Category: Drama news (Lavakunst)
This September in Tallinn, the international MA programme in Contemporary Physical Performance Making (CPPM) at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EAMT) presents the second edition of the solo performance festival LÄBU. Performances will take place at the EAMT black box, Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Püha Vaimu SAAL, and in a private apartment. Tickets go on sale on 19 August via Piletikeskus.
The festival will premiere 16 original solo works created by 16 CPPM students from 13 countries: Zhenyan Ding (China), Elar Vahter (Estonia), Leah Gayer (Germany/United Kingdom), Edward Skaines (Australia), Maarja Tosin (Estonia), Jeson Joy (India), Clarisse Degeneffe (Belgium), Daniel Ortiz Amézquita (Colombia), Ana Trif (Romania), Charis Tapin (United Kingdom), Avery Gerhardt (United States), Juuli Hyttinen (Finland), Dita Lūriņa (Latvia), Anette Pärn (Estonia), Oskar Moore (Latvia), Maria Papachristodoulou (Greece).
“These solo works are not polished productions that have toured for years but urgent first experiments—raw, uncompromising, and brimming with discovery. They have taken shape during the first semester of CPPM studies, made specifically for this festival and inspired by encounters with a range of directors, choreographers, and performance artists who worked with CPPM students this term: Lloyd Newson (DV8 Physical Theatre), Wim Vandekeybus & Maria Kolegova (Ultima Vez), Grzegorz Bral (Song of the Goat), Ivana Jozic (Troubleyn Jan Fabre), Stacy Makishi, Marco Donnarumma, Henry McGrath (Eden’s Cave), Sasha Pepelyaev, Giacomo Veronesi, and Sandra Küpper. Their artistic provocations, creative processes, and working methods have inspired, tested, and shaken these young artists—now they step before the public with their first creative trials in the format of a solo performance,” explains Jüri Nael, Leading Professor of Contemporary Performance and CPPM programme coordinator at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
The themes of the solos reflect the world the artists inhabit and the questions that can’t be ignored. Audiences will encounter works exploring identity and migration, grief and care, masculinity and vulnerability, language and translation, illness and resilience, ritual and myth, ecology and power. Some solos turn inward, drawing the viewer close to the performer’s personal experience; others look outward, inviting reflection on shared social structures and assumptions. All are united by the courage to act and to take the next step on the path of authorship.
Festival schedule and tickets are available via Piletikeskus
The conference „Performativity and Transgression“ takes place October 13–15, 2022 at the University of Tartu, it is organized by University of Tartu, the Institute of Cultural Studies, together with the Association of Nordic Theatre Scholars (ANTS) and the Union of Estonian Theatre Researchers and Critics (ETUKÜ).
The keynote speakers of the conference are Ene-Liis Semper (Estonia) and Ida Müller and Vegard Vinge (Germany/Norway).
Presentations will also be given by researchers, teachers and doctoral students of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre:
- Madli Pesti „The Reception of Transgressive Performances. The Case of NO99“
- Ana Falcon „How a Performance Led to a Latnix Community Organisation in Estonia“
- Luule Epner „Transgressive Collaborations: The Case of Von Krahl Theatre“
- Tiit Ojasoo „Who Can Cross the Border?“
- Jüri Nael „Transformative Learning Through Transgressive Performer Training Pedagogy in the Context of Higher Education“
- Eva-Liisa Linder „Outsiders or Innovators? The Untold Story of Queer Theatre in Estonia“
- Kristel Pappel „Law and Order in Estonian Musical Theatre“
- Karl Saks „Sound Art and Performativity in Johhan Rosenberg „traps““
Registration to participate is open here until October 7 (participation fee is 20 euros).
For the full programme and further information, see the conference’s website
On 5–7 May 2022, the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (JVLMA) is hosting an international conference on “Artistic Research: Various Fields, Approaches, Experiences”. Participants of the conference are artists and researchers from the fields of music, visual art, design, cinema, theatre, contemporary dance, and choreography, from 25 countries, both EU Member States and the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mexico, India and China.
The conference will be attended by two participants from EAMT:
Madli Pesti, a senior researcher and coordinator of doctoral studies in theatre arts at EAMT will be introducing artistic research studies at EAMT and more broadly the development of artistic research in Estonia, with a focus on the The Estonian Artistic Research Framework Agreement signed by the rectors of EAMT, the Estonian Academy of Arts, and the Tallinn University Baltic Film, Media and Arts School in 2021.
Vittoria Ecclesia, a clarinettist and a PhD student at EAMT will be introducing her research work in the presentation “Art and Rigor: Designing Experimenting Processes for Artistic Research”.
The conference will take place in a hybrid format – in person at the Latvian Academy of Music and online on the ZOOM platform.
Furher information on the JVLMA website
