A Stage of Emergency was a one week intensive course including more than one hundred performing arts students and teachers as participants. The event took place in Copenhagen from 14-19 March 2022. Altogether 12 Norteas institutions participated with students and staff. During the course the participants addressed and worked with questions such as:

  • How do we perform, act, and teach in a time of cultural, economic and environmental crisis?

  • How do we approach diversity in the different cultural contexts?

  • How do we act and express ourselves politically?

  • What is the role of art in society? What do the students need in order to engage in society?

  • How does artistic research affect our approach to teaching and inter-disciplinary work?