We’re back after a much-needed holiday. The house is in full swing and already tomorrow Friday 5.1. there will be mask work on the programme in Boulevarden from 9-10:30. Guests can participate for a fee of 50 DKK at the office. It is free for members to attend. Since Øyvind Kirchhoff in production will be…
Then there is again mention of the experimental work and what it brings to current performing arts work. Øyvind Kirchhoff is interviewed in Teateravisen about the experimental work that gave new insights into the possibilities of the puppet and actor – exemplified in the work on the development of the performance Fox. Read the article…
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the old cinema! Dear members, colleagues, friends of the Experimental Station! We will not go on Christmas holiday without wishing that Christmas may bring you all good moments and closeness with those close to you. We look forward to next year – and hope that you will continue…
It’s time for the second and final Platform of the year. Artists who have made experiments here at the Experimental Station over the past six months share their experiences and discoveries with each other and others who are interested in taking a look at the ‘working workshops’. It is tomorrow Friday 15 December at 17-21…
Christmas is approaching and we are preparing for the Christmas party on Saturday 9 December where we will celebrate Christmas with the ‘residents’ of the house and members of the Experimental Station. Platform In addition to this festive event, we also have the Platform before Christmas peace descends. It’s Friday 15 December from 5-9pm –…
Forsøgsstationen – NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2017 (Link to full version here) The newsletter contains: Main experiment with the Danish School of Performing Arts Video documentation Since last Open laboratory Upcoming activities Lampedusa at Husets Teater King Lear in the mood for Advent Platform 15 December Nadine George workshop 2018 Should you be a member? Current membership…
Newsletter October 2017 is published. Link to full version here. The newsletter contains: Main experiment with the Danish School of Performing Arts Come to the open lab on the experiment Since last New administrator in full swing New office hours Intern ACT in the house – artist talk GAGA weekend Upcoming activities Open laboratory –…
There’s news from the old cinema. Read the newsletter here. Watch the open laboratory of the main experiment – where the Experimental Station in collaboration with the Danish Performing Arts School Copenhagen has thrown students of the actor training and professional actors into a joint study of ‘the scenographic actor’. We have made a small…
Here is the invitation from Rikke Liljenberg who has done ShakespeareLab experiments this autumn: Help us with the last part of our Shakespeare attempt. Come to the open Shakespeare Sunday Lab. We need guests! This autumn, Shakespeare Sunday Lab has been running as an experiment, where the focus has been to see if there is…
In connection with the main experiment The Scenographic Actor, the Danish School of Performing Arts and the Experimental Station would like to invite you to an open laboratory: FRIDAY 27 OCTOBER 16-17:30 in Boulevarden. Download invitation here. The experiment “The scenographic actor” is an investigation of the external technique, as a way to a new…
The third part of the main experiment “THE ACTOR AND THE OVER-MARION” – entitled ‘The Scenographic Actor‘ – takes place just after the autumn holidays from 23 to 27 October 2017. It is a collaborative project between the Danish School of Performing Arts and Forsøgsstationen and is an investigation of external technique as a pathway…
It’s about to be the autumn school holidays – and ours! The Experimental Station office will be closed during week 42 for a much-needed holiday in the autumn rain and drizzle. Members can still work in the coming week – but it is extra important to leave the premises as you would like to find…
We are very pleased – from a strong field of applicants – to present Dorte Wium as our new administrator as of 1 October. Dorte is both production manager and administrator with experience from among others. TeaterKunst, Republique, Spring festival and many other theatres large and small. Dorte has training in both project management, engineering…
Come to the four-way artist talk with Kenyan director George Mungai who is currently in residency with us It takes place on Friday 6 October at 17:30 in the Wittmaack hall. Registration not required. Mungai will unveil an exciting project ACT is doing in collaboration with the Karen Blixen Museum in 2018; Blixen from a…
The other day Teateravisen reported on our main experiment, which is up and running again – the third part of the experiment ‘The Scenographic Actor’ will take place in October and is a collaborative project between the Danish School of Performing Arts and Forsøgsstationen. Read the article in Teateravisen here: http://www.teateravisen.dk/doedens-aestetik.html Wanted: professional actors and…
NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2017 Link to full version here. The newsletter contains: Main experiment with Performing Arts Schools Actors and puppeteers wanted! Since last Lecture Hans-Thies Lehmann Changing of the Guard & General Assembly Upcoming activities ACT in the house – artist talk GAGA Should you be a member? Current membership attempts Tora Balslev – tour…
We had a full house for the lecture on Friday – and it was an exciting and inspiring evening, beautifully moderated by Professor Knut-Ove Arntzen. The event can be (re)viewed on this channel. Note: if you are watching on your mobile, the sound may be distorted when listening with your phone’s own speaker – so…
We regret to say goodbye to long-time administrator Pil Rix Rossel, who has taken up a full-time position and will therefore be leaving the Experimental Station on 1 Oct. We wish her every success in her new job and look forward to welcoming a new administrator as soon as possible… Farewell reception On the occasion…
NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2017 Link to full version here. The newsletter contains: Main experiment with Performing Arts Schools Actors and puppeteers wanted! Since last Change of shift in administration The sound of the audience Upcoming activities Lecture Hans-Thies Lehmann Odin Theatre in Copenhagen General Assembly GAGA workshop Current membership attempts SLAG at Bådteatret Story play –…
The TOTAL!DANS! experiment is about to start its second period and the experimental team invites families to join the experiment as a test audience. Read more about the experiment here and in the invitation below: Dear friends, I am looking for families who would like to participate in experiments that explore how TOTAL!DANS! – an…
Here is film about the main experiment “The Aesthetics of Death” – which Øyvind Kirchhoff led in 2016. Doeden’s aesthetics 2017 from Det Olske Orkester on Vimeo. The report of the trial is also available now. It can be downloaded via this link or come by and get a copy in your hand. Read…
The Research Station has the great pleasure to invite you to a lecture by the author of the book “Postdramatic Theatre”, Professor Hans-Thies Lehmann. The lecture will take place Friday d. 8 September 2017 at 19.00- 21.30 in Boulevarden at the Experimental Station. The lecture with Hans-Thies Lehmann deals with his current views on performing…
Now it’s August 1st and we’re slowly reopening in the old Boulevard Cinema. Over the summer, the facade has been almost completely finished – only the exterior lighting is missing now. It turned out SO nice! New and old members are welcome to a brand new season which already offers gems such as a lecture…
The Experimental Station will be closed for the summer holidays throughout July 2017. We will reopen on 1 August 2017. If you would like to become a member of Forsøgsstationen, please fill in this form and send it and a short CV to mail(at)forsoegsstationen.dk. If you have been a member this season and wish to…
We’re getting ready for a well-deserved break from work – the Experimental Station will be closed both in the office and in the halls for the month of July. The June newsletter has just been sent out – it is possible to read it here on the website or receive it by email – click…
NEWSLETTER JUNE 2017 Link to full version here. The newsletter contains: News from the “Sound of the Audience” Film about the sound of the audience just finished! A bit from the performances Now what? Since last News from the Main Experiment “Aesthetics of Death” Reumert news Upcoming activities Viewing – Andreas Dawe Platform Summer vacation!…
Together with Lotte Faarup, Helle Lyshøj has edited the many hours of footage into a single ‘film’. Here, the project SOUND OF PUBLIC is presented through words and moving images – with subtitles in English for an international audience. The film has just been presented to an international audience at the CARAVAN Next seminar in…
Dear theatre people, All those interested are invited to the screening of the development project “Winter of our Discouragement”. The screening takes place in Boulevarden at the Experimental Station on 22/6 at 17:00 and on 23/6 at 14:00. Registration is not necessary, and the screening will last about 80 minutes – afterwards there…
Right now there is again experimental activity in the form of a membership trial. Helene Kvint is leading an experiment entitled SLAG – body manipulation via video. The theme is how the changes that follow a brain injury can change relationships with the world and the immediate. The team includes Helene Kvint, Rolf Heim, Jacob…
SOUND OF THE PUBLIC will soon be ready to be shown to the world LIVE – until then you can watch the third and final teaser from rehearsals where participants and the choir project team talk about the preparations for the screenings… It is again Helle Lyshøj who has recorded and edited. Beautiful work! OBS!…
We’ve premiered LYDEN AF PUBLIKUM and look forward to playing at Forsøgsstationen again tonight to a packed house, and at Skuespilhuset this weekend. OBS! Tickets are still available for the performance on Saturday at 14:00(link) and Sunday at 13:30(link) – it takes place at Skuespilhuset, Sankt Annæ Plads 36. It’s free to see LYDEN AF…
The premiere is approaching and LYDEN AF PUBLIKUM is looking for audiences to play for! Please share with your network… It will be different fun! Read the review from Ibyen (photo below) If you have the time and the desire, there is the possibility to come and see the audition on Friday 26 May at…
See the full version here Subscribe Past Issues RSS Translate NEWSLETTER MAY 2017 Workshop for Professional Performing Arts Share on Facebook Tell a friend Share with professional network The cherry trees are blooming everywhere! Captured here on Sønder Boulevard on a bright morning. Photo: Rikke Jeppesen Rod The newsletter contains: News from the “Sound of…
The May newsletter is out and there is a lot of exciting news. We have new videos with us – both from LYDEN AF PUBLIKUM and the second main attempt “The Aesthetics of Death” – and then it drips on us in connection with Reumert 2017… Read here. If you have not yet subscribed to…
We have several colleagues who have been nominated for a Reumert this year – and we congratulate them all! We are of course very proud and happy that more members and close partners are among them: Anette Asp Christensen for the nomination for the special award of the year for ‘Views from my grandmother’s kitchen’;…
NEWSLETTER APRIL 2017 Link to full version here. April fools? – no! SOUND OF THE PUBLIC – gone viral… We start by ‘showing off’ a bit: The video we shared in the last newsletter has reached 6,500 people on Facebook and has been viewed by over 2,700 people! and on youtube it has been seen…
There’s news from LYDEN AF PUBLIKUM again! Helle Lyshøj has once again been out with camera and microphone, talking to choir members and people around the choir. “The Sound of the Audience” is part of a larger European artistic and social project in 15 major European cities entitled “Caravanext” (www.caravanext.eu). It is about all of…
The April issue of the Experimental Station newsletter is out. Read it here.
A brand new brochure about the Experimental Station has been published – and the English version is just around the corner. We want to make our work even more visible in the world, and that’s why the new version is bigger – and with lots of great photos taken by Øyvind Kirchhoff. It is possible…
It’s almost time for the Forsøgsstation’s annual workshop with internationally renowned voice teacher Nadine George. The workshop will take place monday d. 3. – Saturday d. 8 April 2017 at the Experimental Station and is aimed at all performing artists, regardless of previous experience with this work. The course is currently fully booked. The texts…
NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY/MARCH 2017 Link to full version here. Spring is here! …and so is the first video teaser for “The Sound of the Audience”: Video designer Helle Lyshøj has made this first glimpse of what the main experiment “The sound of the audience” offers. The newsletter contains: New brochure ready to go into circulation News…
In the coming months, Forsøgsstationen will be buzzing with audience sounds every Friday, as composer Peter Bruun and choir conductor Erik Jakobsson swing the baton and create new music with a group of performing artists and local residents. Lotte Faarup is responsible for the staging of the work, which will be presented during CPH Stage…
Would you like to be part of a completely different choir, where you don’t have to sing beautifully, but help create a soundscape of audience sounds and actions such as coughing, snoring, laughing, sighing, shushing, rattling a candy bag, being still, standing up and walking, in a 50-person subtle choral work? The choral work will…
On Tuesday 28 February 2017 at 16.00 – 17.00, Forsøgsstationen has the great pleasure to invite you to a reception in connection with the publication of the anthology ‘Chinese Drama’, edited by Gritt Uldall-Jessen. Ph. d. and translator of Chinese literature, Peter Damgaard will read the anthology. Fermented Chinese tea and Chinese brandy will be…
We are approaching a real beginning of the main attempt: the sound of the audience The sound of the audience is an experimental project focusing on the sound identity of the audience in the theatre, inspired by Vsevolod Meyerhold’s sound studies of the audience and developed by professional theatre practitioners and musicians in collaboration with…
Open research by othernessproject that the Experimental Station The time: week 7 Feb. 15th Wednesday, Feb. 17th Friday, Feb. 18th Saturday between 1:00 – 2:30 pm in Boulevarden The question: What would you do if you could build the world again? The research: We are researching an interactive installation-action. During these open research dates we…
After three weeks of dark experiments, we open the doors for a final working show. A screening where you will be invited – in a safe environment – to explore your own relationship with darkness. The event is free, but as places are limited, please register at julie_kunz@hotmail.com and only two places per person can…
The new blog post is written by musician and theatre instructor Nynne Roberta Pedersen from Teater TUGT who has a residency here at Forsøgsstationen in connection with their theatre event “News at Betty”. Read here.
Newsletter published on 12 January – see full version here. Happy New Year from Vesterbro! The newsletter contains: Invitation to reception for “Chinese Drama” News from the main experiment “The sound of the audience” (information meeting) Since last Platform Christmas party Internship Membership trials in the coming month Theothernessproject VISUAL WILDNESS Residencies – news “Lampedusa”:…
We would like to invite you to an information meeting about “The sound of the audience” – a project of the international-local project “Caravanext” led by Odin Teatret, Holstebro. Would you like to join a completely different choir? where you don’t have to sing beautifully, but helps create a soundscape of audience sounds and actions…
A study of style shifts and live projections of objects on stage. The experiment is a collaboration between scenographer/video artist Sissel Romme Christensen and idea maker/performer Tea Rønne. They want to develop a stylistic cacophony for the scenic expression in a possible future children’s performance Slut Starut. The style of the performance will be a…
In January and February 2017, The Otherness Project will go into experimental mode and work with the BIRTH/BREATH experiment. BIRTH/BREATHE is a performative experiment in which breathing as a conscious reflex will provide the basis for exploring the potential of a community on stage. A sensory space where performance, sound, smoke and light become the…
The long-awaited search tool DATABASEN is now ready for its first flight and to be used by interested researchers, artists, students, etc. – and only by being used and tested in the real world can the DATABASE be further developed and optimised. So here it is. Use it. If you would like to delve into…
Andreas Dawe has written a blog post entitled “When you can’t help yourself…” “Sometimes art hits the heart of the person experiencing the work. That’s how I felt when I first read English playwright Anders Lustgarten’s play “Lampedusa”, which tackles the whole refugee/migration theme and how we in Europe relate to it. I set myself…
The newsletter is out – it came a bit later than usual – but better late than never- Link to full version here. The newsletter contains: New main experiment “The Voice of the Audience” (trainee and participants for experimental choir wanted!) Since last time (Knowledge sharing Aesthetics of Death, anniversary) New face – our new…
Link to version with photos (http://eepurl.com/cj5Awr) November! The newsletter contains: New main experiment “The Voice of the Audience” (trainee and participants for experimental choir wanted!) Since last time (Knowledge sharing Aesthetics of Death, anniversary) New face – our new student employee Conny. Membership trials in the coming month Residency “Lampedusa” and Theatre Tugt Platform d.…
FORSØGSSTATIONEN is looking for an intern to coordinate choir participants in Vesterbro for the project “The Voice of the Audience” Period 4/1 – 4/3 2017 Application deadline 21 November 2016 As an intern, you will be part of the experimental station’s team on our international project “The Voice of the Audience”, which is part of…
We have a student employee for the administration. Her name is Conny Rod and she is studying at KEA – Bachelor in Design and Business. Conny is a trained tailor and has many years of experience from the private sector, so she is familiar with administration in various areas. She will be in the house…
The Experimental Station is delighted that Jesper la Cour has chosen to celebrate 20 years with the Narrative Theatre here in the old cinema. The Narrative Theatre invites colleagues, collaborators, supporters and friends to a reception here at Forsøgsstationen, Sdr. Boulevard 81, Friday d. 4 November from 16-18. The programme for the afternoon is: At…
WunderVerk is in full swing with “Cigar bum nose”. This is the working title of a musical paper theatre experiment based on an adaptation of the Dadaist play Le Cœur à gaz / The Heart of Gas, written by Tristan Tzara, one of the leading figures of Dada. Inspired by Dada, they work with the…
Herewith Newsletter October 2016 without photos. To view the newsletter in its full version click here. So it was October! Photo: Rikke Jeppesen Rod – autumn in Enghaveparken The season is in full swing and we have already had a number of members and theatre groups in the house. Did you know that theatres can…
Good news for members: Thursday at 9-10:30 we offer delicious yoga in Boulevarden. It is Stinne Bødker Høj, who is in charge of a Thursday yoga practice. Stinne is trained in Jivamukti and Yin yoga. Thursday’s yoga will be predominantly Hatha yoga. There is no need to sign up and it is of course free…
In connection with the international performance festival Works at Work: Group works, Samlingen (SE/CA/IS) will have a residency at Forsøgsstationen from 24 to 30 October 2016. We have enticed them to give an artist talk on Tuesday 25 October from 5-6pm, where members and other interested people can hear more about what this exciting group…
Today we have published the first post of the season on our blog with the title “Get started”, written by Boaz Barkan. Here is an excerpt from the post: The neo-liberal trends today would like performance to practice and develop new modes of ‘domination-speech’. […] We have to be suspicious about our dominating desires towards…
Kristian Husted has been working with the project “The Race to Zero” since 2014. The third trial period at the Experimental Station will run from 1 to 5 October 2016. Overall, the project is an attempt to acquire a stage language about the financial markets. Read more about the trial here.
The experimental station invites you to a knowledge-sharing event on Saturday 8 October from 12-16: The aesthetics of death between actor and puppet, between life and death “The ideal is not flesh and blood but rather the body in a trance state. The body must be clothed with a mortal beauty, while radiating its living…
Subtitle:“research towards the creation of a participatory artwork: the night-visioning a post capitalist society while we sleep” The hello!earth group launched this project in 2015 and had its first trial round at the Experimental Station in April 2016. The project now back at the Experimental Station with a final sharing of the sleep/dream research the…
WunderVerk v/Anette Asp Christensen leads this experimental project, which works with musical paper theatre. The trial will run for 4 weeks between 26 September and 4 November 2016. The work is based on an adaptation of the Dadaist play par excellence Le Cœur à gaz / The Heart of Gas, written by one of the…
Our fine old facade will be renovated over the next few months. So we ask you to bear with the craftsmen if it sometimes becomes difficult to find the front door…
Link to newsletter here. Including version without pictures. September news The newsletter contains: Upcoming seminar ‘The Aesthetics of Death’ The Olske Orchestra – ESCAPE revisited Ongoing trials Training update Reminders – members New faces in the house The experimental station invites to knowledge sharing Saturday 8 October from 12-16 The aesthetics of death between actor…
Now’s your chance… Watch or re-watch the full, almost 6 hour long, night performance that played in May/June ’16 at Værløse Air Station: The Olske Orkester presents the full unedited film of: “Escape – a night walk with a lost soul” Friday d. 9 September ´16 at 23 – 6.39 (sunrise) at Forsøgsstationen, Sønder Boulevard…
We hold start-up events – for new and old members – to give house users an opportunity to build relationships and spar across the board: On Saturday 24 September at 10-17, there’s a chance to build some shared stories and relationships as we invite members to a free event, with a Storyplay workshop by Jesper…
NB: screening moved from 24/8 at 13:00 to 26/8 at 10:00. Shh. Listen to this. Vild Kammerat and AbstraX investigate SOUND PICTURES at the Experimental Station. We explore aural storytelling on stage. We turn up the volume on sound. We explore how the sensory apparatus can be turned on with sound. In light and in…
Link to web version here: newsletter august 2016 The newsletter contains: Advertising for FREE membership workshop Since last Ongoing trials Library Special for members (concerning the start of the season) Permanent activities in the house Member workshop – start of season Start-up event for members – with Storyplay workshop Saturday 24 September 2016 10-17 (detailed…
We are currently hosting an experiment – which takes the form of a writing workshop. Peter Kunz and Sofie Alhøj are working on a book about the actor’s work. A kind of “manual for the actor”. The aim of the work at the Experimental Station is to achieve greater clarity and precision in the wording…
Øyvind Kirchhoff is in Paris for the whole month of August in residency, where he continues working on last season’s main experiment “The Actor and the Übermarionette“, an investigation of the stage expression of the actor and the puppet theatre and the fusion of both into a new stage expression. In Paris, he has…
The administration is now back after a wonderful summer holiday and is ready to welcome you to an excellent season. First of all, we would like to welcome Rikke Jeppesen Rod to the administration. She will be in charge of our social media profile, newsletters, website and be the other leg of the administration together…
We have the pleasure to host the Kenyan director George Mungai who is in Denmark to direct “The Merchant of Copenhagen”. During his residency here, he has worked through the script, edited it to fit the contemporary context, and had the first rehearsals on the floor. The cast consists of a group of actors, all…
The Experimental Station will hold its second membership meeting of the season on Monday 11 January 2016 from 16.00 – 18.00. How do you use the Experimental Station? What do you as members think we can do even better at the Experimental Station? Is there interest among our members for the Experimental Station to become…
Livingstone’s Cabinet invites you on Thursday 17 December 2015 at 19.00 – ? to an open screening with practical examples on the floor and an artist talk based on the experimental work titled Random Performance Game. Livingstone’s Cabinet has been working at the Experimental Station for the past month and a half developing the Random…
Platform On Friday 4 December 2015 from 17-21 there will be a “platform” for those who have held experiments at the Experimental Station in the last six months and the people who participated in their experiments. Platform is an artistic exchange of experiences in word and practice between experimental projects. It is both an exchange…
Members’ meeting at the Experimental Station The Experimental Station holds its first membership meeting of the season. How do you use the Experimental Station? As members, what do you think we can do even better at the Experimental Station? Is there interest among our members for the Experimental Station to become a more inclusive place?…
New recruitments at the Experimental Station Laura Ramberg has been employed as a development consultant at the Experimental Station as of 1 October 2015. Laura’s task is to help the artistic management to find new ways for the Experimental Station that can lead to a more stable financial situation. Her background is as a production…
Dramaturg Jette Lund has in the period d. 1-14 February ’15 had her own desk at the Experimental Station, where she worked on a written inventory – in list form – of the available material from the experiments that have been held at the Experimental Station over the past five years. More information on the…
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The Experimental Station invites you to a seminar, “ Physical training in an artistic context “. It is in the period Wednesday d. 25 February – Saturday d. 28 February 2015. Here the following questions are asked: What place does physical training have in the Danish performing arts environment? The seminar includes several workshops. Programme…
Come to the first artistic salon of the year with dancer, physical performer, choreographer and teacher, Kasper Ravnhøj. Wednesday d. 28 January 2015 at 19.30 – 22.00 in Boulevarden at the Experimental Station. It is free to attend and open to members and non-members alike. Registration is not necessary. Kasper Ravnhøj will present his method…
Come to the 5th birthday party at the Experimental Station Friday 12 December ’14 at 17.00 – ? There will be an open house, speeches, cake, bubbles, a performance by neocircus artist and performance artist Michiel Tange van Leeuwen, a concert by the band “No Man’s Land” playing soul, pop and dance music, and a…
The Human Theatre invites you to another open rehearsal Wednesday d. 10 December ’14 at 14.30 – 15.30 in Boulevarden. “Men Nu Har Jeg En Hjærne” is a musical study of grief – based on Gustaf Munch-Petersen’s poems and life. Starring: Signe Marie Schmidt-Jacobsen, Kirstine Stubbe Tejlbjærg and Hanne Raffnsøe Instructor: Nils P. Munk Dates…
Come to the first artistic salon of the 14/15 season with master teacher of the Suzuki Method of Actors Training and teacher of Bloch’s AlbaEmoting Method (CL5), actor and director ANNE-LISE GABOLD. On 28 November 2014 at 19.30 – 22.00 in Boulevarden at the Experimental Station. It is free to attend and open to members…
We celebrate the 5th birthday of the Experimental Station on Friday 12 December ’14 at 17.00 – ? All members and friends of the Experimental Station are invited! There will be an open house and speeches, a concert by the band “No Man’s Land” playing soul, pop and dance music, and a big party in…
It is now possible to book the TRUFFAUT room at the Experimental Station. The room is suitable for meeting activity.
