Welcome + Introduction

In this welcome we want to give you a context of the works that you are going to experience during the international days – created in Denmark, Greenland and Faroe Islands. We have invited three voices – one from each region. Each speaking from their position – bringing in a broader perspective on what they notice in their countries.

We have invited senior lecturer and former artistic director in several organisations Ditte Maria Bjerg, Vivi Sørensen - artistic director of the National Theatre in Greenland and choreographer Búi Rouch from RIVA Faroese Dance Company.

The conversation will be moderated by Karen Toftegaard – Head of International Programming & Production, CPH STAGE.

The session will be recorded and shared at the website after the international days.

The Panelists

Vivi Sørensen is a theatre director and actor. Since 2023 she’s held the position of Artistic Director at The National Theatre of Greenland. Vivi studied Acting at Den Danske Scenekunstskole and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Directing from The University of Ottawa.

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Ditte Maria Bjerg, senior lecturer in Theatre and Society at Lunds University. For 30 years, Ditte has worked as artistic director, curator, educator and cultural activist. In her artistic work she works with research based docufiction www.globalstories.net  2014-17 she chaired the Stage Art Committee, Danish Art Council. From 2018-23 Ditte has been rector at Malmö Theatre Academy.

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Búi Rouch is a contemporary dancer, performance maker and educator holding a decade-long career spanning across the Faroe Islands and Germany. He has taught at Iwanson International School of Contemporary Dance and the Otto Falckenberg acting academy in Munich. Búi is an affiliated artist with RIVA the Faroese Dance Company and the interdisciplinary theatre ensemble Det Ferösche Compagnie.

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Update on Panelists

Unfortunately Vivi's plane from Greenland got cancelled due to stormy weather, so she will not arrive until the evening of the 30th of May. However, she will be present for the roundtable discussion THE VALUE OF WORKIN INTERNATIONALLY. Fortunately Kuluk Helms has agreed to step in. We're so happy about that.

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Kuluk Helms (GL) is a Poet, Performer, Director, and Producer.

"My name is Kuluk and I am a performing artist, culture bearer, poet and director navigating in the complex simplicity of dual cultures. Growing up and watching primarily westernised shows, I rarely was able to see myself in any of the characters that looked like me - now an adult woman, I have made it my life's work to be visibly and proudly Inuk and mixed race. I aspire to mirror and give space to those of us who might feel that are not quite one thing nor the other through my work. My practice is based on gentle patience and knowing that all art wants to be created; my work as an artist is to be available as a vessel, as a mirror and as the imperfect human I am."