Seminar presented by The Laboratory at Entré Scenen

Performing Arts; East and West

Saturday the 5th of June, 1pm-5pm at Entré Scenen. Free Admission. The seminar is a part of the festival East Gate Europe (3rd – 6th of June) at Entré Scenen.

Program:

• The Laboratory presents a preview of the project ”Rehearsal Matters” - A series of interviews with European theatre and performance artists on methods and rehearsal processes. We offer samples from interviews with Rimini Protokoll, Peeping Tom, Jerome Bel, Palle Granhøj & Forced Entertainment. 
  (Introduction and video presented by project manager Isabelle Reynaud and Barbara Simonsen, artistic director of The Laboratory)
• Live interview with controversial Slovenian director Bojan Jablanovec (Via Negativa) – director of the DNA co-production Casablanca Therapy (playing East Gate Europe Festival Friday the 4th of June). Furthermore, there will be video interviews with East Gate Europe participants; Harakiri Farmers, Poland (playing Friday the 4th of June) and SkRAT, Slovakia (playing Thursday the 3rd of June).
• Talk and debate on rehearsal process and methods in Eastern and Western Europe. With inputs from the attending audience: foreign artists, scholars, festival audience, etc.

NB: The seminar will be mainly in English.

Rehearsal Matters

Since 2008, The Laboratory has interviewed more than 30 European theatre and performance artists about their personal experience and ideals for rehearsal processes. What problems seem impossible to solve and what are the essential conditions for a successful rehearsal process? And not least: What would you change if everything was possible? What would you try out if everything was allowed? 

The interviewees belong to different groups and traditions within the performing arts – experienced, young, mainstream and avant-garde. Later this year The Laboratory will present the full, collected material – as a webbased knowledge bank on the website and also as a publication. 

Rehearsal Matters is intended as a living, personal document consisting of questions, reflections, practical experience and inspirational dreams for theatre artists – now and in the future. 
The Laboratory at Entré Scenen has existed since 2005 as a forum for performing arts experiments

For more information visit: www.laboratoriet.org

Programme
Thursday 3th at 19.00- 22.30	Dead Souls	Tako Lako
Friday 4th at 19.00 -21.00	We are oh so lucky	Casablanca Therapy
Saturday 5th at 19.00 – 21.00	Let’s get personal	Meating
Sunday 6th at 17.00 – 19.00	Let’s get personal	Purple Desert

Seminar
Saturday 5th at 13.00 – 17.00	Performing Arts; East and West