Teater Momentum
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Teater Momentum is a small theatre in Odense
, Denmark
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Its location is at Ny Vestergade 18. The theatre itself was established in 2005 and it only features shows which are under the branch of modern drama. Teater Momentum receives public funding from the municipality of Odense and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The structure of the theatre is special as every season is different from the preceding one. Every new season, a new team of actors and an artistic director will take over the production of the plays shown at the theatre. Furthermore, the ensemble have to fulfill some goals set forth by the theatre's Artistic Committee. One of their objectives could be to develop a play containing the values friendship or current media situation. Because the team only have one season to deliver their vision of a new, innovative theatre, it is a different and exciting experience and a challenge as well for them. This type of theatre was established with the season of 2007/2008 called Volume 1.
take the stage. The music is very versatile; if you can't find it anywhere else, you can find it at Momentum. Also, another unique feature about Teater Momentum is their green policy. You can only buy organic beer, cider, sodas, smoothies and coffee in the bar.
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Teater Momentum's Board of Directors:
Odense
The city of Odense is the third largest city in Denmark.Odense City has a population of 167,615 and is the main city of the island of Funen...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
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Its location is at Ny Vestergade 18. The theatre itself was established in 2005 and it only features shows which are under the branch of modern drama. Teater Momentum receives public funding from the municipality of Odense and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The structure of the theatre is special as every season is different from the preceding one. Every new season, a new team of actors and an artistic director will take over the production of the plays shown at the theatre. Furthermore, the ensemble have to fulfill some goals set forth by the theatre's Artistic Committee. One of their objectives could be to develop a play containing the values friendship or current media situation. Because the team only have one season to deliver their vision of a new, innovative theatre, it is a different and exciting experience and a challenge as well for them. This type of theatre was established with the season of 2007/2008 called Volume 1.
Volume 1
This season ran from 2007/2008 and the artistic director for this season was Moqi Simon Trolin. The actors he had at his disposal were: Jesper Riefensthal, Ernesto Piga Carbone, Marie Vestergård Jacobsen and Iben Dorner; their partnership resulted in three shows where the main theme in the first was solidarity, the next was about the company in general and the last performance was about fear. All of the three shows were related to Odense.Volume 2
Kamilla Bach Mortensen was the artistic director of season 2008/2009 and for the task ahead the actors Gry Guldager Jensen, Jakob Bjerregaard Engmann og Mikkel Løvenholt Reenberg helped her fulfill her goal. The three performances of the season contained the themes of friendship, a Christmas cabaret/musical which had to feature forbidden love and the last one had to be authored by a foreigner who does not live in Denmark. To find the last play, Teater Momentum arranged an international competition where the winner was the prize winning Norwegian author Arne Lygre. However, the play was written for four persons so Mia Lerdam was added to the team as the fourth member.Teater Momentum: Not just a theatre
Other activities at Teater Momentum include Momentum Weekend, where such things as bands and poetry slamSlam poetry
A poetry slam is a competition at which poets read or recite original work. These performances are then judged on a numeric scale by previously selected members of the audience.-History:...
take the stage. The music is very versatile; if you can't find it anywhere else, you can find it at Momentum. Also, another unique feature about Teater Momentum is their green policy. You can only buy organic beer, cider, sodas, smoothies and coffee in the bar.
Other information
Christian Eiming was hired by Teater Momentum in September 2008. Among other things he has an education as a dramaturgist at the University of AarhusUniversity of Aarhus
Aarhus University , located in the city of Aarhus, Denmark, is Denmark's second oldest and second largest university...
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Teater Momentum's Board of Directors:
- Lasse Bo Handberg, director of Baggaardsteatret in Svendborg
- Lasse Tajmer, cultural executive at Tobaksgaarden in Assens
- Henrik Dresbøll, contact manager at Cosmographic
- Christoffer Berdal, theatre director
- Lars Kaalund, actor and instructor