BODIES:ON:LIVE
Programme and information: Bodies:On:Live website
Video recordings
"Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next." Arundhati Roy (2020)
Bodies:On:Live – Magdalena:On:Line is the first online Magdalena festival, celebrating the work of women in contemporary theatre and performance. It aims to (re)connect women all over the world via the internet as we encounter each other with/in our artistic endeavours. This first online festival continues the Magdalena tradition of international festivals that have, for over three decades, brought together women theatre and performance makers in intense, nourishing, physical encounters. In the current global context, Bodies:On: Live offers an online space for the evolution of this tradition, inviting embodied practioners, those who are experienced in performing online and those new to the field. The programme of engaging and inspiring work will be accessible via the internet to international participants and audience.
Bodies:On:Live calls us together to explore the online space, to keep our encounters alive and inclusive; and to ask, what is the way forward? How will our live, embodied artistic practice be transformed and continue to engage and inspire us in the online space? What happens to theatre when bodies are distant, when here is also there?
From the festival initiator, Elizabeth de Roza:
Dear Magdalenas,
We are buzzing with anticipation and excitement about Bodies:On:Live, the first online Magdalena festival! A total of 33 events happen over four days (24-27 June): performances, artists’ talks, panel discussions and more. The pre-festival programme of eight workshops begins on 5th June.
Bodies:On:Live calls us together to explore the online space, to keep our encounters alive and inclusive; and to ask, what is the way forward? How will our live, embodied artistic practice be transformed and continue to engage and inspire us in the online space? What happens to theatre when bodies are distant, when here is also there?
The programme brings together artists and researchers who have years of experience working online, with embodied practitioners who are new to the digital world. We’re interested in how artists from different locations have re-imagined performance-making in the online space, including Asia, South America, Europe and the Pacific. We also have digital natives with us, to share how they create in the online world they have grown up with.
And what is a Magdalena festival without a social? "Meet the Magdalenas" is an informal gathering of long-standing members of the network, to share their stories and have a drink with all of you (yes, it is BYO!). And throughout the festival you can join daily yoga sessions and visit the ObservaStory - a unique online gallery of videos showing the Magdalena history, where you can meet, chat and watch videos together.
Please join us and celebrate with us as women standing in solidarity through our artistry. You can find all the necessary information here: https://onlinefestival.themagdalenaproject.org/program/
And I invite you to donate to the festival. The team are all volunteers and we do not have any funding. We need donations to cover our technical costs, and to give something back to artists who are so generously sharing their work with us. https://www.paypal.me/bodiesonlive
See you at the festival.
Warmly,
Elizabeth, on behalf of the festival team
Participating Artists
Amaranta Osorio, Annie Abrahams, Antonieta Muñoz, Barbara Carvalho, Bettina Fung, Bianca Mastrominico, Brigitte Cirla, Bruna Gusberti, Cheng Nien Yuan, Christina Papagiannouli, Clara Gomes, Cristina Castrillo, Dawn Albinger, Deborah Hunt, Dijana Milosević, Dimple B. Shah, Emma Che Raethke, Eugenia Cano, Eva Ursprung and Schaumbad Freies Atelierhaus Graz, Frederika Tsai, Geddy Aniksdal, Gilly Adams, Helen Chadwick, Helen Varley Jamieson, Jadranka Andjelić, Jana Korb, Jill Greenhalgh, Julia Varley, Julie Robson, Karla Ptáček, Karolina Spaić, Kordula Lobeck de Fabris, Lois Weaver, Luciana Martuchelli, Maria X, Maristella Martella, Meg Ella, Miljana Perić, Naná Sodré, Nasim Khosravi, Natalia Marcet, Olive Nieto, Parvarthy Baul, Rakini Devi, Roz Borley, Sara Larsdotter Hallqvist and Teater interAkt, Shabari Rao, Suzon Fuks, Verónica Moraga, Vicki Smith, Violeta Luna, Ya-Ling Peng, Younghee Park, Zoe Gudović.
Organising team: Elizabeth de Roza, Helen Varley jamieson, Christina Papagiannouli, Janaina Matter, Karin Ahlstrom, Nur Khairiyah, Suzon Fuks, Zoe Gudović.
Festival volunteers: Chiara Menozzi, Constanza Puente, Eugenia Cano, Ileana Garcia, Irlanda Mainou Montañez, Karen Remy, Karla Ptacek, Lauren Boissonnet, Marianne Kjær Klausen, Szava Szantos.
Bodies:On:Live is unfunded and organised by volunteers. If you can,
please donate to help cover our small costs and to give something to the artists.
Contact: onlinefestival@themagdalenaproject.org
