THE VALUE OF WORKING INTERNATIONALLY
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For many years there has been a focus on the positive sides of globalization – however facing climate crisis, geopolitical conflicts, shift in global power balances and also the renegotiation of the colonial past has awakened a necessary questioning of the value of working internationally. This however doesn’t have to mean that working with a global perspective is a negative thing. It simply means that the arts and culture industries have to be much clearer in their practice and communication about the values of working internationally – why we should prioritise cultural diplomacy,...
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LOSS AND TOGETHERNESS IN CONTEMPORARY THEATRE //LIVE DISCUSSION // CPH STAGE's International Days Digital Launch
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Digital Launch with short presentation of the programme at CPH STAGE's International Days 30. May - 1. June 2024. Followed ny a conversation about LOSS AND TOGETHERNESS IN CONTEMPORARY THEATRE featuring Jørgen Knudsen - BlackBox Teater ( Oslo, Norway )Hillkka - Liisa Illvanainen - Tampere Theatre Festival ( Tampere, Finland ) and artists behind spme of the curated works at this year's International Days - Tue Biering ( Fix & Foxy ) and Filip Vest from Denmark. Credits : Production : CPH STAGE International Producer and host : Karen Toftegaard International Production manager :...
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ART HOLDING SPACE FOR TABOOS
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Art has extraordinary capability to unfold and hold space for taboos. What happens with the art and with the taboos in society when this happens? Do we even have taboos today? We invited two Danish companies that are working with taboos in the work that is presented at CPH STAGE's International Days. And an intercultural collaboration between a Danish company and a Greenlandic company - facing the taboos in the colonial history. Choreographer Andreas Constantinou ( Himherandit ) - unfolds how death, grief and loss are taboos in our societies - something we often actively avoid - in the...
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BODIES AND GRAND NARRATIVES
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Grand narratives are often unfolded within text-theatre. However what happens when the grand narratives become non-verbal and expressed ainly through the bodies? What role does the body and it's expressions play in telling grand stories? What difference can the body make in the storytelling? what is important in the way we perceive bodies and their movements in order to understand narrative? We have inited artists from two Danish companes that both explore body movement and grand narratives in their artistic work. Choreographer Louise Mochia (Sitka Louise company) belive that when the audience...
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EXPLORING REALITY
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There are more options for reality and in this podcast we'll share different aproaches to playing with our perceptions of reality. And also which role democracy plays and how you give people tools to understand their reality and to change the world around them. We invited two Danish companies that are both explorative in their work - and challenging the realities we know - both involving the audiences actively. Co-artistic director Henrik Vestergaard from LiveartDK believe that essence of classical performance art is about asking questions and testing them in live experiments. Director Mikael...
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BODIES, IDENTITIES AND HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS
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Bodies, identities and historical consciousness play a huge role in the way we show up in the present. We have invited artists from two Danish companies that both explore bodies, identity and historical consciousness in thei artistic work. A fun fact is that both of them are Italian and both have been based in Denmark for several years. Choreographer Mirko Guido (ALL THAT REMAINS) states that at it's heart, this piece is a reflection on ourwounded enviroment, our place within it and our collective potential to heal, adapt and evolve. Choreographer Fabio Liberti from the company MUOVI (DID I...
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RELATIONSHIP WITH WATER
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71 percent of the Earth surface is water. Up to 60% of the human adult body is water. Water is omnipresent. In this episode we ask artiss and programmers about their relationship with water. We have invited artists from two Danish companies and one Faroese. Betina Birkjær from Luna Park that presents the immersive worh SightSEAing at CPH Stage - a work that is a poetic tribute to mankind's longing towards the sea and to the water floating in our bodies. Robert Karlsson from Between Music that have explored therelationship with water in their enigmatic underwater concert. Var Bech Arting from...
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Sustainability reflections on international touring
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In this episode of CONNECTED by CPH STAGE International we are sharing the final reflections on our monthly conversations about how to programme and tour more environmentally sustainable. Climate justice is one of the aspects that Stella, Sarah and Karen from the two festivals LIFT - London International Festival Theatre (UK) and CPH STAGE (DK) found very interesting to dive deeper into. What does equaity actually mean when you talk about sustainability in an international context? The conversations are a part of programme ITER - International Touring with Environmental Responsibility,...
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LIMINAL STATES
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Liminal states. How they unfold in the arts? Together with Faroes director and playwright Bui Dam, Danish choreographer Marie Louise Stentebjerg and Danish director and playwright Kristian Husted we will take a closer look at what happens when you step out of the normative expectations of the society. This Podcast is produced by CPH STAGE International. Edit : Laurits Jongejan Host : Karen Toftegaard (Head of International Programming and Production, CPH STAGE)
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PARTNERSHIPS TO GROW - SLOWLY
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In this episode of CONNECTED by CPH STAGE International we are focusing on different aspects of partnerships - as forming strong partnership can be crucial for work to grow. Should we see nature as our new, always present partner? Our guests this time: Vigdis Jakobsdottir (Reykjavik Arts Festival), Ricarda Ciontos (Nordwind Festival), Anna Berit Asp Christensen (Scenatet), and Nønne Svalholm (SVALHOLM). This Podcast is produced by CPH STAGE International Edit : Laurits Jongejan Host : Karen Toftegaard (Head of International Programming and Production, CPH STAGE)
info_outlineIn this episode of CONNECTED by CPH STAGE International we are focusing on different aspects of partnerships - as forming strong partnership can be crucial for work to grow. Should we see nature as our new, always present partner?
Our guests this time:
Vigdis Jakobsdottir (Reykjavik Arts Festival), Ricarda Ciontos (Nordwind Festival), Anna Berit Asp Christensen (Scenatet), and Nønne Svalholm (SVALHOLM).
This Podcast is produced by CPH STAGE International
Edit : Laurits Jongejan
Host : Karen Toftegaard (Head of International Programming and Production, CPH STAGE)