Baltijas Drāmas forums 2023

BDF/ANTS konference

Baltijas Drāmas Foruma nedēļā notiks virkne ar teātri saistītu konferenču – sadarbībā ar Latvijas Kultūras akadēmijas ikgadējo konferenci “Kultūras krustpunkti” 1. novembrī plānota konferences Skatuves mākslas sekcija ar referātiem latviešu valodā, 2. novembrī – Baltijas Drāmas foruma konference, kurā ar priekšlasījumiem uzstāsies Baltijas režisores – Krista Burāne no Latvijas, Uršule Bartoševičūte no Lietuvas un Kertu Mopela no Igaunijas. Baltijas Drāmas foruma diena noslēgsies ar publisku dramaturgu domnīcas diskusiju BALTIC IN/DEPENDENCE, bet 3. un 4. novembrī sadarbībā ar Ziemeļvalstu Teātra Studiju Asociāciju (ANTS/Association of Nordic Theatre Studies) starptautiskā zinātniskā konferencē “Acting. Reacting. Enacting. Theory and Practice in Performing Arts” Zirgu Pastā tiksies teātra pētnieki no Baltijas, Skandināvijas un citām valstīm.

Acting. Reacting. Enacting. Theory and Practice in Performing Arts.

1.NOVEMBRIS

LKA konferences “Kultūras krustpunkti XVII” Skatuves mākslas sekcija

Norises vieta: Eduarda Smiļģa Teātra muzejs, Eduarda Smiļģa iela 37
Laiks: 10.00

Baltijas Drāmas foruma laikā piedāvājam apmeklēt arī Latvijas Kultūras akadēmijas konferences “Kultūras krustpunkti XVII” Skatuves mākslas sekciju. Sadarbībā ar Latvijas Nacionālo kultūras centru Dziesmu un deju svētku daudzveidīgās tradīcijas kontekstā šogad būs veltīta Latvijas amatierteātru pieredzes analīzei. Pētnieki vērtēs, kāda ir amatierteātru loma Dziesmu un deju svētku kustībā, ar kādām problēmām saskaras amatierteātri Latvijā un kāds ir to iespējamais risinājums, kā arī tiks diskutēts par režisora lomu, repertuāru un teātra mākslas lomu izglītības programmā Latvijā.

“Kultūras krustpunkti XVII” programma PDF

Vairāk informācijas par LKA konferenci “Kultūras krustpunkti XVII”: Kultūras izturētspēja, Dziesmu un deju svētku atmiņa un vairāk nekā 100 pētījumu par kultūras nozares aktualitātēm konferenču sērijā “Kultūras Krustpunkti”

2. NOVEMBRIS

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

 

3. NOVEMBRIS

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

 

4. NOVEMBRIS 

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