Biennale programme
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#minflykt
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Last autumn, Swedish public radio aired the documentary #minflykt (#myflight) in which Siljan Diljen described her flight to Sweden. She now meets audiences with her personal tale of escape, inheritance and sorrow b ...
Access, choice and collaboration
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Folkteatern Gävleborg/Scen:se, Estrad Norr and Oily Cart Theatre are in the beginning of a unique artistic collaboration that will run over the coming three years, with the aim to create the most accessible show pos ...
Artistic discussion
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Meet the artists behind the productions you just have seen or will see. Hear about the processes, choices and conditions around what they produce.
ASSITEJ ARTISTIC ENCOUNTER
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How can we face the future as artists? What do we need to succeed as TYA artists in the future? Join these interactive sessions as we prepare to face the future together
ASSITEJ INTERNATIONAL - CREATIVE EUROPE SUPPORTS ASSITEJ
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ASSITEJ International is from 2022 supported by Creative Europe to build the collective resilience of theatre and the performing arts for young Audiences. This presentation and conversation is about what this suppor ...
Barnteater som gränsvakt mellan ”barn” och ”vuxna”
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Does children’s theatre exist if there are no “children”? Do we need to start by defining what separates children from adults in order to do culture for children? And how is the category of “children” portrayed on s ...
BOOK PRESENTATION: CULTURAL POLICY FOR ARTS EDUCATION
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The Research Program of the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy for the Arts in Development at the University of Hildesheim in Germany brought together experts from the Universities in Dar Es Salam, Kampala, Nairobi, Pr ...
c/o UNG TEATER - AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON ACTING TRAINING
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Four persons from four countries meet in a conversation to elucidate and discuss views on theatre for youth and what place it could be given in acting education from an international perspective.
CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS VOICES - PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE
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A unique opportunity to experience indigenous artists speaking about their artistic work, including artistic languages and narratives. Celebrating Indigenous Voices - what stories are we telling, and what storie ...
Collaborative Theatre & Participation as Citizen Voice Amplifiers for Social Transformation
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Nabeel’s presentation will focus on his journey to explore theatre and other performance methods that are more sensitive and relevant to local communities, in direct collaboration and partnership with community mem ...
Comedy in sickness and crisis – does it really work?
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What happens when there is no planned performance, when the artist shows up totally unexpected and when someone in the audience is seriously ill? Those are the everyday conditions for one of the performing arts’ mos ...
Communitas -CAMP and Trampoline House
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Wich potential public art institutions – educational and museological – hold to contribute to unpacking and producing resolutions to the global urgencies.
Communitas -Rachel Tess
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Through the lecture IS THIS IT? Tess shares her perspective on community and social/interactive artistic practices for young audiences through the works Reflective Nebula and Den Kosmiska Havsträdgårdspassagen. ...
CUBAN CHILDREN AND YOUTH FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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Conference on Theater and sustainable development in Cuba. Voices and strategies for a new world at the XXI ASSITEJ World Congress, 2024.
CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC AWAKENING FOR A NEW ECONOMICS OF WELL-BEING
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How is the the alliance of culture and health in the Child’s Cultural and Artistic Awakening an answer for a better tomorrow?
Cx4: Clowns, Common misunderstandings, Colonialism and Children
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Who can kick who? What’s the role of gender and skin colour? Who finds clowns scary? What are some traps for the aspiring clown?
DANCE PERCEPTION AND EXPRESSION OF THE VERY YOUNG AUDIENCES
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Seminar for performing arts professionals on dance perception and expression of very young audience including methodology presentation, observation of baby dance class and discussions.
Danspodden Isadora talks to Ásrún Magnúsdóttir
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Danspodden Isadora talks to Ásrún Magnúsdóttir, choreographer for Listening Party, about her artistic work, community dance and about working with participating youths in different countries.
DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT AND DISABILITY; REACHING FURTHER - A PRESENTATION
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Rosie Heafford, Artistic Director of Second Hand Dance, presents a talk on digital engagement and developing access tools for young audiences. The activity will be presented with the use of audio visual and sl ...
DIGITAL LEAP - CREATING AND SHARING DIGITAL KNOWLEDGE IN ARTISTIC PRODUCTION
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Creating and sharing digital knowledge in artistic production. Digital Leap offers a training programme and free learning resources – Cookbooks – for circus and dance professionals who are interested in deepening th ...
Discussion with the International Selection Committee
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Meet the International Selection Committee that has made the international selection for bibu 2024. Listen to their reasoning regarding artistic quality and the vibrant tendencies that have been relevant during &nbs ...
Diversity and Inclusion in performing arts for children and young people within a Nordic context
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In recent years there have been a number of reports released throughout the Nordic countries about diversity within the arts and culture sector.
Feministic theatre for children
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Since 2014, Gustav Deinoff and Farnaz Arbabi are the new artistic directors of Unga Klara. They have pursued a clearly anti-racist and feminist profile for the theater.
Fika med Bibu - Climate Crisis and Impact of International Touring
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Carbon footprint and environmental impact is becoming a primary concern in creating, producing, presenting and touring international performing arts productions.
Fika med Bibu - Performing arts for youth in Pakistan
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Performing arts for youth in Pakistan - presentation and discussion with aspects on gender issues and women´s place within the field.
Fika with bibu
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"Fika with bibu" is a meeting place for exchange, reflection and conversation between invited foreign guests and Swedish practitioners.
Fika with Bibu and the international council
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Fika with Bibu and the international council for Bibu 2020 - about their selection process and discussions on international performing arts for children and youth.
Finding other methods - talk
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A discussion about cultural identity and if dance contains common denominators. If we are characterized by places and methods. If there is an artistic essence.
Go International! Why and How?
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”How do you keep your international network alive and kicking? What does it mean to continuously be active on the international stage? What does it take? What is its value?
I choose for you
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A panel discussion about the way of choosing performing art for young people in schools.
Ibland känns det som våra själar möts, jag och min publik
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The project Scen:se – about creating arts experiences for children and youth with complex needs
Is the space for LGBT+ perspectives for a young audience shrinking?
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In Sweden we are used to being very free in the topics and perspectives for young audiences. We are now facing a societal backlash due to the increasing influences of neo-conservative ideas, where LGBT+ art and indi ...
ITYARN - BOOKRELEASE
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ITYARN Book Launch: Diversity, Representation and Culture in TYA
KEYNOTE SEMINAR - CREATING POSSIBILITIES AND CO-CREATING ARTISTIC WORK
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For children and youth with complex needs. Key note by Ellie Griffiths, Oily Cart theatre with special guest speaker Fiona Ferguson, Imaginate.
LET'S TALK ABOUT MONEY
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Or is that something we shouldn't talk about? How does a performing artist make a living? We put a couple of questions on the round table about markets, attitudes towards money and maybe touch some taboos.....
Ljuset i samtiden och i framtiden
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The audience visiting a contemporary performing arts production expects that the stage lighting is very expressive and done with the latest typ of high end equipment as for example moving head and projections. In a ...
MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEXT GENERATION (GIVING YOU PLACEMAKING)
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The Next Generation is a residency program aiming to support artistic and cultural exchange and collaboration between international artists under 36 with an interest for working with performing arts for children and ...
MEANINGFUL CO-DESIGN ACROSS AUDIENCE AND COMMUNITY
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A case study in empowering young audiences with the skills to be future change makers.
Moving from ”Play” to ”The Play” and back again: teachers and theatre-makers in collaboration
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The theory and practice behind various modes of access to performance for audiences with complex needs
NADAM - A SONIC EXPERIENCE FOR BABIES
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In this lecture, Dr.
Neighbours around the Baltic Sea - playwrights as important carriers of messages reflecting society
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"Neighbours" is a playwright´s project to investigate an experienced lack of knowledge between neighbours across the Baltic Sea. In this presentation and reading we will share our work with you!
NEXT GENERATION - A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD
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Session is focused on motivating national centers by sharing three NG success stories along with NG alumni to look at how they can build on their experience of the residency.
OPEN STAGES: PERFORMING ARTS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION
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At the occasion of ASSITEJ's Artistic Gathering in 2019, ASSITEJ France, Italy and Spain united and launched Open Stages.
PERFORMING GREEN - TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE PERFORMING ARTS SECTOR
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During the winter and spring 2021/2022 ASSITEJ Sweden arranged a workshop series in collaboration with with the Danish organization Bæredygtig Scenekunst NU about sustainability in the performing arts field.
Playful Tiger – to make a performance accessible
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About artistic decisions behind making a version of an existing production for a new audience group - children and young people who where profoundly autistic and mainly non-verbal.
Plint - tales from a school gymnasium
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How can a story wander between different mediums? A three part collaboration set on a vaulting horse; live audio drama, radio theatre and children’s own stories.
Portraying racism and structural racism for the young audience
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Are stories about xenophobia and structural racism part of today’s performance art for children and the young?
Presentation, workshop and reading of GRIPS Theatres show ”Kriegerin”
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Marisa, a 20-year-old German girl, hates foreigners, Jews, cops, and everyone she finds guilty for the decline of her country. She provokes, drinks and fights. The only place she feels home is the Neo-Nazi gang she ...
Prospero workshops –Developing performing arts for children world wide
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Welcome to a seminar where we are developing new scripts for children and youths in an intercultural context. We will read new scripts from Uganda, Burkina Faso and Nepal. The seminar is partly held in english ...
Puppetry is everywhere in the Nordics and the Baltics
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Puppet theater is more and more visible within the field of performing arts. Sometimes it plays the main role, sometimes it is an element alongside other expressions. A similar development is taking place throughout ...
REMAPPING INDIGENOUS PRESENCE ON STAGE
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Get an international perspective on the indigenous presence on stage with this indigenous-led discussion where artists from Sweden, Canada, Australia and New Zealand share their ideas and experiences.
REPRESENTATION, CREATION AND INSPIRATION
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Glad Theatre has taken the initiative to create a series of international artist residencies in which they invite artists who inspires them into spaces of creation and exploration. Their first artist residency was c ...
RESEARCHING TYA: THE WORK OF ITYARN - HEAR WHAT RESEARCH CAN DO FOR YOU
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Presented by: ITYARN (International Theatre for Young Audiences Research Network)
REVIVAL OF ANCIENT NATURE RITUALS
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How we can creatively work with children on sustainable development. My experiences in using Iranian mythical narratives and ancient rain rituals in a children drama class to remind the value of water resources in p ...
Run for your life
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The climate crisis is one of our time critical issue and if it is great for us as it is crucial for the next generation.
Sisters Academy – Where art radically meet education and vice versa
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Gry Worre Hallberg will present the radical art-educational project Sisters Academy.
Social Circus – Art, laughter, change
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Come to a seminar with Cirkus Cirkör, Clowner utan Gränser (Clowns without Borders) and Sorin Sirkus!
Sörmlandsmodellen–tillgång till scenkonst för barn och unga
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All children should have – but what? That question asked Scenkonst Sörmland after 30 years with Sörmlandsmodellen - the comprehensive county theater mission that guarantees all children in the age between 5-15 years ...
Sustainable touring opportunities in the Nordic - Baltic region
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The Nordic-Baltic ASSITEJ Network is a regional network and co-operation format that includes Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden.
Talking about theatre
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Theatre meets education when teachers and their students come to see a performance. What does this encounter entail? To what extent is the young audience offered to participate in the process of performance art?
Tea with Teater Tre and Small size
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Vad är Small size och varför gör vi scenkonst för den yngsta publiken? Med Te-stunden som inramning vill Teater Tre och Sara Myrberg bjuda in till ett samtal om konst för de yngsta och om hur mötet med konstnärer fr ...
Teachers as careful actors and actors as careful teachers
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This seminar relates to the current touring pedagogic program, Under Stjärnorna (Below the Stars), initiated by Folkteatern Gävleborg/Scen:se in collaboration with Estrad Norr.
Teater Tre och Moomsteatern om europeiskt samarbete
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Why is it relevant to take part in international cooperation? How does it work and what do you get out of it? Two theaters with focus on production for children and young people share their experiences of being part ...
Teatercentrums breakfast meeting - get to know the artist behind the performance
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The artists behind three performances chosen by the jury for bibu.se 2016 have agreed to sit down over breakfast with a small audience to talk about who they are and what they create.
The Climate, our most important story - The role of performing arts in the climate transition
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Discussion and presentation on the role of performing arts in the climate transition in two parts.
THE NORDIC BALTIC HOUSE - ESTONIA
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Talk on minority culture groups in Estonia.
THE NORDIC BALTIC HOUSE - FINLAND
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Seminar on collaboration between festivals and artists in the Nordic Baltic Region to ensure good sustainable practices.
THE NORDIC BALTIC HOUSE - LATVIA
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LATVIA Workshop: What is a contemporary theatre show for children and young people today?
THE NORDIC BALTIC HOUSE - LITHUANIA
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Workshop/discussion: Kitchen of traditional creative theater games with contemporary spices.
THE NORDIC BALTIC HOUSE - NORWAY
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Seminar on National Identity in Performing Arts in relations to a Nordic-Baltic regional identity.
THE NORDIC BALTIC HOUSE - SWEDEN
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Seminar on Perspectives on distribution – how do we organize to secure children’s rights to performing arts in school?
THE NORDIC BALTIC HOUSE - VOICES OF YOUNG: SUSTAINABILITY AND PARTICIPATION
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Round Table: Voices of young - Sustainability & Participation
THE NORDIC BALTIC HOUSE - YOUTH RESIDENCY: REFLECTIONS OF YOUNG
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Reflections of young: “This is What I Saw”. Feedback and reflections from the youth participants about selected performances being part of the festival. Hosted by Nordic-Baltic Youth Residency participants.
THE NORDIC BALTIC NETWORK
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A tasting menu from current Nordic-Baltic Performing Arts for Young Audiences. Presentation of selected artists/performing arts companies from each country in the network.
THE ROLE OF THE ONLINE FORMAT IN THE THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES (TYA)
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The round table "The role of the online format in the TYA". We will think how online projects can help our live international events become better prepared, lower in cost and more eco-friendly.
The theatre and the school
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A seminar about Unga Teaterns experiences building a new organisation where theatre and school meets. Exploring the borders and the possibilities.
The white stage
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Which bodies take place on the stage today? Which stories are told and from which perspectives? Can anyone represent anything, and how do we break the white dominance?
THEATRE AND LIVELIHOOD - A CROSS CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
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This Roundtable Discussion, will see participants share their thoughts on the relation between theatre and livelihood. They would answer the question, 'is theatre alone to earn a livelihood?'
THEATRE FOR EMERGING TRUTH AND LIBERATORY ACTIONS
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The session highlights the Applied Theatre processes being worked with the children, of urban slums and schools, focusing on education system, climate sustainability practices, Peace & Justice.
Transmedial narrative on stage and beyond – two examples from Helsingborg
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Performing Arts Creator/Director Sara Cronberg elaborates on her experiences from two projects: The Invisible City – a game in development, and Väsen – digitalisation and creative participation in the transmedial pe ...
UMBRELLA SESSIONS - DEVELOP YOUR ASSITEJ NATIONAL CENTRE OR NETWORK
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UMBRELLA networking is for anyone engaged in an ASSITEJ National Centre or ASSITEJ Network as a board member, staff, volunteer, or active member. It is also for members who wish to create a new Centre or Network.
Upprop för den fria scenkonsten
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A discussion about the free cultural life in Sweden.
Weren´t You Expecting Me? Keynote Lecture with Caroline Bowditch
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KEYNOTE in ENGLISH
What do we need next?
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An international delegation of disabled artists from Sweden and Scotland in conversation with Caroline Bowditch about the future of performing arts for children and youth.
Which kinds of norm violations do child audiences accept?
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A discussion about children's attitudes toward norms, codes of behavior and traditions as they exist in the theater and within story-telling.
Who may portray what?
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What is it accepted that an actor portrays on stage? Can an actor portray something without that specific experience?
Why are you afraid of the public space?
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If you start thinking about public space, like really really think about it, as a place for art, you suddenly realize the potential.
WHY DO WE MAKE THEATRE?
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Why is art important, and what is its job to do? If the goal with creating theatre is to change the structures of the society, how does it then affect the creative process?
Why international co-operation?
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Why do we need to reach out for more and what can we gain from working abroad?
WOW, WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?
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Performance dramaturgy in contemporary circus The “wow-effect” is great in the genre of circus.The artists are risking their lives before us, the comic of the scene surprises and the human potential is strained m ...
YOUNG DANCE NETWORK OPEN UP
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YDN is opening up. The Young Dance Network is conceived as a network for exchange and aims to give space for different voices of professionals in the field of dance for young audience. From 2022 we will be open ...
YOUNG SWEDSTAGE: WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
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For Young Swedstage we have selected eight productions from different genres, able to tour and accessible for a non-Swedish speaking audience. What are our fellow programmers and festival directors looking for when ...
”You get used to the beauty” / “We don’t hang out – we walk around”
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The seminar’s title consists of quotes from youth in Norrbotten (the far north of Sweden) and Botkyrka (a suburb of Stockholm). It is also the titles of two productions based on young people’s own stories from what ...