In Dom Juan ou Le Festin de Pierre from 1665 Molières’ protagonist seduces all females with a seemingly nihilistic lack of moral. How does this play reveal the truth behind the mask and mirror Theatre in itself?
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Sarah Woods – Worlds of Story
Human beings are story-making creatures – it’s how we make sense of the world. We’re surrounded by them – from those we tell about ourselves to those told by society. When the world is complex…
Serge von Arx – Directing the Public Space and other Spatial Narratives
The public space is the stage where our lives unfold, individually and more so in our communities. The creation and co-creation of this space inheres the same core value as the design of a chair,…
Andrea Elín Vilhjálmsdóttir – Ecocentric performance making
How well do we know other species that share this earth, and how are they represented in our works? The performance art festival Plöntutíð was founded as a platform for performance artists that put nature…
Nína Hjálmarsdóttir – The Image of Iceland and it’s representation in the icelandic art scene
In this lecture Nína Hjálmarsdóttir talks about her research into the marketed image of Iceland, specifically since 2008, and how it is represented in the Icelandic art scene, both locally and internationally. She is especially…
Arno Vinkovic – Political time and eternity in the contemporary performing arts
This talk was part of the AN seminar 2021 by TEAK Helsinki on “Time temporality and Eternity in the art of theatre directing”. In the theoretical framework I adapt the economic/design policy of planned obsolescence…
Anna Volkland – Time (pressure) in professional theatre work and how we’d like to work together
This talk was part of the AN seminar 2021 by TEAK Helsinki on “Time temporality and Eternity in the art of theatre directing”. In a mixture of lecture and also more interactive parts, we will…
Thomas Ostermeier – mapping democracy
In his play “An Enemy of the People” Henrik Ibsen walks a fine line between honesty and fanaticism. His play poses the question: what is the potential for truth and transparency in a commercialised society? Thomas…
Holger Teschke – Bertolt Brecht and the origins of his Epic Theatre
Holger Teschke, director and teacher at the Ernst Busch theatreschool in Berlin, talks about ‘Bertolt Brecht and the origins of his Epic Theatre‘. As a preparation all participants read the poem ‘Of poor B.B.’ www.poetryfoundation.org …
Female Authors for AN: Marieluise Fleißer – A Pioneer Writer
During their studies at the HfS Ernst Busch in Berlin Laura, Jakob, Alina and their classmates noticed an underrepresentation of female theatre authors in their curriculums. Because of that they and their classmates initiated two…