Ongoing projects
Opera Out of Opera 2
Creative Europe Cooperation Project, 20222025
Opera Out of Opera 2 (OOO2) builds upon the results from Opera Out of Opera (2018–2020), arising from the common need of partners to re-launch and make new, younger generations rediscover opera.
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RIGGERS
Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership, 2022-2024
The React, Invent, Get together for a Goal: Expertise in Rigging Services (RIGGERS) is a 2 year project coordinated by SKH and FEDEC in collaboration. The project has been developed to answer the needs of riggers, with the aim of enhancing the quality of safety measures in professional circus schools, but also to create an International Community eager to exchange skills, advices and expertise, that can be transmitted to future generations.
Read more about the RIGGERS project
https://www.fedec.eu/en/riggers
Interdisciplinary Dialogue
Erasmus+ Cooperation partnership, 2022-2025
The aim of Interdisciplinary Dialogue (ID) is to train a new professional figure in the theatre aware of the interaction of disciplines, which is the core of modern theatre productions. The project aims to exploit the multidisciplinary nature of theatre to develop a new methodological approach for the theatre and for the higher-education system.
During the three years of the project, students from the partner universities will work together in four workshops and also participate in a final presentation of their work and process. During and in between these workshops, the academic team will develop and explore interdisciplinary methods for higher theatre education. A final event for academic and other stake holders will be conducted at the end of the project to share the methods and materials developed.
During the project, the following materials will be produced and made available on the ID project website:
1. The ID Study Guide: Guidance materials on interdisciplinary methods directed towards stakeholders in higher education in the theatre and technology sectors.
2. The ID Video Tutorial: Video learning material suitable for higher education institutions and others. Its content will be collected during the workshops with students.
Main coordinator: ETFI – European Film and Theatre Institute (Belgium)
Partners: SKH – Stockholm University of the Arts (Sweden), University of Zagreb – Academy of Dramatic Art (Croatia), Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Rippl-Rónai Institute of Arts and Theatre (Hungary) and WAAPA - The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (Australia)
Canon of Technical Theatre History
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership, 2019-2022
The aim of the Canon of Technical Theatre History is to increase awareness and understanding of the history of technical theatre in Europe: its practices and technologies.
The project contributes to the current discourse on the preservation of the cultural heritage of transnational and international theatre technology and techniques. We not only want to value history as an essential element in the education of theatre practitioners and the building of the identity of theatre professionals, but also to stress the importance and usefulness of sharing our heritage as an impetus for innovative developments.
Students and staff of nine European university institutions, research centers and dual education programs – from Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom – are collaborating to develop a timeline and a Canon of technical theatre during six workshop meetings. The methodology used and the developed tools are being documented as the project develops.
Adopting multiple perspectives from the disciplines of art history, engineering design, scenography, architecture and theatre studies, the project engages with archival research. It includes the tangible as well as the intangible cultural heritage of the performing arts field.
The outputs of the project will be a set of digital learning materials that can be used as a whole, can be integrated into the teaching of various specific disciplines, or used as reference material. This flexible approach will empower teachers to structure their courses in a flexible way, adapted to the requirements of different learners. The methodology guidelines and the teaching tools will inspire new teaching practices and support a diversity of needs.
The project structure and methodology guarantee that research from both teachers and students feeds back into education and to the wider professional field. The results will be able to be used by local stakeholders, reinforcing the link between the local community and the partner institutions. The network arising from this cooperation will ensure continuing development and the sustainability of the project outcomes.
Alexandria Nova
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership, 2019-2022
Alexandria Nova is a network of North European directing programs. It aims to create an international and diverse learning environment for the relatively small directing programs of each national institution and make a leap forward in the awareness about pedagogical methods used. We will share practical and pedagogical knowledge, describe and share working methods and gather together understanding about the art of directing.
This is done through a series of workshops, symposium, seminars including students as well as teachers from all partner-institutions. The goal is to create a vivid interactive digital platform, a new library called Alexandria Nova, where students and teachers share ideas, methods and exercises in a playful way. The network will also publish a book with articles and essays by teachers involved in the project, as well as other artists, scientists and students.
Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin in the leading organisation with six partners including Listahaskoli Island in Reykjavik, Den Danske Scenekunstskole in Copenhagen, Theatre Academy of Uniarts Helsinki, Stockholm University of the Arts Stockholm, Lietuvos Muzikos ir Teatro Akademija in Vilnius and Kunsthogskolen i Oslo.
Main coordinator: Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch, Berlin
