Download Skien International Ibsen Conference

The conference is moderated by Helge Rønning
Skien
International
Ibsen
Conference
2010
8th and 9th of September
in Skien, Norway
Reading and staging
Ibsen
A Doll’s House in 2010
Meet a Norwegian, Turkish, and an Egyptian Nora.
How do directors from different cultures approach Ibsen’s plays
today and what are their artistic interpretations based on?
Professor in The Department of Media and Communication at University of Oslo. Author
of “Den umulige friheten. Henrik Ibsen og moderniteten”, member of the National Ibsen
Commitee 1998 - 2006 and The International Ibsen Conferences Committee. Chair of
the Board of The Ibsen Centre for many years.
For more information on Helge Rønning, click here
Thomas Ostermeier
One of Germanys most distinguished directors and theatre managers. In charge of artistic direc­
tion at the Berlin Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz. For more information, click here
Nissar Allana
Director of The Dramatic Art & Design Academy (DADA), Theatre & Television Associates and
festival director of Delhi Ibsen Festival. For more information, click here
Do cultural contexts influence their artistic choices? How do diffe­
rent ways of staging the play affect the audiences’ perceptions of the
play and of Ibsen’s themes?
The performances “Et Dukkehjem. A Doll’s House”, “Nora. Nûrê” and
“Nora’s Doors” gives three contemporary versions on Ibsen’s drama
originally staged in Norway, Turkey and Egypt.
The International Ibsen Award
The International Ibsen Award was established by the Norwegian government in 2007
and amounts to NOK 2.500.000,- (about 300.000 Euro or 500.000 US Dollars).
The International Ibsen Award honours an individual, organisation or institution within
the arts and culture for exceptional achievements defined within the spirit of Ibsen’s
work. The Award shall initiate a critical debate about essential social, existential and
aesthetic topics. The International Ibsen Award has previously been awarded Peter Brook
and Ariane Mnouchkine.
The International Ibsen Scholarships
The International Ibsen Scholarships were initiated by the Norwegian government i 2007
and amount to NOK 1.000.000 NOK (approx. 125.000 Euro/150.000 US Dollars).
The scholarships are meant to act as incentives for critical discourse in regards to exis­
tential and society-related subject matters concerning Henrik Ibsen. The International
Ibsen. Previous years, projects from Asia, North-America, Europe, Africa and Australia
have received scholarships.
The Norwegian Ibsen Award
The Norwegian Ibsen Award is Norway’s only award for contemporary playwrights. The
award was established in 1986 in Skien, the town of Henrik Ibsen’s birth, for the ad­
vancement of new Norwegian drama. The award winner receives NOK 150.000,- and a
statuette by the sculptor Nina Sundby.
11.00 Welcome to Skien, the birthplace of Henrik Ibsen
The Mayor of Skien, Rolf Erling Andersen
11.05 Conference opening by moderator Helge Rønning
11.15 The recipients of The International Ibsen Scholarships 2010
– presentation of the receiving projects
12.00 Ibsen on stage
12.45 Lunch
13.30 The three Noras – introduction to the performances
14.00 – 19.00 Et Dukkehjem (A Doll’s House)
Nora. Nûrê
Nora’s Doors
20.00 241 711 73526 Design og trykk: Wera AS
Wednesday September 8th
Thursday September 9th
09.00 Staging Ibsen in India. Nissar Allana
09.45 Reading and staging Ibsen. Thomas Ostermeier.
10.30 Panel discussion
12.00 Lunch
13.30 The Winner of The International Ibsen Award 2010, Jon Fosse, participates in a discussion about his work and the role of theatre and drama in contemporary society
together with Per Boye Hansen, director of The Bergen International Festival.
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14.30 Panel discussion
15.45 Conclusion
fees and registration:
Reading and staging Ibsen
September 8th11.00 - 19.00
September 9th09.00 - 16.00
NOK 1,400
September 8th
20.00 Award Ceremony and conference dinner NOK Total NOK 2,200
Submitted by August 16th, the total fee is NOK 1,800
August 24th is the registration deadline.
Banquet and Award Ceremony
The International Ibsen Scholarships 2010 and The Norwegian Ibsen Award 2010. Host of the evening, Kim Haugen.
Information and booking:
Mette Lilleberg
E-mail: [email protected]
Ph: +47 97 69 71 57
Fax +47 35 90 55 30
Online registration: www.ibsenawards.com
About the productions
Et Dukkehjem( A Doll’s House)
A Norwegian production by Teater
Visjoner.
An intimate performance staged
in the authentic livingroom of the
Ibsen family house at Venstøp.
The performance is true to Ibsen’s
original play and its contemporary
environment in both scenography
and costumes.
For more information about the
performance, click here.
Nora. Nûrê. A Turkish staging of A Doll’s
House.
Nora. Nurè combines the story of
the two women Nora and Nûrê. The
performance challenges the bounda­
ries between classic and contemporary
visions, the East and the West, the tradi­
tional and the modern. The similarities
between the stories of Nûrê, originally
told by traditional Kurdish storytellers,
and the Norwegian Nora add a universal
dimension to Ibsen’s play.
For more information, click here.
Nora’s Doors. An Egyptian dance
performance by Lamousika.
Nora’s Doors focuses on the last
scene of A Doll’s House where
Nora slams the door and leaves her
house, her family and her life as
she knows it. The symbolic act of
slamming the door, finding an exit
and finally searching for a path is
the centre of the theatrical search.
The performance reflects upon the
Egyptian Nora’s of today.
For more information, click here.
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