How Does a Performance Taste – and Where Does It Really Make Itself Felt?
- Dramaturgiutbildningen vid Lunds universitet
Does theatre criticism always have to be about positioning oneself and articulating a clear opinion? Must a review be expressed in words? How can criticism be used to increase engagement and participation among children and young people? And what unexpected forms of expression arise when theatre makers, young audience members, and critics meet?
In this Nordic conversation, three leading voices in research and criticism come together: Anette Therese Pettersen (NO) – critic and researcher with a particular focus on theatre for children and young people; Pernille Welent Sörensen (DK) – researcher specialising in children’s culture and aesthetic learning processes; and Duška Radosavljević (UK/SE) – internationally active scholar, dramaturg, and critic.
Together, they explore new forms and expressions of theatre criticism: how children and young people can be invited as co-creators of criticism – and how criticism, in turn, can be used creatively in schools, in theatres, and within the new publics emerging in the blogosphere and other digital forums. The discussion takes its point of departure in Anette Therese Pettersen’s newly published dissertation on creative criticism within the framework of Den kulturelle skolesekken (DKS); in Pernille Welent Sörensen’s research on children’s and young people’s aesthetic and co-creative processes; and in Duška Radosavljević’s research on the changing conditions of theatre criticism in a digitalised era.
The conversation is moderated by theatre critic Kristina Lindquist (Dagens Nyheter).
Please note: The discussion will be held in English.