THE MIDSUMMER DREAM SCHOOL

 

An International Summer School for University Students

 

7 - 20 August 2011 in Aarhus and Holstebro, Denmark

 

Organised by

CTLS - Centre for Theatre Laboratory Studies (DEPARTMENT OF DRAMATURGY at Aarhus University and ODIN TEATRET)

 

The Midsummer Dream School is a training and research environment aimed at students, professional practitioners and critics interested in thinking and working artistically through performative devices and methodological reflections.

 

The Midsummer Dream School 2011 will concentrate on the relationship between performance space and spectator participation. The participants will have the opportunity to do practical and theoretical work in different types of space and venue as a framework for sound, images, personal actions and texts, analyzing the 'interference' of theatre on the spectator.

 

In 2011 the collaborators will be: Dramaturg MIRIAM FRANDSEN (Department for Further Education at the National Theatre School in Copenhagen, Denmark), theatre professors and critics KNUT OVE ARNTZEN (Department of Theatre Science, University of Bergen, Norway) and NIKOLAI PESOCHINSKY (Theatre Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia) as well as the actors/dancers ROBERTA CARRERI, JAN FERSLEV, KAI BREDHOLT and AUGUSTO OMOLÚ together with director EUGENIO BARBA (Odin Teatret, Holstebro, Denmark).

 

The Midsummer Dream School will be in two parts.The first part will take place from 7 to 14 August 2011 at the Department of Dramaturgy at Aarhus University; the second part from 14 to 20 August at Odin Teatret in Holstebro.

 

For further information (Application, Prices, ECTS points and more) (click)

 

Application Deadline: 15 March 2011

 

Participants at the Midsummer Dream School can attend the Odin Week Festival (Holstebro 22 - 31 August 2011) with a 10 % reduction in the participation fee.

 

Click here to read more about the Odin Week Fesival

 

 

Programme Aarhus - Holstebro

 

AARHUS

Sunday, August 7:

Arrival in Aarhus. Assignment of accommodation

5.00 pm:       Registration and reception marking the opening of The Midsummer Dream School at the Section for Dramaturgy, Aarhus University. Address: KaserneSceneN, Langelandsgade 139, 8000 Aarhus C http://maps.google.dk/maps?q=dramaturgi%20%C3%A5rhus&rls=com.microsoft:da:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7SUNC_da&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=da&tab=wl

Monday, August 8:

9 am:          Background for The Midsummer Dream School. Introduction to teachers and CTLS (Centre for Theatre Laboratory Studies, an interdisciplinary collaboration between Odin Teatret and Section for Dramaturgy, Department of Aesthetic Studies, Aarhus University) followed bypresentation of the laboratory concept by associate professor, Exe Christoffersen and associate professor, Annelis Kuhlmann

10 am: Workshop directed by Exe Christoffersen on key principles for staging the scenic space and addressing spectators using the dumb show by the troupe of strolling actors in Shakespeare's Hamlet (act III, scene 2) as a point of departure

LUNCH 12.30-1.30

1.30 pm:       Workshop continued

3.30 pm: Presentation of group works

4.15 pm: Lecture: Anne Sophie Refskou, PhD-fellow: 'Hamlet's Hand and Hamlet's Words'

Tuesday, August 9:

9 am - 5 pm: Theoretical-practical session (part I) directed by dramaturg, Miriam Frandsen. Devising as composition with Viewpoints. Scenic space and autobiography/talents: body-mind as a living archive. Ways of establishing a relationship to space, performers and spectators

LUNCH 12.30-1.30

1.30 pm:       Workshop continued

7 pm:  Artist's talk with Stefan Larsson, artistic director of Aarhus Teater. On directing Hamlet in 2011

Wednesday, August 10:

9 am - 5 pm: Continuation of the theoretical-practical session (part II)

LUNCH 12.30-1.30

3. 30 pm: Presentation of group work

7 - 10 pm:    Installation as performance - Visit with commentary to The Nine Spaces (De ni rum) at ARoS, Museum of Contemporary Art, Aarhus (www.aros.dk)

Thursday, August 11:

9 am - 12.45 pm: Workshop on the use of slide projection with Erik Exe Christoffersen.

LUNCH 12.45-1.45

2 pm:           Excursion by bus to Kronborg Castle at Elsinore

8 pm:            Shakespeare's Globe performs Hamlet in the courtyard of the castle (outdoor performance)

11 pm:          Late return to Aarhus by bus

Friday, August 12:

10 am - 1 pm: Group presentation of work with projections

LUNCH 12.45-1.45

2-5 pm:  Lectures:

Lecture: Associate professor, Nikolai Pesochinsky: Performers and Spectators - Communication through Estrangement

Lecture: Annelis Kuhlmann, What is Hecuba to you? The dramaturg's and the director's tool

8 pm:       Film: Ur-Hamlet, with an introduction by Erik Exe Christoffersen

Saturday, August 13:

9 -10 am:      Lecture: Associate professor, Knut Ove Arntzen: Authenticity in art and theatre

10-11 am: Conclusion of the theoretical-practical workshop on scenic space

1 pm:            Individual exploration in and on urban para-theatrical spaces / body-mind with visits to Bazar West (ethnic market) and the historical Elsinore Theatre, located in Den Gamle By (The Old Town). Each visit is accompanied by a short lecture

Evening: Social event.

 

HOLSTEBRO

Sunday, August 14:

9.00 - 12.00 am: Travel by bus from Århus to Odin Teatret, Holstebro

12.00 - 1.00 am: Roberta Carreri welcomes The Midsummer Dream School: First meeting at Odin Teatret

1.00 - 2.00 pm: Lunch

2.00 - 3.00 pm:   Presentation. Administrator, Ulrik Skeel introduces us to the contexts of space at the Odin Teatret

3.00 - 5.00 pm:   Erik Exe Christoffersen's The Conquest of Difference. 47 years of theatre. Film about Odin Teatret

5.00 - 6.30 pm: Visit to town with Ulrik Skeel

6.30 - 7.30 pm:   Dinner in town

7.45 pm:             Departure to Odin Teatret

8.00 - 9.00 pm:   Performance: SALT

 

Monday, August 15:

9.00 - 10.30 am: Training with the actor, Roberta Carreri, the dancer, Augusto Omolú and the musician, Jan Ferslev.

10.30 - 11.00 am: Coffee break

11.00 - 1 pm:       Working demonstration: TRACES IN THE SNOW

1.00-2.30 pm:     Lunch and practical duties

2.30 - 6.00 pm:   Montage on the dumb show

6.15 pm:               Departure to town

6.30 - 7.30 pm:   Dinner in town

7.45 pm:             Departure to Odin Teatret

8.00 - 9.30 pm:   A stage story: MY STAGE CHILDREN. Actor, Else Marie Laukvik

 

Tuesday, August 16:

9.00 - 11.00 am: Training with Roberta Carreri, Augusto Omolú and Jan Ferslev

11.00 - 11.30 am: Coffee break

11.30 - 12.30 am: Working demonstration: QUASI ORFEO. Jan Ferslev

1.00 - 2.30 pm:   Lunch and practical duties

2.30 - 4.00 pm:   Montage on the dumb show

4.00 - 4.15 pm:   Break

4.15 - 6.00 pm:   Meeting with theatre director, Eugenio Barba: Centre and periphery seen as theatrical space, Holstebro as a cultural model and an inspiration for Scandinavian cultural policy

6.15 pm:           Departure to town

6.30 - 7.30 pm: Dinner in town

7.45 pm:             Departure to Odin Teatret

8.00-9.00 pm:   Performance: WHITE AS JASMINE. Actor, Iben Nagel Rasmussen

 

Wednesday, August 17:

9.00 - 10.30 am: Training with Roberta Carreri and Augusto Omolú + montage/ Jan Ferslev

10.30 - 11.00 am: Coffee break

11.00 - 12.30 am: Working demonstration: NORA'S WAY. Roberta Carreri

12.30 - 2.00 pm: Lunch and practical duties

2.00 - 6.00 pm:   Montage on the dumb show

6.15 pm:             Departure to town

6.30 - 7.30 pm:   Dinner in town

7.45 pm:             Departure to Odin Teatret

8.00 - 9.00 pm:   Performance: ORÓ DE OTELO. Augusto Omolú

9.30 - 10.30 pm:

BA-students group dialogue on the process

MA-students work on their synopses in preparation for their examination. Supervision from teachers will be provided

 

Thursday, August 18:

9.00 - 10.30 am: Training with Roberta Carreri, Augusto Omolú and Jan Ferslev

10.30 - 11.00 am: Coffee break

11.00 - 11.30 am:  Presentation of montage on the dumb show

11.30 - 1.00 am: Dialogue with Eugenio Barba

1.00-2.30 pm:     Lunch and practical duties

2.30 - 4.30 pm:   Meeting with Kai Bredholt

5.00 - 6.00 pm: Meeting

6.15 pm:             Departure to town

6.30 - 7.30 pm: Dinner in town

7.45 pm:             Departure to Odin Teatret

8.00 - 9.00 pm:   Performance: JUDITH. Roberta Carreri

9.30 - 10.30 pm: BA-students group dialogue on the process

MA-students work on their synopses in preparation for the examination. Supervision from teachers will be provided

 

Friday, August 19:

9.00 - 10.30 am: Work with Kai Bredholt

11.00 am:             Final examination and evaluation

Exams for MA-students and continued work with musician, Kai Bredholt for everybody else

6.00 - 7.00 pm:   Final evaluation of The Midsummer Dream School

Evening:             Closing Party at red room

 

Saturday, August 20:
Departure

The concept for The Midsummer Dream School has been elaborated by EUGENIO BARBA (Odin Teatret), EXE CHRISTOFFERSEN and ANNELIS KUHLMANN (Department of Dramaturgy, Aarhus University).

The course home page: http://aestetik.au.dk/uddannelse/intro/themidsummerdreamschool/

Odin Teatret: /