PRE-EXPRESSIVITY – COMPOSITION – MONTAGE
The 17th ISTA/NG session continues an activity developed by Odin Teatret in which artistic creation, pedagogic practice and research merge. This fertile and intermediary zone corresponds to what in natural sciences is called applied research. In the arts, and particularly in theatre, pure research corresponds to the investigation of basic principles.
Conceived and directed by Eugenio Barba ISTA/NG is a multicultural network of theatre masters, performers, scholars and researchers, who arrive from all over the world, giving life to an itinerant laboratory, where they work together for two weeks. A concrete consequence is the proximity, mutual acquaintance and collaboration of young theatre artists, experienced masters, scholars and theoreticians. The session in Hungary will conclude on 20th May at the National Theatre in Budapest with the performance ANASTASIS/ RESURRECTION, conceived and directed by Eugenio Barba, and performed by the masters and participants of ISTA/NG.
Since its start in 1979, ISTA sessions have been held in the following places: Bonn (Germany, 1980), Volterra and Pontedera (Italy, 1981), Blois and Malakoff (France, 1985), Holstebro (Denmark, 1986), Salento (Italy, 1987), Bologna (Italy, 1990), Brecon and Cardiff (Great Britain, 1992), Londrina (Brazil, 1994), Umeå (Sweden, 1995), Copenhagen (Denmark, 1996), Montemor-o-Novo and Lisbon (Portugal, 1998), Bielefeld (Germany, 2000), Seville (Spain, 2004), Wroclaw (Poland, 2005), Albino (Italy 2016), and Favignana (Italy 2021).
The Theatre Olympics 2023 gives the opportunity to finally host this significant event in theatre history in Hungary.
Director: Eugenio Barba
Masters:
ISTA/NG staff:
