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5 Women, 5 Questions - Ruth Berghaus

03/07/19 • 29 min

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On this episode, we’re discussing the choreographer and opera and theatre director, Ruth Berghaus. Born in Dresden in 1927, Berghaus studied expressionist dance and dance direction at the German Academy of Arts in Berlin and went on to direct several major productions from the early 1960s to the early 90s. Her style of production was heavily influenced by the work of Bertolt Brecht, having worked as part of the Berliner Ensemble that Brecht co-founded with his wife Helene Weigel. Berghaus’ professional career was during an era when Germany was split in two shortly after the end of the second world war, a split that became more obvious as a physical barrier with the arrival of the Berlin Wall that ran through the capital from 1961 to 1989. Berghaus worked on both sides of the wall during her career, putting on productions that were funded by both governments and that often critiqued both the East and the West, as well as gender roles and the reverential treatment of canonical operas and plays.

Stating the case for Ruth Berghaus as a revolutionary is Dr Elaine Kelly. Elaine is the Head of Music at Edinburgh College of Art where her teaching includes honours courses on “Music and State Socialism in the Twentieth Century” and “Wagner: Music, Philosophy, and Culture”. Her research interests span several broad themes including canon reception, music historiography, opera production, and Marxist aesthetics, many of which coalesce in her work on the German Democratic Republic.

Revolutionaries is produced and recorded at Edinburgh College of Art, and is hosted by Ardie Collins from the Engagement and Communications team. Music is Noahs Stark by krackatoa.

03/07/19 • 29 min

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