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Essay about the Swedish-Belarusian project Mama Zoya, Belarus where I was a partner from Belarusian side.

This new documentary film explores the origins, performances, personalities and fate of Red Mole, the legendary theatre group which included Magdalena Aotearoa co-founder Sally Rodwell, mask and puppet virtuouso Deborah Hunt, the poet Alan Brunton and many others from Aotearoa’s alternative arts community of the early 1970s.

Liebe Freundinnen und Freunde von Theater Unikate,
 
womit das kommende Jahr 2024 wohl aufwarten wird? Eine Zuversicht auf bessere Zeiten mag sich angesichts der vielen thematischen und realen Fronten schwerlich einstellen.
 
Deshalb versuche ich, mich an das zu halten, was mich beruhigt bei all der Unruhe und mir sicher erscheint; an das, was ich geben und teilen darf; was mich erfreut; was mir in düsteren Zeiten Halt verspricht: 
a cross disciplinary piece combining theatre, dance, sound and lights, about a statue of a woman coming alive, breaking loose and dancing within the elasticity of her imagination.

It’s a Real Coincidence, co-devised and directed by Gráinne O’Carroll and Sophie Kasser, will be presented in Germany in July 2024.
 


Recently, the Magdalena Project had to pay a fine for unwittingly using a copyrighted image on our website. The image had come via a member's email newsletter and we then posted the content without checking the image.

Indian Performing Arts and Virtual Culture(s)

We are organising a symposium on Indian performing arts at the School of Music, University College Dublin, in the coming year. Please consider submitting a paper.

Our work in Palestine inspires us, and also reminds us of the ongoing plight of Afghan women and girls! Since the Taliban's takeover two years ago, women are homebound, forbidden from even going to a park with their children, usual destinations for a sunny summer’s day! Talented, educated women can no longer work in their professions; girls are banned from school.  

On September 18, DE Founder Stacy Klein shared the news that she and Actor/Creator Carlos Uriona have made the decision to step aside from their roles as Artistic Directors and step into new roles. Stacy will formally be known as Founder, Artistic Director Emerita, and Carlos will be the Cultural Strategist. 

Proposals Body, Space and Technology


Body, Space & Technology, now in its twenty-third year of publication, is a leading online interdisciplinary journal, publishing on all aspects of contemporary arts practice. 

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