THE GREAT RENEWAL study of european avant-garde theatre between 1890 and 1930 What shoulders do we stand on when we think we are inventing the wheel in our rehearsal room? Is the modern performing arts in a state of rapid evolution or nothing more than a motley collection of variations and cross-cuts of what was…
VOCAL TRAINING AT THE LAB STATION: Finding your voice by working with the breath, the body and the voice and the word. Nadine George’s voice work is about finding your voice’s potential. It was actually developed for actors but in my work with the method it has become clear that it is about the general…
WEEKLY TRAINING Monday 9 – 11 Teach Each Other – starts 26 September – see more: www.burmesterwium.art 18 – 21 Stands & Dance – see more: www.standsogdans.dk Tuesdays 8 – 11 Free morning training in common room – starting 9 August. 19 – 21.30 Gaga training – start on. August 9. Wednesdays 9 -…
This is the time of year when we open applications for membership in 22/23. Season 22/23 runs as usual from August-June and costs 1.200 kr. Find more information and an application form here: https://www.forsoegsstationen.dk/membership/ Applications are open now, but please do not transfer funds until you have received approval for membership. However, if you wish…
The image is from the presentation of the Somatography experiment The Lab station held its last platform of the year on 3 June ’22. Seven very interesting and different experiments were presented – several based on dance/choreography, several focusing on climate – all with something important at heart, whether it was a big existential question…
Dear all who attended the spring party on 27/5 ’22, We hope you had as much fun as we did – thank you for a great party!! All the best for the summer that is almost upon us. Lotte, Øyvind, Charlotte & Lise
Teach Each Other Mondays celebrates the end of the season with a week packed full of art making with guest artist Margaret Dragu from Vancouver/Canada. The week starts with TEOM this coming Monday, June 13, 9-11am. We’d like to sit down with everyone who engaged in TEOM over coffee and croissants, talk about what we…
In May, the Forsøgsstationen hosted a study course in European avant-garde theatre with the instructor and cand. Marc van der Velden. Pictures and films from the interesting period 1890-1930 were shown, rum was drunk and there was a discussion about what the avant-garde was then, what it is now and how the avant-garde of…
The experimental station holds Spring party on 27/5 at 18.30-03. It is for members and special invitees from 18.30-22, followed by a branch party from 22-03. So come and dance with us!! We deserve it. We deserve to enjoy each other’s company. Eating, drinking, dancing, listening, laughing and shouting… Helping to clear the floor and…
Our report on the Shape of the Audience trial is now complete and there was a release with soup and chat on 25/3 – ’22. Pictured are the two dancers and choreographers Antoinette Helbing and Katrien van der Velden, who led the experiment together with a group of volunteers. The experiment was the third in…
Teach Each Other Monday: Helene Kvint: The Personal Narrative, Vol. 2 ENGLISH text below. Next Monday, Helene Kvint is back for a second TEOM this season. Once again, she invites you to work with your personal stories, inside her personal space and her long standing performing arts practice. How can we transform a personal story…
European avant-garde theatre workshop What shoulders do we stand on when we think we are inventing the wheel in our rehearsal room? Is the modern performing arts in a state of rapid evolution or nothing more than a motley collection of variations and cross-cuts of what was new and modern more than 100 years ago?…
Voting workshop 7-8 May 2022 10-16 at the Experimental Station We are once again offering a voice workshop with Angelina Kirchhoff for anyone who wants to work in depth with their voice. The workshop is about finding your voice by working with your breath, body, voice and words. About the workshop Nadine George’s voice work…
Voice training with Angelina Kirchhoff starts up again in March From 23/3-15/6 there is again voice training with Angelina every Wednesday at 9-10.45. Angelina draws on Nadine George’s voice work, which is about finding your voice’s potential. All members are welcome, but registration by SMS is required no later than the evening before 21:00 on…
Dorte and Jörn Burmester Wium from B&W Art and Support are excited to let you know that the second part of the 2021/22 season of their open knowledge sharing platform Teach Each Other Mondays is about to begin! All mebers and other interested people are welcome to catch a quick glimpse of the practice of…
Our planned members’ meeting on Friday 28/1 has been cancelled due to corona, but we look forward to seeing you at the next meeting on 25/3 at 5pm, where there will also be a release of the report on the Shape of the Audience season trial!
The Research Station has published newsletters in the past, but this is our first newsletter – it is written for and for stakeholders, peers, members, and anyone else who might want to read along. Here you can read about what’s going on at the Experimental Station, where we are right now, and where we’re headed…
Dear member of the Experimental Station. Come to the first members’ meeting of the new year on Friday 28 January from 5-8pm with the release of the trial report “The Shape of the Audience”. “The Shape of the Audience” is the third attempt in the series of the basic research project “Audience in an Artistic…
Dear all members. Unfortunately, we have to cancel the Christmas event on 17 December 2021 at the Experimental Station. We follow the recommendations of the health authorities and postpone the celebrations until spring 2022. The administration will be closed from 22 December 2021 to 4 January 2022. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. EXPERIMENTAL STATION
On 10 December, we held the last Platform at the Experimental Station in 2021. Platform is an artistic exchange of experience in word and practice between experimental projects, where we both exchange in small groups to get to the core of the individual experimental work, but subsequently in a common plenary also seek to…
The professional council for stage dance had on Thursday 2.12. invited to a salon at the Experimental Station. 15 people from very different backgrounds gathered to discuss what the Industry Council could do for the environment and the issues they saw. Lotte Faarup and Charlotte Rindom from the Experimental Station welcomed the…
The professional council for stage dance had on Thursday 2.12. invited to a salon at the Experimental Station. 15 people from very different backgrounds gathered to discuss what the Industry Council could do for the environment and the issues they saw. Lotte Faarup and Charlotte Rindom from the Experimental Station welcomed the participants…
We are excited to invite you to yet another very special Teach Each Other Monday. Our guest next Monday is Henrik Vestergaard, who you know as one of the masterminds of Live Art Danmark. But did you know that Henrik has also studied Kung Fu for the last 20 years or so? With King Kung…
Dear dancer/choreographer/physical performer at Forsøgsstationen. The Dance Platform is an initiative for members at Forsøgsstationen, with the aim to give dancers, choreographers and physical performers a weekly platform dedicated for training, artistic exchange and networking. Every Wednesday between 7 and 10 pm the hole year through, a studio is set aside for this purpose. Dancers…
In collaboration with Forsøgsstationen / The Lab Station, Glad Theatre and Complicité invites you to the sharing of the investigations and explorations made in the Artistic Development Workshop NEW FRONTIERS The sharing takes place at Forsøgsstationen, Thursday 28th of October, from 17.00 to19.00 What happens if artists approach creativity like they are explorers, astrophysicists,…
Dear dancer/choreographer/physical performer at Forsøgsstationen. The Dance Platform is an initiative for members at Forsøgsstationen, with the aim to give dancers, choreographers and physical performers a weekly platform dedicated for training, artistic exchange and networking. Every Wednesday between 7 and 10 pm the hole year through, a studio is set aside for this…
Stammbaum is the German word for family tree and the title of a fairly complex and confusing bundle of issues Dorte and Jörn Burmester Wium, hosts of Teach Each Other Mondays, are presently interested in. Thinking about family trees touches concerns of class, gender, visibility, appreciation and performance as art and in everyday life. The…
A new season in the performing arts begins without any Corona restrictions! B&W Art and Support are as excited as you are, and busy planning and preparing the second season of Teach Each Other Mondays. Regular Monday morning knowledge sharing will start up again in October. At 9 a.m. on Monday mornings, we will meet…
Dear member. Join us on Thursday 7 October from 5-8pm for the first members’ evening of the 21/22 season, where you can exchange artistic ideas and thoughts with other performing artists at the Forsøgsstationen. Hear about the latest news at the Experimental Station. Watch a film about recent attempts. Talk about yourself and what you…
STUDY COURSE ON EUROPEAN AVANT-GARDE THEATRE BETWEEN 1890 AND 1930 What shoulders do we stand on when we think we are inventing the wheel in our rehearsal room? Is the modern performing arts in a state of rapid evolution or nothing more than a motley collection of variations and cross-cuts of what…
Saturday d. 11/9 at 17-18 Sunday 12/9 at 17-18 Dear all. You are hereby invited to a performance of the work In Duo with Earth , which is a 40 minute dance and performance created and danced by Birgitte Skands . In duo with Earth, is a solo work formed in 2021…
We hereby invite those interested in telling and taking part in telling stories to join the experiment, Telling Workshop, at the Experimental Station At the Telling Studio we want to look at storytelling with fresh eyes. We will create a dynamic storytelling workshop with exercises and games, where we share our own stories…
Dear dancer/choreographer/physical performer at Forsøgsstationen. The Dance Platform is an initiative for members at Forsøgsstationen, with the aim to give dancers, choreographers and physical performers a weekly platform dedicated for training, artistic exchange and networking. Every Wednesday between 7 and 10 pm the hole year through, a studio is set aside for this…
The INTO THE UNKNOWN site has expanded to include presentations of two new experiments: The Shape of the Audience – study of audience movements, seen as choreographic patterns. Katrien van der Velden and Antoinette Helbing/ Forsøgsstationen The Sound of the Audience and Silence-Pause-Echo – study of the auditory identity of the audience in…
The experimental station is looking forward to season 21/22 and crosses fingers that it will be possible to make a lot of wonderful performing arts without interruptions. The FS therefore asks all interested parties – new and old members – to submit their CV and membership application for the 21/22 season. If the…
Two choreographers and 21 volunteers are busy developing The Experimental Station’s seasonal experiment “ The Shape of the Audience” See pictures from the process and read more about the content and presentation under CPH. STAGE here. “The Shape of the Audience” A study of audience movement patterns in the theatre …
The choral work “Silence – Pause – Reverberation” and the performance “The Driverless Man” presented during CPH. STAGE. Read more about pre-stories, content and ticketing here. “Silence – Pause – Reverberation” A choral work of audience sounds For the past 5 years, the research station has focused on “audience relations…
Finally! Corona restrictions were lifted (a little) and B&W Art and Support are able again to offer their knowledge sharing series Teach Each Other Mondays for you to participate in. Yes, there will be live and in person meetings at Forsøgsstationen on every Monday this May. B&W are proud and happy to present an exciting…
Then we open again for voice training. 12 and the. 26 May before the summer holidays. Remember to sign up by texting 20150949 the day before. Remember coronapas. more info about voice training
The experiment Silence – Pause – Reverberation was held and presented in autumn 2020 – here you can watch a trailer from the process and premiere. Silence – Pause – Reverberation is a choral work that focuses on transforming the sounds and actions of the audience into an artistic sound work. What does expectation sound…
Would you like to participate in a project based on audience movement patterns in the theatre together with 15-20 other volunteers? The Shape of the Audience is an experimental project initiated by Forsøgsstationen and shaped by choreographers, dancers and performers Antoinette Helbingand Katrien van der Velden, which focuses on the movement patterns of…
The experimental station follows the guidelines and instructions of the authorities to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The experimental station will therefore be closed until 6 May 2021.
We have closed the registration for new members at the Experimental Station for the 2020/21 season.It is great that there is so much interest in our halls, activities and experimental opportunities and therefore we must unfortunately say no to more members.
Welcome Live Art Denmark for the fourth Teach Each Other Monday B&W Art and Support invite you to take a look inside the creative mind of a different artist on 12 Teach Each Other Mondays during the 2020/21 season. On the fourth Teach Each Other Monday we are looking forward to learn about the work…
Due to coronary restrictions and cancelled performances, this season we have given space to The Olske Orkester and Akut 360 can present their performances and subsequent Artist Talk at the Experimental Station. Who’s knocking plays from 9-21 November 2020 weekdays at 19.30 Saturdays at 16 in Boulevarden. Zenobia plays from 5 – 6 February 2021…
B&W offer Teach Each Other Mondays throughout the 2020/21 season. Come and take a look inside the creative mind of a different artist on 12 Monday mornings during the 2020/21 season. For our third Teach Each Other Monday we are happy to welcome performance artist Tove Vestmø. She will offer you a practical look into…
SILENCE – PAUSE – REVERBERATION VIDEOTRAILER Download image Read the press release here
B&W offer Teach Each Other Mondays throughout the 2020/21 season. Come and take a look inside the creative mind of a different artist on 12 Monday mornings during the 2020/21 season. For our second Teach Each Other Monday we are happy to welcome Columbian performance artist David Sebastian Lopez Restrepo. He will offer you a…
Silence – Pause – Reverberation is a choral work that focuses on transforming the sounds and actions of the audience into an artistic sound work. What does expectation sound like? Breath holding? What do people do during breaks and what does it sound like? And what are the impressions that remain in the memory and…
We have now closed the registration for new members at the Experimental Station for the 2020/21 season.It is great that there is so much interest in our halls, activities and experimental opportunities and therefore we must unfortunately say no to more members.
The voice training with Angelina Kirchhoff will start on 2 September from 9-10.45. Remember to sign up.
Monday morning: art and coffee Start your week with other artists and get an insight into their creative practice, get coffee, conversation about artistic processes, knowledge sharing, networking and free croissants. It all starts on. 7 September 2020 at 9am, where B&W invite you to their inaugural event of their brand new series of Teach…
Read here about our training offers. Please note that there may be restrictions on the number of participants per team due to coronary rules.
First choir rehearsal 14 August 2020. Next time is on Friday 21 August.
The new administrator at the Experimental Station will be Charlotte Rindom, who will take up the post on 17 August 2020. For several years, Charlotte has helped the Research Station with fund applications and administrative tasks. We look forward to welcoming Charlotte after the summer holidays. Charlotte replaces Lise Aagaard Knudsen who has been employed…
There’s news! Here’s the latest news from the old cinema. You can read about the brand new experiment “The shape of the Audience” which again focuses on the roles and expressions of the audience. Link to the newsletter is here or click on photo:
Dear all From 1 July we will be on summer holiday at the Experimental Station. We look forward to seeing you on 1 August. Have a nice summer and enjoy the good weather
Our seasonal experiment“Silence, Pause, Audience Memories” managed to have its first choir rehearsal on Friday 6 March. Composer Peter Bruun and choirmaster Erik Jakobsson introduced the audience to the newly composed work. Peter and Erik also formed the musical power-team at Lyden af Publikum, the season experiment in 2016/17, where we played at the Royal…
One of Forsøgsstation’s attractive offices has become vacant as of 1 September 2020. The rent is DKK 3,826 per month. Forsøgsstationen is a workshop for professional performing arts and IN THE SERVICE OF EXPERIMENT. With that as our main purpose, we make the house available to members, our ‘residents’ with offices and tenants in the…
It is now possible to apply for membership of the Experimental Station for the next season, which begins on 1 August. All enquiries should be made via mail@forsoegsstationen.dk or our main number 38793828 as we are not yet open to personal enquiries. To become a member there are some criteria you have to meet and…
The Narrative Theatre invites you to share Face it! Wednesday d. 10 June at 19.30-21.30 in Wittmaack at the Experimental Station. Max. 30 participants. Registration to Jesper la Cour at 26 92 98 41. Face it! Is the theatre’s latest production and was in the running for the April Festival when we had to close…
We are pleased to announce the reopening of the Experimental Station to members on Tuesday 2 June. We comply with the guidelines issued, which we have summarised and translated for our house. Members will be notified by email with the rules shortly. We recommend that members limit their stay in the house so that they…
Here we go. Take care of each other. If you fancy a ‘deep dive’, you are very welcome to delve into“Into the Unknown” – our site with hours of wonderful interviews and material from 10 trials over the last 10 years here at the Experiment Station. Below are a few photos from the first rehearsal…
Due to Covid-19, there will be no activities at the Experimental Station until 10 May. The training schedule with dance on Monday evening, GAGA on Tuesday evening and Thursday morning and voice training on Wednesday will therefore not take place during this period. The administration works from home, so it is still possible to get…
Forsøgsstationen is the setting for this event with the Association of Danish Dramatists on Saturday 22 February at 15:30-17:30. The Association of Danish Playwrights (FDD) will hold its annual general meeting, and in this context there will be a panel discussion with the theme “Collective Processes”. The panel includes: Solveig Gade (Professor of Performing Arts…
In cooperation with Copenhagen Jewish Film Festival, a programme of GAGA dance will be presented on Sunday 1 March. Teachers are Siri Wolthoorn (DK) and Kari Vig Petersen (DK, N). Description from the Festival programme: Not everyone is into dancing but many, and more and more are. Around the world, Gaga dance has taken hold…
We are in full swing with the recruitment for this year’s seasonal experiment, and have among others gotten several of the former participants of LYDEN AF PUBLIKUM on board. We still have room for more volunteers and therefore we invite you to participate in the first test on Friday 6 March from 16:30-19 Composer Peter…
As of 1 February, we have a change of administrator, as Rikke Giselsson is leaving. Therefore, from February there is a new face in the office. Lise Aagaard Knudsen will be in charge of the administrative tasks until the summer. However, Lise is not entirely new to the house, as she has worked for the…
The experiment “The Laughing Game” led by Antionette Helbing invites you to a screening on Friday 17 January at 14.00 in the Camera room here at the Experimental Station. The invitation reads as follows: Sharing Session “The Laughing Game” by Antoinette Helbing On Friday the 17th of January at 14:00-15:00 Antoinette invites for an informal…
The December newsletter is out and we would like to wish everyone a peaceful Christmas and a happy New Year. Read on if you haven’t already received it in the mail. We are committed to recycling. Here is a photo from the Christmas tree last year…
Thank you to everyone for contributions, greetings, gifts and good mood at the party last Saturday where we celebrated that it is now 10 years since we first put the key in the door at Sdr. Boulevard 81. Here’s a photo-potpourri of the day and the evening’s various presentations and speeches. Photographer is Poul Storm.…
We look forward to opening the doors at 4pm on Saturday for a great day of celebration! Hope to see you! A little nostalgia is in order: Lotte & Øyvind stood 10 years ago in front of the old cinema – in connection with an article by Carsten Jensen in Teateravisen. Read the article from…
Unfortunately, the event has been cancelled. Theatre Prisme and Zetland jointly invite to a conversation salon about our relationship with nature Thursday 28 November 19:30 – 21:30 in the Boulevard Hall at the Experimental Station. Come and find out what inconsistent natural optics and the urge to re-enforce nature have to do with a lifeline…
There’s news from the old cinema in the box. Here is a direct link to the newsletter. Read about exciting new trials (including viewing open to all) and some good news about the upcoming 10th anniversary celebration on 7 December. There is also information about the annual Nadine George workshop and a reminder about the…
On Friday 13 December from 17-21, we will hold the biannual platform where the ‘experiments’ will share their experiences with each other and with the other participants. It is not only for those who are currently participating in a given season but also for others – artists and art lovers – members and non-members. It…
Our member Rasmus Pold is hosting the event which will be held on Saturday 30 November at 5pm. The event consists of a reading of a new play followed by a dialogue with the actors and scriptwriter. Admission is free. “The actors give voice to 5 characters in a tragicomic text with lyrical passages and…
We are proud to offer again a 6-day intensive workshop with the internationally renowned voice teacher Nadine George. This season she will be coming in week 20 – from 11 May to 16 May 2020. Read more about the workshop, conditions and price via this link. The workshop is very popular and usually fills up…
Our seasonal experiment “Silence, Pause and Audience Memories” is in full preparation. Composer Peter Bruun is composing, and Øyvind Kirchhoff is recruiting for the choir, which will start rehearsing early in the new year. Several members of the former LYDEN AF PUBLIKUM team have already signed up, which we are very proud of! We are…
Autumn news from the old cinema. We’re busy preparing for our 10th birthday party and we’re also recruiting for our brand new seasonal trials. There will be more on this in the November issue – if you haven’t subscribed to the newsletter yet, you can do so quickly and easily here. Link to the October…
Our talented video documentarian Helle Lyshøj, who was also behind the camera for our film on“THE SOUND OF THE PUBLIC” and last season’s working demonstration“WHAT IS AN INQUIRY“, has been at work again. Together with Lotte Faarup, she is putting the finishing touches to “INTO THE UNKNOWN” – the site to be launched at the…
Then it is quite true. We’re having a party on Saturday 7 December here in the old cinema to celebrate 10 years of the Experimental Station! And everyone is invited to celebrate this anniversary with us. We start already at 4 pm with a reception, and there will be lots of fun and games, not…
The experimental station slows down a bit in week 42 as the office is closed – BUT members are active and there are GAGA three times and a BMC workshop. Our perpetual intern Stork is the only man on deck – but he’s FULLY ready! We wish you all a great autumn holiday and not…
We have the pleasure of hosting another exciting workshop during the autumn holidays. It is a BMC workshop entitled “Breathing in water” with Ayelet Yekutiel (Israel) on Tuesday 15 October from 10-13. The price is 200 kr. – there are a limited number of places. Registration to Birgitte.lundtoft@gmail.com There are a number of free places…
Here’s the update on the GAGA classes this fall. There are some planned cancellations as shown in the table below. There will be an extra class with guest teacher Alvin Collantes on Saturday, October 19, 9:30-10:30 a.m. (last Saturday of fall break). Week 41: Tuesday 8/10:NORMAL, Thursday 10/10 CANCELLED Week 42: Tuesday 15/10:NORMAL, Thursday 17/10…
News about voice training As a novelty we have decided to make the first Wednesday of the month ‘entrance’ for members who have not worked with the technique before. The other times assume that you have worked with Nadine George’s technique before. Read more about the work here. *) ‘Newcomers’ who have never worked with…
On 4 – 6 October 2019 INSTITUT FÖR SCENKONST (S) will visit Forsøgsstationen with the workshop “The Being of Doing” by MAGDALENA PIETRUSKA and ROGER ROLIN. Places are still available – there are a limited number of free places for members – and otherwise it costs 1,700 DKK to attend. Please note that applications for…
Playwright Gritt Uldall-Jessen has written a blog post on a hot topic entitled “The Value of Art”. Read it here – and comment here or on our Facebook page.
The first newsletter of the season is now on the air. Thank you very much – there are many little treats! News about exciting and wild experiments with Svend E. Kristensen / Sew Flunk Fury Wit and Sara Gebran. There is also a video where Øyvind talks about the summer workshop with Nadine George.
At the start of the season we have, as usual, an intro price for renewing or creating a membership. It costs only 950 DKK for a full season up to and including 30 June 2020 for individual members living in Greater Copenhagen. Membership includes the opportunity to attend the weekly Nadine George Voice Work training…
The old cinema is now open for the brand new 2019/2020 season! It will be an exciting year – not least because we will be celebrating our 10th anniversary.
Before we close the cinema for this season, we wish a good summer to those of you who follow our fortunes. We’ll be back after the holidays on August 1. Today, 26 June, we have allowed some forward-looking activities – and therefore we have a nice visit from choirmaster Erik Jakobsson and composer Peter Bruun.…
The June newsletter is out – read about our upcoming celebration of 10 years in the old cinema! And get a sneak peek of our new administrator Rikke Giselssson who starts after the holidays and replaces Dorte Burmester Wium until she comes back after maternity leave. Link to mailchimp here.
There will be a “Platform” on Friday 14 June from 17-21, followed by dinner. Platform is an artistic exchange of experience in word and practice between experimental projects, where we both exchange in small groups to get to the core of the individual experimental work, but subsequently in a common plenary also seek to talk…
On the weekend of 15. -16 June a masterclass by actor and theatre educator Tony Grahn (S) will be held in ReFocusMethod. Places are still available so take the opportunity to get to know this technique, developed from the theatre teacher and actor Andris Blekte‘s (1923-2007) relaxation technique for actors. About the method: “How to…
As we wait for CPH STAGE to get underway tonight, we share news of a project that is the culmination of a multi-year experiment led by Lotte Faarup and Øyvind Kirchhoff. Read the press release here. The curious can watch the working demonstration “The Actor and the Übermarionette” during CPH STAGE on Friday 31 May…
We have just received a grant of 150,000 from the Danish Arts Foundation for audience development in an artistic context under the project titles “Silence”, “Pause” and “Audience memories”. More information on these and other new projects will follow. Among other things, there will be several events during CPH Stage, where we invite the public…
The Research Station is looking for a maternity leave replacement for our administrator from 1 August 2019 to 30 June 2020. The position is half-time (19 hours/week) and the scope of work is: – Responsibility for the day-to-day running of the house including: liaison with authorities, board, house owner and house staff. – Responsibility for…
The experimental station has had to take a break from accepting new members for a while. We are now accepting applications for membership again. Read more about the specific conditions of membership here. However, you cannot register for the rest of this season (which ends on 30 June) alone – you must also register for…
Next week there is an intensive workshop in Nadine George Voice Work for 6 days. On the last day, Saturday 4 May, 12-14, there will be an open rehearsal for a small audience. Here is a chance to see how Nadine George works with workshop participants using this special technique, where this year’s texts are…
The office will be on Easter break next week. We will be back on Tuesday 23 April. The usual training does not run during holidays, but GAGA is an exception during Easter, when there is both GAGA Tuesday evening from 20-21 and Thursday morning from 8:30-9:30. Greetings. Members train for free.
There’s news from the old cinema. Read more here – and if you don’t yet subscribe to our newsletter, you can do so via this link. Among other things, there is news about the programme for CPH STAGE here at Forsøgsstationen… Enjoy your reading!
The Free Field Festival 2019 will hold the seminar “Future Perspectives” at the Experiment Station. Saturday 16 March ´19 at 11.00- 13.00 The programme for the day is: Introduction to the Experimental Station by Rikke Jeppesen Rod, Communications Officer. Introduction to the current open call for Godsbanens Open Stage season 19/20 in Aarhus by the…
The programme for CPH STAGE 2019 rolls out today and we’re there like last year! See more by clicking on the titles: OPEN HOUSE THE ACTOR AND THE ÜBERMARIONETTE the sound of the audience in the cinema Or go to our overall programme page here.
The latest news from the Experimental Station is out. Read about upcoming pilot projects, reunion with LYDEN AF PUBLIKUM and grant from Bikubenfonden for audience development in an artistic context. Read also the article in the theatre newspaper on. 30.1.19 about our house, and latest news about funding from us(link) – Bikuben has supported the…
We are pleased and proud to announce that the Bikuben Foundation has accepted our application for 300,000 DKK in grants for the continued experimental work with audience development in an artistic context under the project titles: “Silence”, “Pause” and “Audience Memories”. The sound of the audience was a great success from which we learned many…
GAGA people – NEW WEEKS AND TIMES Gagahas moving day after New Year. There will be morning training on Thursday at 8:30-9:30 instead of Tuesday and evening class will move from Wednesday to Tuesday at 20-21 (also new time! – before it was 19-20). NOTE: No GAGA on Thursday 24 January. On the other hand,…
We’re back after the Christmas holidays and ready for a brand new year! A newsletter with exciting news is coming soon. We look forward to sharing it with you.
The December issue of the Experiment Station newsletter is out! If you don’t subscribe yet, you can register here. There is news about the trials and presentation of the recently released mini-documentary about the trip to Turin with the SOUND OF THE PUBLIC. And for members – and other exercisers – there’s news about training:…
It’s official and out in the world – the mini-documentary on the SOUND OF THE PUBLIC Turin 2018 is released. See the press release here. Watch the documentary live by clicking on the image below:
The newsletter for November is out… – read here or sign up to receive the monthly newsletter in your inbox(link to register on mailing list). You can read about the recently held seminar on quality in theatre.
The next platform will take place on Friday 14 December 2018 from 17-21 at the Experimental Station. Platform is an artistic exchange of experience in word and practice between experimental projects, where we both exchange in small groups to get to the core of the individual experimental work, but subsequently in a common plenary also…
As a prelude to the quality seminar here at Forsøgsstationen on 24 November (which will not be about economic models), Lotte Faarup has written a sharp little article in Teateravisen entitled “Who should pay for quality?” – read here.
The registration deadline is approaching for the quality seminar on 24 November: How do you talk about quality in theatre? Seminar on experiences and new visions for quality work in theatre Saturday d. 24 November 10 – 17 at the Experimental Station The experimental station holds a seminar on the concept of quality in theatre.…
The two upcoming voice training lessons on Wednesday 24 October, 31 October and 14 November will be held by the lovely Anja Owe. Anja, like Angelina Watson, is an accredited acting and voice teacher in Nadine George Voice Work and has assisted Nadine at her acting workshops with international participation in London. In addition, Anja…
Now we are in full swing with the SOUND OF PUBLIC Torino edition! The University of Turin has recruited 45 people for the choir and everyone has been working hard this week to get ready for the concert tomorrow night at Teatro Vittoria. It’s been fun and challenging with such a short trial period! We…
As usual, the office will be closed during the autumn holidays in week 42. We will be back on Monday 22 October. However, we haven’t closed the house – and there will be plenty of people in the house in the coming week. Please note that there will be no voice training or dancing with…
With a little delay – due to the preparations for the LYDEN AF PUBLIKUM’s trip to Turin – here is the newsletter of the Experimental Station for the month of September. Here is the link to the mailchimp version.
The first newsletter for the 18/19 season has been sent out. Here you can read about the Patras anniversary party, new exciting experiments and the season’s trainings! Lin to newsletter here. If you do not yet subscribe to the Experimental Station newsletter, you can sign up via this link.
Today, Friday 31 August, Theatre Patrasket is holding an anniversary reception here at Forsøgsstationen from 4-6pm, followed by a party. We congratulate them on 33.3 years of service and thank them for their tireless dedication to children’s theatre at its best! Read more here (Teateravisens review)
Saturday d. On November 24, 18, Forsøgsstationen in Copenhagen will hold a seminar on the concept of quality in theatre. Inspired by the work of the quality committees in the children’s and youth environment in the 80s and 90s, and sensing a growing need in the theatre community to (re)find a qualified language around criticism,…
THIEVING START TO THE SEASON’S TRAINING GAGA/people by Siri Wolthoorn is back in season 18/19 as a regular training in the old cinema and we are super happy about that! In August there is GAGA on Wednesdays at 18:30 – 19:30 Come early – it starts SHARP! All are welcome – regardless of one’s movement…
The office has reopened after a much-needed summer break – and we look forward to seeing new and old faces in the coming season. There are already several trials in the pipeline and GAGA has started (although in August only on Wednesday evenings 18:30-19:30). Find out more about the training offers we have for you…
On Friday 8 June, Forsøgsstationen held a small event to round off a fantastic CPH Stage festival, where we had an Open House for the first time. We had invited to a Friday bar where the choir from LYDEN AF PUBLIKUM had the opportunity to meet and where we also had the release of the…
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The experimental station will be closed from 1 July to 31 July 2018. We wish everyone a happy holiday and look forward to opening our doors again on 1 August for a new season of exciting experiments. Among other things, we can announce that the SOUND OF THE PUBLIC will be the first of the…
There will be a “Platform” on Friday 15 June from 17-21, followed by dinner. Platform is an artistic exchange of experience in word and practice between experimental projects, where we both exchange in small groups to get to the core of the individual experimental work, but subsequently in a common plenary also seek to talk…
On Friday 8 June at 17-19, the Experimental Station is holding a Friday bar to round off a great week of Open Days. We’ve had many GAGA morning dancers and curious locals and theatre people in for a look at our lovely house. In connection with the Friday bar, we will make an official release…
CPH Stage is officially underway and we are working hard to get ready for our part of the party, the Open House from Monday 4 June. We hope to see a lot of happy and curious people at GAGA, coffee and good talks, reunions with LYDEN AF PUBLIKUM and relaxing breaks in the installation “I…
We are holding an Open House during CPH Stage. There will be lots of activity here during the days 4 to 8 June 2018 – when we’ll have open doors between 8am and 4pm! Come in and have a cup of coffee and see our beautiful house. Among other things, we have a guided tour,…
Jesper la Cour from the Storytelling Theatre is organising a storytelling seminar next Friday 25 May together with Sagnlandet. Invitation is available here. It takes place in Sagnlandet ahead of a weekend of “Storytelling Days” where storytellers from all over the country perform. Read more about the programme here. Jesper has developed the Story Play…
Deadline for registration for 2-day workshop on voice training for professional performers is approaching. There are still a few places for the fast ones. Please write to rikke@forsoegsstationen.dk to secure your place by Wednesday 23 May. Workshop takes place on Monday 4 June and Tuesday June 5. Angelina Watson offers an intensive workshop in Nadine…
During our Open House at CPH Stage, Nordic Performance Art works with young people in the project “Young Nature Wild”. There is still room for school classes 5th and up. The project is supported by the Danish Arts Council’s House Artist Scheme and the City of Copenhagen’s Åbenskole. Therefore, it is free for students to…
In connection with the Ministry of Culture’s consultation on the future of the performing arts, the Experimental Station has submitted a consultation response. Excerpt: Read our full answer here. It can also be read on the Ministry of Culture’s website, where you can find out about the key points and perspectives of various actors in…
We have just had the pleasure of Andreas Dawe and his crew for their first exploration of the work Zenobia. They have been working in this house for the last 3 weeks. Andreas explains the project here: “”Zenobia” is a 2016 award-winning Danish graphic novel by Morten Dürr and Lars Horneman about a Syrian girl,…
Newsletter for March and April is out. Link to full version is here. Read about the exchange seminar “Artistic Research” where dramaturgy and theatre studies students got to try out what an experimental project could consist of. More about the seminar here.
It’s time for GAGA again. Come and dance with the lovely Siri Wolthoorn on Saturday 21 April from 10-12. It costs DKK 100 for guests and is free for members of the Experiment Station. CPH STAGE – GAGA and more! By the way, we have an agreement with Siri to do a morning class in…
Read the latest blog post written by H.C. Gimbel – about one of Mette Bock’s key issues. H.C. gets to the heart of the talent-elite issue and calls for answers from the Minister of Culture clarifying the concepts. He provides a sharp and highly relevant analysis of how the concept of education has changed over…
Then it’s not long until the annual showcase for Danish children’s theatre at its best! We can feel it here in the house, not least because several of our residents do theatre for children – and many ‘ordinary’ members as well. We have had and have rehearsal rooms full of theatre groups rehearsing for the…
We have just had the pleasure of co-hosting a 3-day exchange seminar between Dramaturgy at Aarhus University, Theatre and Performance Studies at Copenhagen University, Forsøgsstationen and The Danish School of Performing Arts. The theme this year was “artistic research” and the students from the programmes had the opportunity to learn about the traditions and practices…
The office is closed for the Easter holidays, but members can continue to use the house as usual. We will be back on Tuesday 3 April.
Rikke Liljenberg and the team from the Shakespeare experiment will perform at the Gammelgaard Museum this weekend in connection with the exhibition “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by the sculptor Pontus Kjerrman. The team will perform excerpts from the play on Saturday 24 March at 15.00 and on Sunday 25 March at 15.00. It’s free to…
We are holding a seminar for invited artists on Saturday 24 March 2018 here at the Experimental Station. The day will be about audience development in an artistic context, based on knowledge sharing about our main experiment in 2017 “THE SOUND OF THE AUDIENCE”. Photo: from video by Helle Lyshøj and Lotte Faarup The experiment…
We have GAGA on the programme again with the lovely Siri. Come as you are and be danced through… It is free for members and costs 100 DKK for guests. Read more about the GAGA training here.
On Friday and Saturday there are performances and workshops in connection with the Vesterbro Theatre Festival 2018. Friday d. 9 March at 10 a.m. plays the performance“Bjowulf” with Jesper la Cour Andersen and Troels Kirk Ejsing (Det Fortællende Teater) followed by a workshop and on Saturday at 3 pm the theatre Patrasket plays their brand…
The newsletter for February 2018 is out… Read about the premiere of SUKKER, spring training and group membership opportunities. Link to the newsletter in its full version is here. We have just released a place on the annual workshop with Nadine George. Details of the workshop can also be found here.
These days we are visited again by the group participating in the Story Play experiment, led by Jesper la Cour Andersen, Det Fortællende Teater. The group, made up of children, young people, adults and ‘even more adults’, will be speaking at a local school later today as part of the trial. Read more about the…
We have now reached member number 100 and that calls for cake! We look forward to continued artistic explorations with new and old faces… NB: the office is closed in week 7 but the house is still open for all the artistic training you may need…
The newsletter for January 2018 is out… Among other things, there is a unique opportunity for a place at the annual workshop with Nadine George. Details of the workshop can also be found here. Read the newsletter here. Or read one of the previous newsletters here.
Vera Maeder / Hello!earth is back with an experiment The Night (2) – and in this context they would like to invite interested parties to participate in the experiment: “From the 5. to 6 February we’ll do an open sharing/overnight: we’ll gather at 8pm on the 5th of February and it’ll end at 9am the…
Here is the invitation from the New Circus Company Cikaros & Theatre Kimone: “Invitation to general rehearsal! We have now for 4 weeks rumsteret in Wittmark and now on Saturday the. 27 January at 13.00 we have a dress rehearsal of Reverse – A dance acrobatic game with the reverse for 3-6 year olds. We’d…
We’re in full swing for January! Training and various projects are underway. We soon have the pleasure of member trials with Vera Maeder (The Night number 2) who works at night! (it starts in week 4) and in week 5 Jesper la Cour has again gathered the team of the Storyplay 3 experiment for their…
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 –…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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’;…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Today we have published the last post of the season on our blog with the title “Back to the Past”, written by performer and director, Naja Lee Jensen. Here is an excerpt from the post: “Why do I feel like I’ve gone back to the past? Is the return to Denmark a journey back to…
The Experimental Station will be closed for the summer holidays throughout July 2016. We will reopen in August 2016, when you must remember to re-register for the 16/17 season. Photo: Rikke Jeppesen RodIf you would like to become a member of Forsøgsstationen, please send a short, motivated application and your CV to: mail(at)forsoegsstationen.dk You must…
Angelina Watson will finish her voice lessons on Wednesday 15 June 2016. This will be the last time this season. Training will resume as usual on a weekly basis in September 2016.
The Performing Arts Ensemble, Out of Balanz is unfortunately forced to cancel the screening of “She But Not Herself”. The performance was to have been shown on Saturday 4 June 2016 at 19.00 at the Experimental Station. It was part of the CPH Stage programme. The cancellation is due to illness.
Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to participate in MB training with Mireia Serra this season. Training will resume in August 2016. Participation in the training is free for members of the Experimental Station.
Today we published a new post on our blog, written by actress Marie-Lydie Nokouda. Here is an excerpt from the post: “Actors of ethnic diversity are, in my analysis, simply too absent and outright underrepresented in the performing arts in this country. Take a look for yourself at the theatre catalogue for the 16/17 season,…
Today we have published a new post on our blog entitled “Welcome home” written by artist and director, Joachim Hamou. Here is an excerpt from the post: “It’s time to break the structural hegemony of the theatre world, which unimaginatively copies power-oriented political institutions. It is with solidarity that we can stop the disturbing neoliberal…
On the nights of 12-13 and 13-14 April 2016, the group hello earth! will be holding a participatory workshop, “The Night”, which includes an overnight stay at the Experiment Station. The workshop aims to “explore dreaming and visioning in collective situations and liminal states of mind, including imagining a post-capitalist society in a sleeping state.”…
Today we published a new post on our blog entitled “Experimental … what is it?” written by actor and playwright, Andreas Dawe. That’s him in the photo. Here is an excerpt from the post: “When I apply for funding from the Danish Arts Council’s Project Support Committee for the Performing Arts (PSU), I can see…
Tuesday 5 April 2016 from 09.00-10.30 will be the last time this season that there will be an opportunity to practice the Feldenkrais Method at the Experimental Station. Training will resume in the autumn, starting on 1 September 2016. The Feldenkrais Method explores body, mind and consciousness. Through concrete movement, participants are given the opportunity…
On Saturday 19 March, 10.00-16.00, Burkinabe actor, playwright and director Thierry Oueda will lead a workshop on West African storytelling. At 16.00-17.00 there will be a screening of the EARTH YEAR experiment. Playwright and director Kristian Husted is in charge of the EARTH YEAR experiment in collaboration with Thierry Oueda. Both the workshop and the…
The seminar “The Playwright’s Workshop” is a look into the playwright’s workroom. It will take place on Monday 14 March 2016 from 12.00-17.00 in the Boulevarden at the Experimental Station. Here, playwrights Astrid Saalbach, Tomas Lagermand Lundme, Joan Rang and Thomas Markmann explain their working methods, illustrated by examples from their own works. The following…
The Narrative Theatre presents the performance “Absalon” at the Experimental Station as part of the Vesterbro Festival. The group writes the following about the performance: “This is a terrific narrative journey through the tumult of major events in the 12th century. It’s a story about a boy who gets caught up in a power play.…
Today we have published two new blog posts on the Experimental Station website. One post is entitled: “I get an acute and uncontrollable urge to go to the bathroom when I hear the word growth”. It is written by theatre worker and critic, Kristian Husted. Here is a short excerpt from his speech: “I get…
On Saturday 27 February 2016 from 12.00-14.00 it is possible to follow some hours of the final day of a workshop in voice training with Nadine George. It is as a spectator that you have the opportunity to follow the participants’ final day at the workshop. The event takes place at the Experimental Station. Registration…
In November 2015 and January-February 2016, Jesper La Cour from The Narrative Theatre has led the experiment “Story Play”, which is about the development of oral narratives as performing arts expressions in a non-competitive context. It draws on the experience of audiences in different age groups. There will be an open screening of the experiment…
Here is the programme for the seminar “Drama without drama” on Friday 12 February 2016 from 13.00 – 17.00. 13.00 – 13.05 Welcome by Gritt Uldall-Jessen from the Research Station 13.05 – 13:35 Presentation “History of drama with emphasis on cabaret dramaturgy and neo-mimesis” by Professor Knut Ove Arntzen (Bergen, Norway) 13:35- 13:45 Questions, comments…
There are no more tickets available for the seminar “Drama without drama” on Friday 12 February 2016 at 13.00-17.00 at the Experimental Station. All places are taken, but a live streaming of the seminar has been arranged so that those who will not be able to attend in person can follow it online. There will…
The Experimental Station will hold a membership meeting on Monday, February 8, 2016 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. To register for the members’ meeting, please send an e-mail to: mail(at)forsoegsstationen.dk The deadline for registering for the meeting is 5 February 2016. Soup will be served after the meeting. The meeting will take place in the foyer of…
Anette Asp Christensen invites to a public screening of and a dialogue about the potential of the “Second Skin Experiment” Friday 22 January 2016, 17.00-18.00. Anette Asp Christensen is, in addition to being the project leader, also a dancer and puppeteer/maker. Katrine Nilsen is a set designer and puppet maker. Ingrid Tranum Velasquez is a…
Knut Ove Arntzen gives, in connection with his residency at Forsøgsstationen in February 2016, which is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation, an open theory workshop for all interested with the title: FORMASJON-HANDLING-OPPLEVELSE The workshop will take place on Monday 15 February 2016 from 16.00-18.00. Knut Ove Arntzen is a professor at the University of…
Training on a weekly basis will start again in the first week of January 2016. Voice lessons by Angelina Watson. Every Wednesday at 09.15-10.45 in Boulevarden. The first class of the new year is on 6 January 2016 from 09.15-10.45. The Feldenkrais Method by Birgitte Hinz and Katharina Kamber. Every Tuesday at 09.00-10.30 in Boulevarden.…
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…
The Experimental Station invites you to its first members’ meeting of the season, followed by a Christmas lunch. On Friday 11 December 2015 there will be a meeting in the foyer for all members from 16.00-18.00. How do you use the Experimental Station? As members, what do you think we can do even better at…
Livingstone’s Cabinet invites you on Thursday 17 December 2015 at 7pm to an open screening with practical examples on the floor and an artist talk based on the experimental work entitled RPG (Random Performance Game). Livingstone’s Cabinet has worked with the following question: can a hands-on board game/card game be developed that can be used…
The young theatre company Altamira Studio Teater, currently based at Odin Teatret, will give a small concert, “The World Is A Song” on Monday 16.11.’15 at 19.30 in the foyer of Forsøgsstationen. There will be some soup and bread after the concert. The deadline for registration is Sunday 15 November 2015. For registration write to…
The experiment“The actor and the über-marionette“, which has been running at the Experimental Station since 24 September 2015, is an investigation of the stage expression of the actor and the puppet theatre and the fusion of both into a new stage expression. It is now possible to watch a video clip of the experimental work.…
In the context of the main experiment of the Experimental Station “The actor and the über-marionette” we offer free training for all interested in le mime corporel dramatique and mask work. It will take place every Thursday from 1 October 2015 at 19.00-20.30 in the Boulevarden at the Experimental Station. Technology dramatic body mimedeveloped by…
Today, Wednesday 23 September 2015 from 17.00-19.30, the weekly MB training starts with trainer Mireia Serra at the Experimental Station. It is every Wednesday from 17.00-19.30 in Boulevarden. The training focuses on relaxation of the body, breathing, pace, coordination, mobility, strength and balance with an overall focus on increasing fitness, body awareness and presence. Participants…
From today, Tuesday 15 September 2015, 09.00-10.30, training according to the Feldenkrais Method will be offered at the Experimental Station. In the training we explore body, mind and consciousness. Through concrete movement sessions, participants get the opportunity to feel themselves from the inside. The Feldenkrais Method is described as a form of study that can…
The regular weekly voice lessons by Angelina Watson start up again on Wednesday 2 September 2015 at 09.15-10.45 in the Boulevarden. Send an SMS to 20150949 at the latest the night before – before 9pm if you are coming. Working with the voice is an exploration of the actor’s potential. Each voice is unique, as…
Nordlys-festival, a festival for new Nordic dance, will host a performance “How to be /loved-perspectives” on 2 Sept 2015 at 8 pm in Boulevarden at Forsøgsstationen by and with Antoinette Helbing and Jan Vesala. Watch clips from the performance here: Duration: 90 min. Admission is free. Tickets are available at the door on a first-come,…
From 3 August, the Experimental Station is open again, after being closed for the whole month of July. Contortider: New for the 15/16 season, the office will be open every weekday. The office hours look like this: Monday 09-13 Tuesday 09-13 Wednesday 09-12 Thursday 09-13 Friday 09-13 Feel free to drop by during office hours…
Right now, there are offers to renew your membership for the 15/16 season. The season start price for individual members is 850 kr for a full season if you join in August and September 2015. Otherwise, membership costs 115 DKK per month (1265 DKK for the season). Group membership costs 2700 kr for the season.
Unfortunately, there will no longer be KI AIKIDO training for members and non-members every Monday and Wednesday at the Experimental Station. The teacher Poul Hauerbach has moved from Copenhagen and is therefore no longer able to conduct the training. Poul has written the following greeting to the members of the Experimental Station regarding. that the…
Get an insight into what’s happening in the performing arts in Hungary right now. Friday the 19. and Saturday 20 June 2015 you can experience Forsøgsstation’s own mini-festival for Hungarian performing arts at Det Frie Felts festival, which is part of CPH Stage ’15. Here you can experience current drama, performance texts and performing arts…
On Friday 19 June 2015 from 17.00-21.00 the Experimental Station will host Platform. Platform is an artistic exchange in word and display between experimental projects held at Forsøgsstationen the last six months, led by Lotte Faarup and Øyvind Kirchhoff from the artistic direction. Work is done both in small groups and in a larger plenary,…
There are held at Saturday d. 23 May ’15 at 10-14 a voice training workshop for beginners with internationally renowned voice teacher Nadine George. The workshop is open to all interested during 12.00- 14.00. There is free access. Registration is not necessary. Location: the experimental station, Sønder Boulevard 81, 1720 Copenhagen V. The workshop is…
Come to an artistic salon with physical performer, performance artist Anika Barkan Thursday d. 28 May ’15, 19.30 – 22.00 in Boulevarden at Forsøgsstationen with physical performer, performance artist Anika Barkan from the performance group Core Act. www.coreact.dk Anika Barkan will present her method in performing arts, which is based on the Suzuki method in…
Come to an artistic salon with actor and physical performer Bo Madvig. D. 30 April ’15, 19.30-22.00 in the Boulevarden at the Experimental Station. Bo Madvig will present his method, which is contact improvisation, within the performing arts and thereby contribute to Forsøgsstation’s current focus on forms of training in an artistic context. It is…
The newly published experimental report “A Special Condition … What it takes to give the performing artist’s physical training an artistic dimension” is available for free pick-up at the Experimental Station. It was written by the two artistic directors of Forsøgsstationen, Lotte Faarup and Øyvind Kirchhoff. The report can also be downloaded here
From today, the research station has a new password for the front door. The previous code therefore no longer works. It is the new code that must be used. The new code has been sent out by email to all members of the Experiment Station. If you are a theatre/have group memberships, please pass this…
The experimental station will be closed for Easter holidays from Tues. 30 March – 6 April ’15. The administration will reopen on Monday. 7 April ’15, 10-13.
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.
Under the heading “What is artistic training?” the artistic direction of the Experimental Station is in full swing with the main experiment of the season, which is about the training of the performing artist. Here is a quote from the statement of intent: “It is about the space where the performing artist defines his artistic…
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On 14 May 2014, the Experimental Station received this year’s Spring Prize 2014, which is awarded during the Spring Festival 2014. Henrik Køhler, member of the jury for the Spring Prize 2014 and awarding ceremony, emphasised the importance of the experiment and the free experiment as motivation for the jury to award the Spring Prize…
CPHCulture.dk has given six stars in a review of the Reading Festival for Chinese Drama at Forsøgsstationen ” Forsøgsstationen on vesterbro brought itself into the spotlight as one of the most exciting new theatre workshops in Copenhagen with their CHINESE READINGS during CPH STAGE,” CPHCulture.dk begins READ THE FULL REVIEW HERE Radio 24/7 also broadcast…
