Discussions in the Baltic Circle


BC Festival Director Johanna Hammarberg has compared Baltic Circle Festival to Linux: “You can imagine Baltic Circle network as a free and open source code that can be freely modified and used by anyone”. For me this means that we all – the festival organizers, the artists, the spectators, hang-arounders, the readers, the on-line commentators, the critics – constitute a sort of community that is temporary but creates a network of many meanings and experiences and offers an opportunity to exchange know-how of each one. And this connection does not necessarily disappear anywhere after the festival although it will transform.

DramAgora is a virtual part of this open and transforming community. Here you can follow the discussions of the artists and the critics, read the instant critiques and the analysis and take part to the conversations by using on-line to write in your own views and opinions. Welcome in!

Marja Silde
Mobile Lab partcipant

2003 Baltic Circle Festival Newsletters (in PDF format)
- BC 2003 Newsletter #1 [271 K]
- BC 2003 Newsletter #2 [309 K]
- BC 2003 Newsletter #3 [477 K]
- BC 2003 Newsletter #4 [213 K]

 
 
ART OF EVENT – EVENT OF ART
- Johanna Hammarberg on Event Creation
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THEATRE FESTIVAL DICTIONARY
- BC 2008 Festival Catalogue texts in PDF format

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CAN ART CHANGE THE WORLD
- artist discussion held during Baltic Circle 2008

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Documentation of the FINNISH THEATRE REVIEWING TODAY seminar on May 13th. In Finnish. READ MORE >>>
 

 
 
TUTOR'S INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE LAB IN HELSINKI
- Rok Vevar
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CRITICAL CONDITION?
- a three-way discussion between three critics
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FIND YOUR PERSONAL REVIEW FOR CALL CUTTA IN A BOX
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FIND YOUR PERSONAL REVIEW FOR MISS LANDMINE EXPO
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UNACCOMPLISHED SPECTATORS
- whispered comments on the show during their performances
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CRITICAL PLAYWRITING
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discussions during previous festivals
BALTIC CIRCLE FINLAND, 16–27 Nov 2007

 
 
THE SPACE BETWEEN PERFORMANCES
- interview with Johanna Hammarberg
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ARTISTS´ NETWORKS IN OPERATION
- interview with Free Thetre

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THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AUDIENCES
- interview with Alvis Hermanis

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SHARING IDEAS
- interview with Anders Carlsson & Saila Hyttinen

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LOOSE YOUR CONTROL AND TAKE A TRIP

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IS THE ACTOR AN ARTIST OR A WORKER?

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NEW WAVES IN LITHUANIA
– ACTORS’ STORIES

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TRENDS, FADS AND CAMP

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ANALYSIS 2 ,
TIME IN THE EXPERIENCE OF THEATRE
AND LIVE ART FESTIVAL SPECTATORSHIP
| 30th of November
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BEST OF DALLAS,
TEATER TERRIER | 27th of November
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DEMOKINO,
JANEZ JANŠA, AKSIOMA | 27th of November
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ANALYSIS 1,
GENERATION JEANS & IFIGENEIA | 23rd of November
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SOLESOMBRA,
THEATRE AKHE & THEATRE SATIRE ON VASILYEVSKY ISLAND | 23rd of November
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IFIGENEIA,
VERK PRODUKSJONER | 19th of November
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GENERATION JEANS,
FREE THEATRE (BLR) | 19th of November
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I DO NOT SPEAK OF LOVE HERE,
TEATR CINEMA (POL) | 17th of November
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discussions during previous festivals
BALTOSCANDAL ESTONIA, 28 June - 2 July 2006

Greetings from the Happiest Hippie Camp
Priit Raud, instinct & not-pleasing-the-audience
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Murroksen partaalla? (in Finnish)
Imagine: the best theatre festival in the world (IN FINNISH)

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F.I.T.
The future of a young network

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discussions during previous festivals
NEW DRAMA ACTION LITHUANIA, 26 Apr - 28 May 2006

Money is a substitute for creativity
Art in the neocapitalistic world –
Wandering Fools meet the Masterclass
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discussions during previous festivals
BALTIC CIRCLE FESTIVAL FINLAND, 18-26 Nov 2005

Strawberries and whipped cream
The traditional Baltic Circle Festival Political Conversation
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What kind of flag do you have?
If you can’t change things, you can at least write about them

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Staging Utopias
Discussion about tradition and modernism

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Alternative view
Do we really need theatre festivals?
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Women's corner
Ladies night in a sauna - no men allowed, yet needed
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The artistic planning group gives a short introduction
to the magnificent Baltic Circle project

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DramAgora staff tries to make more space for conversation
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discussions during previous festivals
HOMO NOVUS FESTIVAL LATVIA, 16-18 Sept 2005


Global versus local theatre - the eternal contemporary dilemma
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Round table in Riga: Festival as a Tool
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