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Scouting for talent: European perspectives on international festivals, venues, networks and new performance platforms
Presenter: Maria Magdalena Schwaegermann
When: Thursday, 6 March 2008 @ 4.30pm
Where: The Performance Space, Faculty of Creative Arts, Building 25, University of Wollongong
Cost: Free; RSVPs appreciated. Please call 02 4221 3996
Further information: 02 4221 3996
The Faculty of Creative Arts is delighted to present a talk by Maria Magdalena Schwaegermann, former artistic director of the international performance festival, Zuercher Theater Spekatel (2002-2007) and one of the founders and deputy director of the Hebbel Theater Berlin (1990-2002).
Ms Schwaegermann is in Australia to talk about her experiences producing, co-producing and programming a festival and permanent international performance space in Europe. Her presentation will include a discussion around scouting for new talent and support for young and emerging artists, as well the development of international industry networks. As part of her presentation Schwaegermann will introduce two new performance formats in Berlin: ‘Rimini Protokoll’ and ‘Schwarzmarkt’ or ‘Black Market of Useful Knowledge and Non-knowledge’.
‘Rimini Protokoll’ is constituted by a collective of artists creating a form of documentary theatre based on collaboration with ‘everyday experts’ (Experten des Alltags). ‘Schwarzmarkt’ is an insightful, often very private dialogue and theatrical gesture that brings together specialists from a range of fields to discuss contemporary issues and for its creator, Hannah Hurtzig, the aim of ‘Schwarzmarkt’ is to devise new spaces of learning.
Biography
Prior to her most recent position as artistic director of the Zuercher Theater Festival in Switzerland, Maria Magdalena Schwaegermann was the deputy director of the Hebbel Theater Berlin. In addition, Schwaegermann acted as program director of Theater der Welt 1999 in Berlin. Schwaegermann has lectured at Zurich University of the Arts, Freie Universität Berlin and Braunschweig University of the Arts and originally trained at the Art School Braunschweig before entering the profession as a set and costumer designer and photographer. She is currently a member of the Executive of the Informal European Theatre Meeting and the Board of the Euroscene Leipzig festival, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the Art School Braunschweig.
All are welcome to attend. RSVPs appreciated. Please call 02 4221 3996
Maria Magdalena Schwaegermann’s visit to Australia has been made possible through the support of the Australia Council, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body. Her talk at the University of Wollongong is a co-presentation between the Faculty of Creative Arts and Performance Space @ CarriageWorks.
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