The Odin theatre: activities at the theatre laboratory, Hoistebro, Denmark
Author :Sorensen, Neils Roed
Keywords :Theatre
Odin theatre
Issue Date :1972
Publisher :Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
Description :In Europe theatre is completely different from professional theatres and from drama-schools, called "theatre-laboratories". Odin Theatre is a theatre troop based in Holstebro, Denmark.The Odin Theatre was founded in Oslo, Norway in September 1964 by a group of young people who had been turned down by the National Theatre School. Two original members Else Marie Laukvik and Torgeir Wethal are still with the group today besides the Italian director Eugenio Barba. In June 1966 the Odin theatre moved to Holstebro in Denmark on the invitation of the local municipality. In 1989 Barba founded ISTA the International School of Theatre Anthropology as an itinerant university and multicultural network of performers and scholars whose common field of study is theatre anthropology. Since 1990 Odin theatre has created some 74 performances.
Source :Sangeet Natak Akademi
Type :Article
Received From :Sangeet Natak Akademi
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Sorensen, Neils Roed
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Denmark
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2017-06-15T06:30:43Z
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2017-06-15T06:30:43Z
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1972
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In Europe theatre is completely different from professional theatres and from drama-schools, called "theatre-laboratories". Odin Theatre is a theatre troop based in Holstebro, Denmark.The Odin Theatre was founded in Oslo, Norway in September 1964 by a group of young people who had been turned down by the National Theatre School. Two original members Else Marie Laukvik and Torgeir Wethal are still with the group today besides the Italian director Eugenio Barba. In June 1966 the Odin theatre moved to Holstebro in Denmark on the invitation of the local municipality. In 1989 Barba founded ISTA the International School of Theatre Anthropology as an itinerant university and multicultural network of performers and scholars whose common field of study is theatre anthropology. Since 1990 Odin theatre has created some 74 performances.