Library - View details   To know more about this section

“Acting” under Turkey’s state of emergency : a conversation with kurdish artists about theatre, the dengbêj tradition, and the first kurdish Hamlet

Article: English. Online
Author(s)
Verstraete, Pieter
Title
“Acting” under Turkey’s state of emergency : a conversation with kurdish artists about theatre, the dengbêj tradition, and the first kurdish Hamlet / Pieter Verstraete
In
, 49-75
Subjects
Dengbêj
Content
Testu osoa
Type of material
Article
ISBN / ISSN
2369-2537
Notes
Bibliografia: 72-75 or.
Jabetza eskubideak: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
In this essay, we explore what is at stake for Kurdish theatre artists who develop their theatre praxis in a permanent state of emergency imposed by the Turkish government, and why it matters to act, both in the general sense and in the theatrical one, in a language that is neither the accepted one of the nation nor of the majority culture. This essay discusses interviews with five prominent Kurdish theatre artists, some based in Turkey and others currently in exile in Europe. The respondents included costume designer Ismail Oyur Tezcanli (based in Turkey), playwright Yusuf Unay (in Turkey), actor and director Mirza Metin (currently in Germany), instructor and director Rezan Aksoy (in Germany), and director Celil Toksöz (in the Netherlands, though not in exile). Iturria: Argitaratzailea.
Towards a Definition: What is “Kurdish Theatre”? ...51
Is Kurdish Theatre “Political”? ...56
Reimagining Performance Traditions, (Re)-Imagining the Future? ...63
Concluding Remarks ...66
Artist and Translator Biographies ...67
List of Abbreviationsand Key Terms ...68
Notes ...70
References ...72