Ecce Homo: “The Great Tamer,” By Dimitris Papaioannou. Dance Umbrella Festival 2018, London, Sadler’s Wells
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Read MoreKATALIN TRENCSÉNYI is a dramaturg, researcher, and theatre-maker. Her areas of specialization are: contemporary theatre and performance, new drama development, dance dramaturgy, collaborative processes, and European director’s theatre. As a London-based freelance dramaturg, Katalin has worked with the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, Deafinitely Theatre, Corali Dance Company, and Company of Angels, among others. As a theatre-maker, Katalin has worked and taught internationally: in Belgium (DANSPUNT – Out of the Toolbox Festival), Canada (Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal), Poland (Festival of New Dramaturgies), Russia (Diaghilev Festival), and the US (LMDA dance dramaturgy workshop at Gibney Dance). Katalin is co-founder of the Dramaturgs’ Network (d’n), has worked on its various committees, and from 2010 to 2012 served as its President. Currently, she is working as a member of the d’n Advisory Board. Katalin is the author of Dramaturgy In The Making. A User’s Guide For Theatre Practitioners (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2015), editor of Bandoneon: Working With Pina Bausch (Oberon Books, 2016), and co-editor with Bernadette Cochrane of New Dramaturgy: International Perspectives On Theory And Practice (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2014). As a visiting lecturer Katalin has taught at the University of Kent, the Guildford School of Acting (University of Guildford), Kingston University, Falmouth University, and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Currently, she is working as an associate lecturer at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
Posted by Katalin Trencsényi | 15th Nov 2018 | Festivals, Greece, Review, Theatre and Dance, United Kingdom
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Read MorePosted by Katalin Trencsényi | 4th Nov 2018 | Devised Theatre, Essay, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Disability, United Kingdom
Artificial Things [i] (directed by Sophie Fiennes) is a re-imagination of a contemporary dance...
Read MorePosted by Katalin Trencsényi | 24th Dec 2017 | Essay, Translation, United Kingdom
When talking about translation, statistics show an alarming picture. The United Kingdom has the...
Read MorePosted by Katalin Trencsényi | 5th Sep 2016 | Dramaturgy, Interview
Mark Bly is an American dramaturg, editor, and lecturer. He was the chair of the Playwriting...
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