Looking for direction : rethinking theatre directing practices and pedagogies in the 21st century

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.