BDF/ANTS Conference
During the week of Baltic Drama forum, Latvian Theatre Workers’ Union in cooperation with Latvian Academy of Culture welcomes the scholars of performing arts to join in several conferences: the section of the performing arts of the annual scientific conference “Kultūras Krustpunkti XVII” (“Culture Crossroads XVII”) held by Latvian Academy of Culture will take place on November 1 (in Latvian) and discuss the issues of amateur theatre experience in Latvia. November 2 will inaugurate the international conference “Acting. Reacting. Enacting. Theory and Practice in Performing Arts” with the Baltic Drama forum day featuring three keynote lectures by Baltic female stage directors and continue with two days of active conference sessions in English gathering theatre professionals, researchers and critics from Baltic states, Scandinavia and other countries. The conference is organized in partnership with Association of Nordic Theatre Scholars (ANTS).
Acting. Reacting. Enacting. Theory and Practice in Performing Arts.
NOVEMBER 1
Conference by LKA “Culture Crossroads XVII” Section of the performing arts
Venue: Eduards Smiļģis Theatre museum, Eduarda Smiļģa iela 37
Time: 10.00
During Baltic Drama Forum Latvian Academy of Culture welcomes you to join section of the performing arts of the annual conference “Culture Crossroads XVII”. It will be dedicated to experience of the amateur theatres in Latvia. The conference will be held in Latvian language without translation.
NOVEMBER 2
Baltic Drama Forum day @ANTS Conference
Venue: Eduards Smiļģis Theatre Museum, Smiļģis Hall, address: Eduarda Smiļģa iela 37.
The Baltic Drama Forum day celebrated within the framework of the international scientific conference “Acting. Reacting. Enacting. Theory and Practice in Performing Arts” offers meeting with three outstanding keynote speakers – Baltic female stage directors: Krista Burāne from Latvia, Uršule Bartoševičiutė from Lithuania and Kertu Moppel from Estonia. They will give 1 hour long lectures followed by Q&A session on their research subjects included in their theatre productions, pointing out some cutting-edge issues in Baltic theatre.
9.30 – 10.00 Registration
10.00. Conference opening, welcome speeches
10.05. Krista Burāne (Latvia). THINK OF THEATRE AS A FORM OF CARING
11.05 – 11.15. Discussion
11.15. Kertu Moppel (Estonia). ACTING AND REACTING ON POLITICAL SCENES: THEATRE AS TOOL OR WEAPON IN ESTONIA TODAY
12.15. – 12.25 Discussion
12.25. – 12.50. Coffee break
12.50. Uršule Bartoševičiutė (Lithuania). REACTING TO GENDER POLITICS: CASE STUDY ON GERMAN, ICELANDIC, LITHUANIAN AND UKRAINIAN THEATERS.
13.50. – 14.00 Discussion
14.00 – 15.00 Lunch (provided at the venue)
15. 00. Final discussion of the Baltic Drama Forum Think Tank for playwrights and dramaturges “BALTIC IN/DEPENDENCE” in Ertnere Hall, Eduards Smiļģis Theatre museum.
16. 30. Presentation of the pocket guide “Latvian playwrights and dramaturges: current vibes” and wine.
OPTIONAL THEATRE PRODUCTIONS:
5 PM THE CHARON (Dirty Deal Teatro, dir. Inga Tropa), venue: Dirty Deal Teatro (neighbouring building to the Eduards Smiļģis Theatre Museum), address: Talsu iela 1
9 PM SONG FESTIVAL (Liepāja Theatre, dir. by Matīss Budovskis), venue: Hanzas Perons, address: Hanzas iela 16A
From 9.30 PM Meet&Mingle at te Festival club: gallery “Istaba”, address: Krišjāņa Barona iela 31B
NOVEMBER 3
ANTS CONFERENCE WORK SESSIONS 1 – 3
Venue: Theatre House “Zirgu Pasts”, Latvian Academy of Culture, address Dzirnavu iela 46
9.30 – 10.00 Registration
SESSION 1 ACTING AND ENACTING IN CONTEMPORARY THEATRE
10.00 – 10.20 Rūta Mažeikienė (Lithuania) RETHINKING ACTING IN CONTEMPORARY THEATRE: THE PARADOX OF CONTEMPORARY ACTOR
10.20 – 10.40 Zane Kreicberga (Latvia) CURRENT PARADOX OF AN ACTOR: PRECARIOUS POWER TO CHOOSE A ROLE
10.40 – 11.00 Jurgita Staniškytė (Lithuania) ENACTING AGENCY: EMBODIED LIFE STORIES ON CONTEMPORARY LITHUANIAN THEATRE STAGE
11.00 – 11.20 Karin Allik (Estonia) ENSEMBLE ACTING ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE JOINT TROUPE OF VON KRAHL THEATRE AND EKSPEDITSIOON
11.20. – 11.40 Ilze Kļaviņa (Latvia) DIVERSITY OF ACTING STYLES IN PERFORMANCES FOR CHILDREN'S AUDIENCES
11.40. – 12.00 Coffee break
SESSION 2 ACTING AND INTERACTING
12.00 – 12.20 Pirkko Koski (Finland) TRANSNATIONAL CREATIVE CHAOS CHALLENGES DOMESTIC THEATRE RESEARCH.
12.20. – 12.40 Martynas Petrikas (Lithuania) REACTING TO PANDEMIC: STRATEGIES AND DEMAND OF MEDIATIZED THEATRE
12.40. – 13.00 Ramunė Balevičiūtė (Lithuania) HOW ARTISTIC RESEARCH COULD CONTRIBUTE TO ACTING THEORY?
13. 00 – 13.20 Kadri Noormets (Estonia) CO-COMPOSED LIFE SIZE THEATRE: CO-COMPOSED LIFE SIZE THEATRE – HOW TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THE PERFORMERS AND THE AUDIENCE TO MEET EQUALLY WITHIN THE FRAME OF A THEATRE PIECE
13.40 – 13.40 Charlott Neuhauser, Sofia Wijkmar (Sweden) NARRATING THE STORY AND/OR NARRATIVE THEATRE? TRANSMEDIALITY AND THE ACTOR’S PART IN SWEDISH VÄSTANÅ THEATRE’S ADAPTATIONS OF THE LITERARY WORKS OF SELMA LAGERLÖF
13.40. – 14.30 Lunch break (at the venue of the conference – Zirgu Pasts)
SESSION 3 ACTING, FEMINISM AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS; SPECIFIC CASE STUDIES
14.30. – 14.50 Riina Oruaas (Estonia) PERFORMATIVITY AND REPRESENTATION OF A FEMALE BODY ON STAGE
14.50 – 15.10 Kitija Balcare (Latvia) PERFORMING THE REWRITING OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOMEN AND THE WORLD: AN ECOFEMINIST APPROACH TO PERFORMANCE “MALLEUS MALEFICARUM. THE NEW CONTRACT” (2023)"
15.10 – 15.30 Monika Jašinskaitė (Lithuania) ACTRESS’ JOB IN THE TIMES OF MARKET ECONOMY: A FEW NOTES ON “THE SILENCE OF THE SIRENS”
15.40 – 16.00 Vēsma Lēvalde, Sigita Ignatjeva (Latvia) IS THE THEATRE OF A PROVINCE PROVINCIAL?
16.00 – 16.20 Knut Ove Arntzen (Norway) ÉTUDES APPROACHES AND FUSION OF MATERIALS IN COSTUME AGENCY
16.20. – 17.00 Mischa Twitchin (United Kingdom) WHAT’S HAMLET TO US? (OR US TO HECUBA?)
17.00. – 17.20 Janne Risum (Denmark) KIERKEGAARD: WHAT HAMLET?
OPTIONAL PERFORMANCES
7 PM ROTHKO (Daile Theatre, dir. by Lukasz Twarkovsky), address: Daile Theatre, Brīvības iela 75
7 PM ŽIŽEK AND PETERSON. THE DUEL OF THE CENTURY (New Riga Theatre, dir. by Alvis Hermanis), New Riga Theatre, address: Miera iela 58A
From 9.30 PM Meet&Mingle at te Festival club: gallery “Istaba”, address: Krišjāņa Barona iela 31B
NOVEMBER 4
ANTS CONFERENCE WORK SESSIONS 4 – 6
Venue: Theatre House “Zirgu Pasts”, Latvian Academy of Culture, address; Dzirnavu iela 46
9.00 – 10.00 ANTS Assembly meeting.
SESSION 4 ACTING HISTORY AND SPECIFIC CASE STUDIES
10.00 – 11.00 JOINT PANEL: NEGOTIATING ACTING CONVENTIONS IN 19TH CENTURY DENMARK: SIBONI, HEIBERG, BLOCH Ulla Kallenbach, Annelis Kuhlmann, Magnus Tessing Schneider (Denmark, Sweden, Norway)
11.00 – 11.20 Rita Lūriņa (Latvia) ACTING EDUCATION: LOOKING FOR TRADITION. LATVIAN CASE
11.20 – 12.00 Coffee break
SESSION 5 REACTING AND ENACTING: WAR, HISTORY, MEMORY
12.00. – 12.20 Siemke Böhnisch (Norway) ENACTING WORLD WAR II MEMORIES AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITIES IN RECENT NORWEGIAN THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
12.20. – 12.40 Anneli Saaro (Estonia) REACTIONS TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE IN ESTONIAN THEATRE (Estonia)
12. 40 – 13.00 Darija Davidović (Switzerland) "EXODUS" – FROM TIFLIS TO VIENNA: ENACTING REAL PEOPLE AND THEIR EXPERIENCE OF WAR
13.00 – 13.20 Justina Paltanavičiūtė (Lituhania) THE FILLER: ENACTING THE HOLOCAUST MEMORY
13.20 – 14.30. Lunch break (at the venue of the conference – Zirgu Pasts)
SESSION 6 ENACTING DIVERSE STRATEGIES
14.30. – 14.50 Zane Radzobe (Latvia) REPRESENTATION OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND FEELFACTS IN THE THEATRE OF ALVIS HERMANIS
14.50. – 15.10 Małgorzata Budzowska (Poland) ENACTING ECOSOPHY IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS OF ACTING
15.10 – 15.30 Hedi Liis Toome (Estonia) DECONSTRUCTING TOXIC NATIONALISM BY USING THE SYMBOLS OF NATIONALISM
15.30 – 15.50 Lauma Mellēna-Bartkeviča (Latvia) ACTING MUSIC – EXAMPLES OF COMPOSED THEATRE PRACTICE IN RECENT BALTIC THEATRE PRODUCTIONS.
15.50 CLOSING WORDS AND WINE
OPTIONAL PERFORMANCES
5 PM DRAMA QUEEN (dir. by Valters Sīlis and Sofia Melnikova), Dirty Deal Teatro, address: Talsu iela 1
8 PM MALLEUS MALEFICARUM. THE NEW TESTAMENT (INITIUM, dir. by Iveta Pole), Riga Circus, address: Merķeļa iela 4
From 9.30 PM Meet&Mingle at te Festival club: gallery “Istaba”, address: Krišjāņa Barona iela 31B