Looking for direction : rethinking theatre directing practices and pedagogies in the 21st century
Taideyliopiston Teatterikorkeakoulu
2022
2242-6507
978-952-353-050-8
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Teatterikorkeakoulun julkaisusarja 74
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https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-353-050-8
https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-353-050-8
Sisällysluettelo
INTRODUCTION / Ramunė Balevičiūtė & Egill Pálsson --
LOOKING BACK. Skills. Methods. Techniques. --
SOME NOTES FROM A STAGE DIRECTOR’S DIARY (2013 to 2020) / Loreta Vaskova --
THE TRUTH OF THE MASK. A reflection on concept development in theatre / Runar Hodne --
TWO METHODS, SAME ORIGINS, DIFFERENT OUTCOMES / Egill Pálsson --
REFLECTIONS ON A CURIOUS ART FORM. An essay in nine steps / Kristina Hagström-Ståhl --
DIRECTING AS A SPATIAL-SOCIAL PRACTICE / Mareike Nele Dobewall --
LOOKING INSIDE. Embodied Directing. --
THOUGHTS ON INTUITION & THE CREATIVE PROCESS. Contradictory and practical ways to become more intuitive in our work / Una Þorleifsdóttir --
LET’S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER INSTEAD. A few thoughts on directing the theatre of self-organisation / Milda Al-Slamah --
NOTES ON THE DIRECTOR’S BODY / Riko Saatsi --
ENTHUSIASM AND JOY. Subjective notes on theatre directing / Mika Leskinen --
LOOKING AROUND. Community. Culture. Collaboration. --
DIRECTING COMMUNITAS. Between Duty and ‘Duty Free Art’ / Anja Suša --
DECOLONIAL DIRECTING APPROACH / Rodolfo García Vázquez --
CYBERNETIC PROMISES. The Director as a machine à gouverner / Johannes Maria Schmit --
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION. Grounding classics in local contexts / Yana Ross --
LOOKING FORWARD. Pedagogies of Directing. --
THE MURKY (HI)STORY OF EARLY DIRECTING EDUCATION – AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM IT / Pauliina Hulkko --
WIDENING THE FRAME. Some thoughts on a contemporary, inclusive approach for training young directors / Kevin Kuhlke --
FLOWERS AND RULES. Ikebana and the pedagogy of directing / Saana Lavaste --
A PROPOSAL NEEDS THE TENDER BRUSH OF AN EYELASH AND THE THRUST OF A WING BEAT / Robert Schuster.
LOOKING BACK. Skills. Methods. Techniques. --
SOME NOTES FROM A STAGE DIRECTOR’S DIARY (2013 to 2020) / Loreta Vaskova --
THE TRUTH OF THE MASK. A reflection on concept development in theatre / Runar Hodne --
TWO METHODS, SAME ORIGINS, DIFFERENT OUTCOMES / Egill Pálsson --
REFLECTIONS ON A CURIOUS ART FORM. An essay in nine steps / Kristina Hagström-Ståhl --
DIRECTING AS A SPATIAL-SOCIAL PRACTICE / Mareike Nele Dobewall --
LOOKING INSIDE. Embodied Directing. --
THOUGHTS ON INTUITION & THE CREATIVE PROCESS. Contradictory and practical ways to become more intuitive in our work / Una Þorleifsdóttir --
LET’S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER INSTEAD. A few thoughts on directing the theatre of self-organisation / Milda Al-Slamah --
NOTES ON THE DIRECTOR’S BODY / Riko Saatsi --
ENTHUSIASM AND JOY. Subjective notes on theatre directing / Mika Leskinen --
LOOKING AROUND. Community. Culture. Collaboration. --
DIRECTING COMMUNITAS. Between Duty and ‘Duty Free Art’ / Anja Suša --
DECOLONIAL DIRECTING APPROACH / Rodolfo García Vázquez --
CYBERNETIC PROMISES. The Director as a machine à gouverner / Johannes Maria Schmit --
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION. Grounding classics in local contexts / Yana Ross --
LOOKING FORWARD. Pedagogies of Directing. --
THE MURKY (HI)STORY OF EARLY DIRECTING EDUCATION – AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM IT / Pauliina Hulkko --
WIDENING THE FRAME. Some thoughts on a contemporary, inclusive approach for training young directors / Kevin Kuhlke --
FLOWERS AND RULES. Ikebana and the pedagogy of directing / Saana Lavaste --
A PROPOSAL NEEDS THE TENDER BRUSH OF AN EYELASH AND THE THRUST OF A WING BEAT / Robert Schuster.
Tiivistelmä
Looking for direction verbalises lore and embodied knowledge about the art of directing and the art of teaching it. All of the 17 writers are directors, and in most cases, teachers of directing. We are looking for a new way of being/becoming a director, but we still believe that the traditions we carry have a lot to give for the future.
The position of a director is a hot spot in theatre today. We need to confront the new questions of power and hierarchy in our work in a very concrete way, as well as the questions of representation and interpretation. How can we create shared meaning on stage when the metanarratives are losing their universality and the audiences interpret meaning more diversely than ever before?
We invite you to play with this book, jump around, change it, add something, rewrite it and if you like throw it right back at us in a dialogue.
This book is one of the outcomes of the Erasmus + project Alexandria Nova which took place during the years 2019-2022.
The position of a director is a hot spot in theatre today. We need to confront the new questions of power and hierarchy in our work in a very concrete way, as well as the questions of representation and interpretation. How can we create shared meaning on stage when the metanarratives are losing their universality and the audiences interpret meaning more diversely than ever before?
We invite you to play with this book, jump around, change it, add something, rewrite it and if you like throw it right back at us in a dialogue.
This book is one of the outcomes of the Erasmus + project Alexandria Nova which took place during the years 2019-2022.