CARAVAN. Artists on the road
A European project
The Caravan project arises from considering the years of crises
and transformation that European countries have been through in the
recent years.
The purpose of the project is to promote dialogue between these
countries through an experience based on solidarity and
renascence.
One of the main characteristics of the project is the use of a
Caravan vehicle, which will be equipped with multimedia
technologies and made into a practical stage on wheels. In old
times, theatre companies travelled around Europe, from town to
town, bringing shows that mixed various theatrical and musical
languages. This Caravan Theatre will revive this old tradition, but
with innovative technologies that the new century offers.
The project has selected four places of "crises and renascence"
located in four different countries. Each of these four locations
will create and develop a project, working for three months in
their own countries with local communities and then travel with the
resulting performance to the next destination, where it will be
presented to other communities.
The map shows that Turin's performance travels to Seville,
Seville's performance travels to Holstebro, Holstebro's performance
travels to Sofia, Sofia's performance travels to Turin, with the
same modus operandi: 3 months of rehearsals of a production on the
theme, 'Crisis and renaissance', and then a minimum of 10 stop tour
from the original town to the next.
The CARAVAN Project is initiated by two promoters: the Fondazione
Cassa di Risparmio di Torino, which will be the Project
Coordinator, and the Master Course in Social & Community
Theatre at the University of Turin.
European Partners
Besides Fondazione CRT and
Master in Social
and Community Theatre from Torino University, there
are European partners coming from 9 countries
Teatro Atalaya de Sevilla
(Spain)
Teater Spira (Sweden)
Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium / Odin Teatret
(Denmark)
Projekte, Action, Kunst, Theater P.A.K.T.
eingetragener Verein (Germany)
Wydzial Sztuk Pieknych Projektowych Wyzsej Szkole
Informatyki (Polond)
Movimenti delle Associazioni di Volontariato
Italiano Onlus (Italy)
Association of Local Democrazy Agencies
(France)
Association for
Culture and Education KIBLA (Slovenia)
Municipal Theatre "Vazrajdane" (Bulgaria)
Program
Odin Teatret and the Jasonites
will start their community work in April-May 2012 and then again in
June-July 2012 with two workshops with mask maker Deborah Hunt. The
workshops will visit schools and local institutions to include
children and story-telling in the creation of scenes and theatrical
interventions which will culminate at the opening of the European
Meeting of 35.000 scouts in Holstebro (Denmark) on July the 22nd
2012. Odin Teatret, the Jasonites, Deborah Hunt, their workshop
participants together with participants of the workshop
"International Stilt Council" led by Tage Larsen, and with the
artists of Cirkus på Kanten (Circus on the Edge) directed by Kai
Bredholt, and in collaboration with local associations like the
firemen, police, schools, etc. will stage an event which has to
entertain and involve 35.000 scouts of all ages. The Caravan
performance from Atalaya, Seville, will also be presented at this
opening. Then Kai Bredholt will move to the extreme part of the
region, close to the sea, in a desolate area, to realise the Cirkus
på Kanten together with local farmers and circus students from the
Circus School in Copenhagen. Spectators will sit in the circus
amphitheatre built of straw, with the sea in the background and
mountain-climbers coming down from the lighthouse, while horses,
rabbits, pigs and cows mix with actors and acrobats. The Circus
will be presented 5 times.
In the winter months Odin Teatret and the Jasonites will conclude
the performance that will go on tour with the Caravan in spring
2013. The tour will stop in Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Germany (where
also Odin Teatret's production, The Chronic Life, will be
presented) and Bulgaria. Some performances will be arranged as
barters with the local population (Denmark and Germany), others
will be accompanied by lectures at the University (Poland), and
others still by workshops to create collaboration with local
theatre practitioners (Germany, Bulgaria).
The dates for Odin Teatret and the Jasonites Caravan tour
are:
3 stops in Denmark, May 2013
1 stop in Göteborg, Teater Spira, May
1 stop in Poland, Lodz University and hospital, May
6 stops around Freiburg, end of May - middle of June
1 stop in Sofia, towards the end of June
