All the way from Denmark comes the renowned Odin Teatret, consisting of Roberta Carneri and Torgeir Wethal, who are in KL to perform, conduct workshops, demonstrations and to present films on their work.
Date / Time
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12 December, 3.00pm – 6.00pm
On The Way Through Theatre – a kaleidoscopic history of the Odin with fragments of performances, barters, etc… 57 minutes
Physical Training at the Odin Teatret… 40 minutes
13 December 2008, 3.00pm – 6.00pm
In the Beginning was the Idea…Based on the Odin production, The Gospel According to Oxyrhincus,is the story of the revolt buried alive, the story of Antigone and her brother Polynices. And the story of Zusha Mal’ak who is searching for the Messiah and comes pon a society which has already found its Messiah.Here they speak Coptic and Old Greek, two dead languages which nobody any longer understands… 71 minutes
Vocal Trainning… 40 minutes
14 December 2008, 3.00pm – 6.00pm
Kaosmos…A village in the heart of Europe, doors like walls and walls like doors. Every spring the villagers perform “the ritual of the door”. The theme of the performace is a common one…a man and woman asked to be admited into the Realm of Happiness or Salvation. In “the ritual of the door” a doorkeeper asks the protagonist to wait. The waiting lasts a lifetime representing both the richness and futility of existence… 83 minutes
Training at the Teatr Laboratorium (Poland)...45 minutes
15 December 2008, 3.00pm – 6.00pm
Ascent to the Sea…..........A film on street performances with actors on stilts, in white tails and tie…using drums and trumpets to be heard. Spaces in town which normaly go unnoticed are transformed into a stage. It shows a typical example of Odin Teatret’s unique use of urban environment as a theatrical space… 36 minutes
Whispering Winds….........A performance demonstration about the difference between theatre and dance… 80 minutes
16 December 2008, 3.00pm – 6.00pm
On the Two Banks of the River….....The film shows how Odin actors managed to play their performances and come into contact with the people under restrictive conditions… 56 minutes
Theatre Meets Ritual…........This film shows barters in Kuripe, a Venezuelan village and with the Yanomai tribe of the Upper Orinoco in Amazonia.It includes fragments from the BOOK OF DANCES and COME! AND THE DAY WILL BE OURS by Odin Teatret as well as Yanomami dances and the shaman’s enactment of his tribal legend about the tortoise that killed the jaguar… 25 minutes
