Prof. Carrie Sandahl<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Taking\nstock of the past 20 years of disability theatre internationally, Carrie\nSandahl identifies key \u201crepresentational conundrums\u201d in the field of disability\nand dramaturgy. These conundrums are puzzling, paradoxical questions that arise\nwhen thinking through issues unique to disability representation on stage.\nUsing examples primarily from Western countries, Sandahl addresses conundrums\nrelated to training, casting, collaboration, professionalism, marketing,\naesthetics, diversity, and theatre criticism. She encourages scholars and\npractitioners to recognize the significant artistic and scholarly contributions\nthose of us in disability theatre studies and practice are making to the field.\nJust as we abandon the \u201ccure\u201d of disabled bodyminds, so too should we abandon\nthe prospect of solving the representational conundrum. Instead, we should ask\nwhat value we find in disability and the commotion our presence creates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prof. Demis Quadri & Sara Bocchini<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This\nsub-project of DisAbility on Stage focuses on the exploration of a theatre with\nperformers with disabilities based on a physical theatre approach to stage\npractice and creation. Through a preliminary academic survey and a\npractice-as-research theatre workshop involving members of the Teatro Danzabile\nensemble and Master students of the Accademia Teatro Dimitri, Disabled Bodies\nin Discourse brings out potentialities and issues in a complex interweaving of\ntheory and practice. Physical theatre can help to overcome the barriers\nestablished by verbal and classificatory approaches to we way society currently\nperceives disability. We ask after the problems that might arise when different\nexpectations, sensitivities, languages, points of view, interpretations,\ntraining and skills come into contact in the theatre environment. Such\ndifferences may lead to problems on stage, which elicits a further question for\ndiscussion: To what extent can problems be understood as a productive outcome\nrather than as deficit in the performance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Yvonne Schmidt, Nele Jahnke, Sarah Marinucci, Remo Beuggert & Gianni Blumer<\/em> The\nlong-term performance project Freie Republik HORA pursues two goals. The first\ngoal is about developing new models of the division of labour, in which the\nensemble members of the Theater HORA are for the first time not only involved\nas performers, but also as directors. And as a second goal the theatre\nexperiment promotes the exchange between audiences and theatre practitioners\nwith cognitive disabilities. In the third of a total of six phases of Freie\nRepublik HORA, six HORA directors implemented their directing concepts. In this\ncontext the lecture focuses on finding answers to three distinct questions: To\nwhat extent is the directing process influenced by the interactions between the\ndirector and his position and the ensemble in the rehearsal space, understood\nas a \u2018memory space\u2019? What functions do the assistants\/facilitators take on and\nhow are power relations explored? How does the audience react and which formats\nof exchange between artists and audiences emerge?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prof. Georges Pfr\u00fcnder, Prof. Ulla\u00a0Klingovsky & Edwin\u00a0Ramirez<\/em> In this\nsalon, provocative questions on the topic of DisAbility on Stage will be asked.\nThe perspective brought into the salon feeds off the concept of critical\ndiversity literacy and will ask: What is happening here? Who takes up room? Who\nremains speechless? Whose language is heard and experienced? What remains\nunsaid? Let yourself in, observe, intervene, and move perspectives with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The salon\nis instigated by: Ulla Klingovsky, Edwin Ramirez, Georges Pfr\u00fcnder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Laura Cant\u00f9 & Daniele Zanella<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Who has not\nhad the impression of \u201cinhabiting\u201d a body, or at least a part of it, that no\nlonger feels like their own? <\/p>\n\n\n\n As in Collodi’s\nfamous fairy tale, Pinocchio wants to become a „normal“ child and\nwith his determination and purity of mind he manages to achieve this change,\nwhile masking his fragility with lies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n People with\ndisabilities experience this sensation by force majeure and are defined as a\nfragile category. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But is\nbeing fragile the same as being weak? Maybe not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Learning to\nmanage one’s own fragility can become a strength. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This\nlaboratory offers participants the chance to discover the fragile side of\nthemselves, whether physical or mental, and transforming it into something\nunexpected, artistic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We will be\nworking on our bodies, highlighting our own fragility, in order to exprience\nother ways of being and to transform what seems to be into what could be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nworkshop aims to raise awareness amongst participants that the inclusion of\nperformers with disabilities in the field of performing arts is an enrichment,\nboth in terms of the artistic aspect and the human and social, overcoming\npersistent stereotypes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nele Jahnke & Gianni Blumer<\/em> Freie\nRepublik HORA is a long-term experiment in which various forms of handing or\ntaking over power, dethronement and expropriation could be experienced. It was\nguided by the question of whether there is a need for \u201cothers\u201d to be told where\nto go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Collective\nand solitary forms of assuming responsibility, negotiation and determination,\nas well as other forms of cooperation are tried out and examined to find out\nwhat practical exercises (and not just verbal negotiations) we can use to\napproach these issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gianni\nBlumer, ensemble member and director of Theater HORA, and Nele Jahnke, director\nand co-artistic director of Theater HORA, have been involved in this process\nsince the beginning of the Freie Republik HORA (2013) and would like to present\nvarious techniques they have used and try them out with the participants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Representational Conundrums: Disability and Dramaturgy in 2018 Prof. Carrie Sandahl Taking stock of the past 20 years of disability theatre internationally, Carrie Sandahl identifies key \u201crepresentational conundrums\u201d in the field of disability and dramaturgy. These conundrums are puzzling, paradoxical questions … Weiterlesen Disabled Bodies in Discourse<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Freie Republik HORA \u2013 An Interdisciplinary Account of Rehearsal Processes and Audience Responses<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Me… Pinocchio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Freie Republik HORA \u2013 A Workshop<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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