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a selection of letters, news, reactions, thoughts (both ours and those of others), experiences from Holstebro and travels abroad

Last updated: 28.01.2010

28.01.2010 A C ANOA DE PAPEL – Tratado de Antropologia Teatral, de Eugenio Barba






A C ANOA DE PAPEL – Tratado de Antropologia Teatral, de Eugenio Barba, é um dos livros mais importantes do pensamento teatral contemporâneo, mas esgotado desde sua primeira edição, em 1994. Escrito em três décadas, o livro reúne tradições ocidentais e orientais na mesma caldeira da Antropologia Teatral, para examinar o comportamento pré-expressivo do homem em estado de representação organizada. O resultado é uma obra indispensável para todo pesquisador das artes cênicas, um compêndio da história do teatro mundial, um legado de informações e ensinamentos que tem contribuído para nortear a prática teatral em todos os lados do planeta. A nova edição traz o selo do Teatro Caleidoscópio e da Editora Dulcina, que co-edita o livro.

A experiência com o Odin Teatret; o teatro asiático; os laboratórios e pesquisas de Grotowski; o método de ações físicas de Stanilsavski; a biomecânica de Meyerhold; o sistema de mimo de Decroux e os postulados de Craig, Brecht, Copeau, Mikhail Tchecov, Artaud e de outros “habitantes de tradições” possuem conexões teóricas e fornecem um amplo material para a análise de Barba e a compreensão do “corpo-em-vida”. Como o ator usa seu suporte sobre o palco – superando os condicionamentos habituais – para fornecer impactos e despertar o espectador?  Para responder a essa pergunta, Barba utiliza exemplos concretos, desenvolvendo conceitos como “presença”, “pré-expressividade”, “partitura física”, “energia”. O objetivo desse esforço é desvendar a “arte secreta do ator”, ou ainda, os princípios que governam o seu “bios cênico”.

À venda nas seguintes livrarias do Brasil:

Livraria Cultura – Brasília, São Paulo, Campinas, Recife, Porto Alegre // www.livrariacultura.com.br

LivrariaDom Quixote CCBB - Brasília // domquixotelivros@terra.com.br
Tel: 61. 3321.4362

Livraria Galeria do Livro - Salvador // www.galeriadolivro.com.br
Tel: 71. 3012.2314

Joaquim Livraria - Curitiba
Joaquim Livraria Ltda
Rua Alfredo Bufre, 51 Centro
Tel: 41. 3078.5990

Pedido de livros (acima de 10 exemplares)  a custo de lançamento + postagem: contato@teatrocaleidoscopio.com.br

Teatro Caleidoscópio - Brasília // contato@teatrocaleidoscopio.com.br

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, pere volpine 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.


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Via Marco Emilio Lepido, 255; Lavino di mezzo – 40132 Bologna
(Autobus 87 dal centro di Bologna)
Tel. 051402051 –  3339911554
e-mail:
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; Sito web: www.teatroridotto.it

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)

01.11.2009 Carta a Roxana Pineda y Joel Sáez en ocasión de los 20 años del Estudio Teatral de Santa Clara, en Cuba

Holstebro, noviembre 2009

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)

 

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.
The speech of Eugenio Barba in English (24kb) in Italian (81kb)

17.06.2009 Odin Teatret pass on the rights   English  Italian  Spanish French

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)
 

 

29.05.2009 Lettera di Eugenio Barba

                                                                                                          Holstebro 29 maggio 2009

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  UK Text IT Text SP Text


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.

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Artikel fra Dagbladet Holstebro-Struer d. 7. marts 2009
1. sektion, side 22
Gengivet med tilladelse fra Chefredaktør Erik Møller

22.02.2009 - The First Stone - Iben Nagel Rasmussen about Grotowski

The First Stone - Iben 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

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)



A surprise from the Stanislawski Foundation to Luwik Flaszen presented
by Roberta Carreri
The hosts of the evening welcomes everyone: Iben Nagel Rasmussen, Else Marie Laukvik, Torgeir Wethal
and Ulrik Skeel
Poster created for the occasion




Niels Vandrefalk demonstrates what part of a physical training session could be like in his student days
Søren Larsson and Marianne Ahrne remember Jerzy Grotowski

Christian Ludvigsen introduced
by Else Marie Laukvik
Judy Barba and Agnete Strøm remember Jerzy Grotowski
Marianne Ahrne tells us her first impressions of Jerzy Grotowski
Jarek Fret and Leszek Kolankiewicz takes us through the life of a manuscript
Jean-Marie Pradier introduced by Iben Nagel Rasmussen
Peter Laugesen reading poems to the tunes of Polish jazz

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

Argentina.   " 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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05.12.2008 - Honorary Doctorate bestowed on Eugenio Barba by the National University of the Arts (IUNA) of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Eugenio BARBA - In Praise of Fire
My speech is like smoke and my body is the burning. I begin with this sentence in order to prevent the title of my speech - “In praise of fire” - sounding like a defense for destruction. It is intended, instead, as a celebration of transformation, and thus of resistance. The initial image is the title of a play by Deb Margolin, an American actor and playwright, a pugnacious artist who often performs alone. Her body is her stage, and “burning” becomes synonymous with being-in-life.
For centuries the spectators have seen the actors by the flickering light of candles and gas, in an atmosphere alive with sudden and volatile shadows, far removed from the docility of our domesticated electricity. Each of us has at least once experienced a performance that has
scorched us, reducing to ashes our idea of theatre, the actor’s art and our role as
spectator.

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05.12.2008 - Eugenio Barba tildeles æresdoktorgrad på IUNA - Instituto Universitario Nacional de Artes

Ulrik Skeel
Odin Teatrets grundlægger, teaterinstruktøren Eugenio Barba, udnævnes til æresdoktor den 5. december på IUNA - Instituto Universitario Nacional de Artes i Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Æresdoktorgraden på IUNA tildeles Eugenio Barba for ”den dybtgående og omfattende betydning af hans bidrag til teaterpædagogik, teaterforskning og teaterproduktion i Argentina og resten af verdenen i anden halvdel af det 20. og det første årti af det 21. århundrede” (uddrag fra universitetets pressemeddelelse).

Eugenio Barba har i forvejen doktorgraden Honoris Causa fra universiteterne i Aarhus, Montréal, Bologna, Ayacucho, Havana, Warsawa og Plymouth samt Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

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10.11.2008 - Breve fra Mexico

Iben Nagel-Rasmussen - Brev til Kasia Pastuszak, Teatr Remus, Polen
Kæreste Kasia
Sammen med Kai ankom jeg i går her til Cuernavaca som ligger halvanden times kørsel fra Mexico City. Eller Ciudad de Mexico som det selvfølgelig hedder. Vi blev modtaget i lufthavnen af Susana Frank, en gammel veninde, skuespiller, instruktør og leder af teatergruppen La Rueca. Nu har hun grundlagt en skole med en alternativ skuespilleruddannelse på dette fantastiske sted, hvor der fra arbejdssalen er udsigt over bjergene. Hun stod og ventede sammen med en hel delegation af kvinder.

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Iben Nagel-Rasmussen - Brev til Erik Stinus i Danmark
EL FARO DEL VIENTO
Kæreste Erik
Fra det skønne, grønne, stille og lune Tepoztlan i Bjergene, er vi nu kommet til denne ualmindeligt grimme, kolde, larmende milion-by. Vi har (Kai og jeg) et seminar i et kvarter med jordveje, lave cementbygninger, fattigfolk og hunde. Seminaet begyndte i forgårs, og i dag er Kai gået igang med træningen alene, mens jeg øver teksten til ITSI-BITSI, som er på programmet om et par dage (den spanske version).

Vi arbejder i et lille kulturhus, som man har smækket op midt i alt det grå. Den sidste dag af seminaret skal være en byttehandel.

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10.11.2008 - Besøg af dramaturgi-studerende fra Århus Universitet   

Den 6. - 8. november har vi haft besøg af en gruppe dramaturgistuderende fra Århus Universitet, ledet af Annelis Kuhlmann, lektor, cand.mag.et art.,ph.d., Afdeling for Dramaturgi, Århus Universitet. De har fulgt vores arbejde og set skuespillernes arbejdsdemonstrationer og forestillinger. Det fulde program kan læses her under aktiviteter i november 2008.

07.11.2008 - Theatre as Interference                  

Eugenio Barba - Four months of experiments on the active culture of the theatre Theatre is usually considered an art. But the theatre is also a living milieu of incorporated know-how and a collection of complex experiences. These can come into contact and constitute a motive for exchange with other people and milieus not only through the performance.
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01.11.2008 - Encuentro Internacional de Teatro Ayacucho 2008

Ismael León Arias - Melina nació al cine en un teatro
El año 1987 nuestra hija Melina tenía nueve años, cursaba cuarto de primaria y actuaba en el grupo teatral que dirigía Novo Miyagui en la escuela San Felipe. Un día de noviembre el profesor llegó con un notición. Mario Delgado, director de Cuatrotablas, los invitaba a participar en el Encuentro Internacional Qosqo 87, que en quince días sería montado en Urubamba. Debían perfeccionar “Uchuraccay”, pieza que venían exhibiendo en circuito escolar y que expondrían durante el taller de Eugenio Barba, director del célebre Odin Teatret, de Dinamarca.

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26.10.2008 - Many wishing to help keep the ancient Gambuh tradition alive

Julia Varley - Warm responses to "Letter from Bali" (see below 05.10.2008)
I have received many warm responses to the letter which I sent to theatre groups and friends who are acquainted with the work which Cristina Wistari Formaggia developed with the Balinese Desa Batuan Gambuh Ensemble (see the letter below 05.10.2008). Some suggested they would like to help economically. We all have the wish that this ensemble and school can continue so as to preserve the ancient Gambuh tradition which risks disappearing.

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15.10.2008 - Yuyachkani preparing for the visit of Odin Teatret

The Peruvian group Yuyachkani is preparing to host Odin Teatret in Lima in the period 17 - 21 November 2008, before the big Encuentro in Ayacucho organized by Mario Delgado and his group Cuatrotablas in the period 23-30 November 2008. 

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14.10.2008 - Li Yuru, Chinese Opera Singer

Eugenio Barba - Article from The Guardian
Li Ruru, my friend teaching at Leeds University, has sent me the obituary of her mother the great Chinese opera performer Li Yuru ...

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08.10.2008 - Teater som kulturambassadør

Ulrik Skeel - Artikel om Odin
Det meget turnerende, internationale Odin Teatret i Holstebro er efter fem ugers gæstespilsperiode rundt i Mexico i august og september måned netop vendt hjem for en kort bemærkning, inden årets turnéplaner sender teatret videre til teaterfestivalen Festival de Otoño i Madrid. Odin Teatret har efterhånden mere end 40 års erfaring som udenlandsrejsende kulturambassadør. Derfor er teatret med sit ensemble af medarbejdere fra mange lande ...  

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09.10.2008 - Jasonites Project.1

Following the international workshop "The Jasonite Family" which was held in Holstebro, Denmark, in the framework of the 7th Holstebro Festuge (Festive Week) in June 2008, with the aim of integrating the participants in the itinerant performance THE MARRIAGE OF MEDEA, directed by Eugenio Barba some of the "The Jasonite Familiy" participants have continued their creative work. Their first project is to take off in Torino, Italy.  

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05.10.2008 - News about the Gambuh Desa Batuan Ensemble

Julia Varley - Letter from Bali
All of us who knew Cristina Wistari Formaggia were worried about what would happen with the Gambuh Desa Batuan Ensemble after her death. Cristina had dedicated herself completely to this Balinese village troupe of dancers and musicians in order to save the ancient Gambuh style of dance/drama from extinction. She took care of the artistic coherence, of finding the masters to teach the children, of guaranteeing the funds to pay for rehearsals and performances.On the 2nd of October 2008 I arrived to Bali with Eugenio Barba to visit the group and see if it was possible to help them continue their work in some way. I am writing this report on my way back to Europe the 5th of October to share the news ...  

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