; "Teatr"; and
"Didaskalia", and a selection of foreign magazines
>>> newspaper clippings regarding activities of the
Grotowski Center and the Grotowski Institute, archival posters and
theater programs.
The Reading Room collections can be accessed on the premises. The
Reading Room is equipped with computer workstations with Internet
access that enable readers to view audiovisual materials. There are
also plans to hold film screenings for organized groups as part of
Theater Cinema.
Researchers who submit a letter of reference issued by their
college, or by other institution, will be able to access the
Institute's Archives special collections.
The Reading Room will be open Monday through Friday, 10:00
am to 3:00 pm.
Contact: Aneta Kurek - aneta@grotowski-institute.art.pl
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23.09.2009
Eugenio Barba receives Honorary Degree of EAMT
- Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
" to mark Your exceptional favors for theatre culture. Your book
"The Paper Canoe" is translated into Estonian and is very popular
among the actors, theatre lovers and drama students. We would also
like to distinguish Your huge work in popularizing Jersey
Grotowski's book "Actor's Training".
The honorary doctors of the EAMT include Gustav Ernesaks, Neeme
Järvi, Arvo Pärt, Veljo Tormis, Roman Toi, Arbo Valdma, Igor
Bezrodny, Eri Klas, Kalle Randalu, Krzysztof Penderecki, Virgilijus
Noreika.
The ceremony for the new honorary doctors takes place on the
27th of September 2009 at 16.00 in the Estonia Concert Hall at the
90th anniversary concert of Estonian Academy of Music and
Theatre.
Unfortunately Eugenio Barba was unable
to attend the ceremony.
"The Sky of the Theatre" is the title of the speech of thanks sent
by Eugenio Barba to the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
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14.09.2009
Iben Nagel Rasmussen
Regula contra Regulam, Wrocław - Brzezinka, Poland, 7-11
IX 2009
A five-day seminar lead by Iben Nagel Rasmussen for the
participants of Regula contra
Regulam, a pedagogical seminar organized by
Teatro la Madrugada at Grotowski Institute in Poland.
Regula contra Regulam is a
long-term project, with regular meeting sessions since 2003.
The project's objective is the development of practical
research into the relationship between three areas of the actor's
work: training, actor's dramaturgy, choral singing.
The sessions take place in the forest base of Grotowski
Institute in
Brzezinka - the site where the para-theatrical projects of
Jerzy Grotowski and Laboratory Theatre were undertaken.
The project is currently undertaken by a closed group composed
by members of Teatro La Madrugada and actors from other
groups. Each session of the closed group is linked to an open
session where the same lines of research are approached and
tackled with participants from different contexts.
The seminar with Iben Nagel Rasmussen (assisted by Sofia
Monsalve) consisted of two seminars in fact - for each of the two
groups involved in the project separately.
The work involved physical and vocal training of the actor,
building of a physical score, and elaborating the fixed material
into dialogues in pairs.
It was accompanied by other activities of the Regula
session: acrobatics, choral singing, and the two groups'
performance work, as well as a unique opportunity to see
Grotowski's other forest bases in the nearby villages, now turned
into ruin, scavenged by the local villagers, and overgrown with
plants for three decades.
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04.08.2009
Iben Nagel Rasmussen
Meetings with Remarkable Women, Wrocław, Poland, 31
VII - 2 VIII 2009
Practical seminar within a project, which was a collaboration of
Grotowski Institute (Wrocław, Poland) and Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council of Canada. The project was directed by
Virginie Magnat, a performer, educator and researcher, co-founder
of the University of British Columbia's new Interdisciplinary
Performance Program.
Meetings with Remarkable Women explored the
artistic journeys of women from different cultures and generations
who shared a direct connection to Grotowski's legacy through their
participation in the various periods of his life-long practical
research. From July 7 to August 5, 2009, Grotowski Institute hosted
the project's month-long laboratory of creative research, which
consisted of five work sessions led by Rena Mirecka (Laboratory
Theatre), Iben Nagel Rasmussen (Odin Teatret), Katharina Seyferth
(Paratheatre/Theatre of Sources), Ang Gey Pin and Dora Arreola
(Objective Drama Project and Art as Vehicle).
The three-day seminar with Iben Nagel Rasmussen assisted by
Sofia Monsalve and Uta Motz consisted of the work on the physical
and vocal training of the actor, building of a physical score, and
montage of the material into a sequence. The seminar was attended
by 20 international participants of the whole Meetings with
Remarkable Women project and lasted four hours a day.
Physical training, as developed with Iben Nagel Rasmussen's
long-term pedagogical seminar, "The Bridge of Winds", involved
working with the exercises created to produce different, precise
kinds of energy in the actor's body: the Wind Dance, the Green
Energy, and the Samurai. Vocal training focused on working with the
vocal resonators, vocal actions involving rhythm work in small
groups, working with songs in three groups and elaborating them
musically. The physical score was created by fixing three ways of
pushing, pulling, and embracing in pairs, then used individually
and elaborated by changing the size, using props, and putting a
text on it. All of the material (three group rhythms with physical
and vocal actions, the three group songs, elements of the training,
and some of the individual physical scores with props and text)
were put together into a sequence.
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17.06.2009
Odin Teatret pass on the
rights 
Grotowski's
Legacy
The Rights for Towards a
Poor Theatre
17 June 2009, Eugenio Barba delivered into the hands of
Jarek Fret, director of the Grotowski Institute in Wroclaw, Poland,
the rights for Towards a Poor Theatre, the book by Jerzy
Grotowski which, over the years, has become the most inspiring
theatrical vision of the second half of the twentieth century. The
book was originally published in English in 1968 by Odin Teatret's
publishing house, at a time when Jerzy Grotowski needed shelter for
himself and his activities from the ideological prejudices of the
pro-Sovietic Polish regime. It was immediately translated into many
languages in many countries, yet this classic of the theatre was
only published in Poland in 2007.
Towards a Poor Theatre was edited by Eugenio
Barba who, in close collaboration with Jerzy Grotowski, brought
together the latter's technical and theoretical writings, prophetic
visions and interviews. The book also included ....
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ABOUT
ICARUS PUBLISHING ENTERPRISE
Considering tht 50% of all books in translation worldwide are
from English while only 6% are translated into
English, Odin Teatret (Denmark), The Grotowski Institute (Poland)
and Theatre Arts Researching the Foundations (Malta) have created
Icarus Publishing Enterprise whose purpose is to present in English
texts by artists and scholars about the practice an vision of
theatre as a laboratory.
Icarus was the name of a schooner that in 1697 sailed from
Civitavecchia with a cargo destined for a Venetian merchant
resident in the international trading port of Smyrna. Its
mythological name was intended paradoxically as a bringer of good
luck to ward off shipwrecks. In its hold, the small vessel also
carried a luxurious curtain never used before, a few painted scenes
and a number of scripts and musical scores from a theatre erected
in Rome by Queen Cristina of Sweden and torn down on the order of
Pope Clement X.
Similar to that schooner, Icarus Publishing Enterprise wants to
ferry into an international dimension writings of theatre artists
and scholars who, despite their value, risk a limited circulation
because of the language in which they have been written.
We know by experience that theatre studies are effective only if
they succeed in piercing the wrappings of academic common places
and inspire those wishing to do theatre. In the books that Icarus
Publishing Enterprise will translate and publish, in addition to a
knowledge of the past, seeds of future occurrences are hidden. Many
think that the theatre has no future. This may be so. But one thing
is certain: in the future there will surely be something that we
are unable to imagine now, but that will be called theatre.
Odin Teatret (Denmark), The Grotowski
Institute (Poland), Theatre Arts Researching the
Foundations (Malta)
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29.05.2009
Lettera di Eugenio
Barba
AGLI ARTISTI
AQUILANI:
Cari amici, cari compagni, ho spesso pensato a voi. Un periodo di
lavoro
particolarmente intenso e nomade mi ha impedito, fino ad ora di
scrivervi. Ogni
volta che qualcuno mi portava notizie del vostro lavoro, delle
dure condizioni in cui
si svolge, delle strategie di resistenza che avete messo in opera
e delle alleanze che
avete saputo costruire, non potevo impedirmi d'essere fiero di
voi, a cui mi sento
legato per il tramite di alcune esperienze comuni e di alcune
persone particolari che
fra noi dell'Odin e voi hanno creato solidi ponti fatti d'aria, di
luce e di
collaborazione.
Penso anche: "Per quanto tempo ce la faranno a tener duro?".
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07.03.2009
Odin Teatret tog afsked med sin velgører
Foto: Morten Melhede
Skuespillerne fra Odin Teatret
deltog i bisættelsen af Inger Landsted,
som fik teatret til Holstebro.
Af Knud Jakobsen,
kj@bergske.dk
Holstebro: Det var Inger landsted, som i 1966 fik
Odin Teatret til Holstebro, og da hun i går blev bisat fra
Holstebro Kirke, viste det verdenskendte teater hende den sidste
ære.
Iført sit isbjørnekostume sang skuespiller Kai Bredholt to salmer
i kirken, og da højtideligheden var slut, bar seks skuespillere fra
Odin Teatret hende ud til den ventende rustvogn. Efter hendes eget
ønske var de iført deres farvestrålende kostumer men uden
masker.
fortsat ... (58kb)
Artikel fra Dagbladet Holstebro-Struer d. 7. marts 2009
1. sektion, side 22. Gengivet med tilladelse fra
Chefredaktør Erik Møller
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22.02.2009
The First Stone - Iben
Nagel Rasmussen about Grotowski
During the last period of his life Grotowski met
regularly with a group of young directors in Italy. One of them
Renzo Filippetti from Teatro Ridotto told him, that I together with
a group of pupils had developed a special training called the
Wind-Dance. Jerzy who did not speak very well italian misunderstood
but was enthusiastic and proclaimed: it's fantastic. Iben has begun
to dance la Danza del Ventre, which means belly dancing.
Live-music begins and five belly dancers come dancing in. They
fill the room and go to the tables where guests are eating and
drinking - then out again
The other night I had a strange dream: I was walking into a very
exclusive restaurant together with Grotowski and someone who I
don't remember.
I put my hands lightly on their shoulders which made me start to
levitate and fly over this very elegant restaurant. I didn' t have
my own body but that of a soft, fluffy, pink, cloud-like animal. It
felt incredibly funny, and we all began to laugh loudly until I
said: Eugenio doesn't really like me to fly. And I woke
up.
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THE FIRST STONE
- A banquet for Ludwik Flaszen & Jerzy
Grotowski
1959 - 2009
50th anniversary of their
Teatr Laboratorium
Odin Teatret 20 - 21 February 2009
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Guests
were
(in alphabetical order)
Marianne Ahrne (Sweden),
Roberto Bacci (Italy),
Judy Barba (Gt. Britain),
Eugenio Barba (Denmark),
Luciana Bazzo (Brazil),
Kai Bredholt (Denmark),
Lene Bredsdorff (Denmark),
Thomas Bredsdorff (Denmark),
Roberta Carreri (Italy),
Anne Middelboe Christensen (Denmark),
Erik Exe Christoffersen (Denmark),
Claudio Coloberti (Italy),
Alessandro Curti (Italy),
Jan Ferslev (Denmark),
Elena Floris (Italy),
Jaroslaw Fret (Poland),
Silvia Hagberg (Denmark),
Litten Hansen (Denmark),
Kirstine Hastrup (Denmark),
Pelle Henningsen (Denmark),
Thorbjørn Hjalager (Denmark),
Tom Johnsen (Norway),
Kirsten Justesen (Denmark),
Donald Kitt (Canada),
Søren Kjems (Denmark),
Leszek Kolankiewicz (Poland),
Annelis Kuhlmann (Denmark),
Tage Larsen (Denmark),
Søren Larsson (Sweden),
Inga Laugesen (Denmark),
Peter Laugesen (Denmark),
Else Marie Laukvik (Norway),
Anna Lica (Denmark),
Christian Ludvigsen (Denmark),
Ana Sofia Monsalve (Colombia),
Deise Nunes (Brazil),
Augusto Omolú (Brazil),
Zbigniew Osinski (Poland),
Sandra Pasini (Italy),
Isadora Pei (Italy),
Sigrid Post (Denmark),
Jean-Marie Pradier (France),
Fausto Pro (Italy),
Iben Nagel Rasmussen (Denmark),
Lucia Repasska (Slovakia),
Francesca Romana Rietti (Italy),
Janne Risum (Denmark),
Franco Ruffini (Italy),
Anne Savage (Denmark),
Nicola Savarese (Italy),
Mirella Schino (Italy),
Nicolaj Seidelin (Denmark),
Pushparajah Sinnathamby (Denmark),
Ulrik Skeel (Denmark),
Rina Skeel (Denmark),
Jori Snell (Denmark),
Anna Stigsgaard (Denmark),
Agnete Strøm (Norway),
Nando Taviani (Italy),
Valentina Tibaldi (Italy),
Niels Vandrefalk (Denmark),
Julia Varley (Gt. Britain),
Annemarie Waagepetersen (Denmark),
Torgeir Wethal (Norway),
Frans Winther (Denmark),
Grzegorz Ziolkowski (Poland)
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A surprise from the Stanislawski
Foundation to Luwik Flaszen presented
by Roberta Carreri
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The hosts of the evening welcomes
everyone: Iben Nagel Rasmussen, Else Marie Laukvik, Torgeir
Wethal
and Ulrik Skeel
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Poster created for the
occasion
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Niels Vandrefalk demonstrates what
part of a physical training session could be like in his student
days
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Søren Larsson and Marianne Ahrne
remember Jerzy Grotowski
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Christian Ludvigsen
introduced
by Else Marie Laukvik
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Judy Barba and Agnete Strøm
remember Jerzy Grotowski
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Marianne Ahrne tells us her first
impressions of Jerzy Grotowski
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Jarek Fret and Leszek Kolankiewicz
takes us through the life of a manuscript
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Jean-Marie Pradier introduced by
Iben Nagel Rasmussen
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Peter Laugesen reading poems to the
tunes of Polish jazz
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On this occasion Odin Teatret
remembered the presence of Jerzy Grotowski in Scandinavia
through memories and episodes recounted by people who met him.
Thomas Bredsdorff a long time friend
and litterary advisor of Odin Teatret, who first met Jerzy
Grotowski in 1971, when Teatr Laboratorium presented its
performance Apocalypsis cum Figuris at Odin Teatret in
Holstebro, said the following:
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am an expert.
Not an expert of acting - I have no experience as an actor. Not
an expert of directing - I have never directed. I am not an expert
of playwriting, of lighting, of dancing - I am unable to perform
any of the trades and arts involved in the theatre. Still I pride
myself on being indispensable. The theatre cannot do without
me.
I am - a spectator. What expertise I hold is that of not making,
but watching theatre. I owe the acknowledgment of my
unique status as an indispensable part of the theatre to the man
who died ten years and six days ago. ..."
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28.01.2009
Thoughts from Taiwan
by Balas King, interpreter from
Taiwan
Ever since 2002, when Eugenio Barba and Odin Teatret came to
Taipei for the International Theater Festival, I have been
Eugenio's Chinese interpreter on many different occasions.
It has always been a pleasure and an intensive learning
experience for me.
When I first met Eugenio in 2002, I knew very little about
theater in general and absolutely nothing about the Odin Teatret. I
was impressed by Eugenio's intensity and precision in his dealing
with everything.
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07.01.2009
Boletín del Centro Latinoamericano de
Creación e Investigación Teatral (Argentina) N° 449. 7 de enero de
2009
" El teatro es la tierra del fuego"
Por: Jorge Dubatti. Revista Ñ. Clarín. 3 de enero de
2009
De paso por Buenos Aires, el legendario teatrista Eugenio Barba
habló de la necesidad de vincular a los jóvenes con las viejas
tradiciones escénicas y analizó su labor junto a grupos
argentinos.
Esta vez el director teatral Eugenio Barba viajó a Buenos Aires
sólo por unas pocas horas. Es que el pasado viernes 5 de diciembre,
a pesar de sus múltiples ocupaciones internacionales, tenía que
estar presente en el foyer del Teatro Nacional Cervantes para
recibir el título de Doctor Honoris Causa del Instituto
Universitario Nacional Argentino (el IUNA). Y allí estuvo, con sus
72 años, su vitalidad y disciplina de siempre, y una radiante
camisa color uva.
Más allá de polémicas y discusiones, de fanáticos y
detractores, Barba es, para la historia del teatro occidental de
las últimas décadas, una gloria viviente. No es el primer Doctorado
Honoris Causa que recibe: lo antecedieron, entre otros, los
otorgados por las Universidades de Varsovia, Hong Kong, San
Cristóbal de Huamanga y Plymouth y por el Instituto Superior de
Artes de La Habana, Cuba. Está acostumbrado a recibir distinciones,
sin embargo este título argentino lo emociona visiblemente. "Cuando
llamó Antonio Célico, profesor del IUNA, para darme la noticia, fue
una sorpresa que me reconectó con la juventud, con mis orígenes
profesionales", dice Barba en entrevista con Ñ. "Cuando era joven y
comenzaba mis estudios, fui rechazado por la Escuela Nacional de
Teatro de Oslo. Hoy sé que los actores deben
reinventar cada vez su relación con esa herencia de conocimientos
artesanales que es el teatro".
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16.12.2008
Entrevista a Eugenio Barba
El Clarin - publicado en Buenos Aires,
Argentina
"Defender la ética del
oficio"
Por Juan José Santillán
A los 72, el mítico fundador del Odin, grupo que marcó
tendencia en el teatro mundial, pasó por Buenos Aires. Recibió un
reconocimiento, el Honoris Causa que le entregaron en el Instituto
Universitario Nacional del Arte (IUNA), y aceptó esta entrevista
exclusiva en la que repasa su vínculo con la escena
argentina.
Italiano de origen, Eugenio Barba ha desarrollado casi toda su
carrera en Dinamarca, donde el director, de 72 años, fundó el Odin
Teatret en 1964. El grupo tiene su sede en Holstebro, un pequeño
pueblo danés a cinco horas en tren de Copenhague. Desde aquel
lugar, mediante intercambios con artistas de Asia, Latinoamérica y
Europa, sus integrantes han trazado una de las experiencias
teatrales más intensas e influyentes del siglo XX. De hecho, su
casa es un gran centro de documentación en artes escénicas, debido
también a que fundó, en 1980, la Escuela Internacional de
Antropología Teatral. Andariego, viaja por el mundo y se nutre de
danzas kathakali de la India, la pantomima clásica europea o la
ópera china.
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