Bornholms internationale Gadeteaterfestival i 13 år!
From 2011 to 2023 Bornholm International Street Theater Festival – BIGFestival – took place on Bornholm. Three cities in three days with 20-26 international performances.
For 13 years the festival – initiated by Niels-Peter Kløft from “Dansk Rakkerpak” – was organised by volunteers.
We are very proud and happy to have brought a wide range of professional Danish and international theatre to Bornholm for 13 years: Theatre art, classic street theatre, modern contemporary circus, performance and modern dance – for an international audience of all ages – and free of charge!
Since 2024 there has been no festival.
FESTIVAL: BIGFestival var noget særligt, fordi vi valgte en del forestillinger, der oprindeligt var skabt til scenen.
BIGfestival was special, because we choose a number of performances that were originally created for the stage.
Vi fravalgte ofte gøgl, tylskørter og røde næser – til fordel for original scenekunst og artisteri, der kunne flytte, løfte og begejstre. Vi valgte at servere det hele udendørs for at bringe de utraditionelle teateroplevelser ud til publikum – Lige der, hvor du er! Fordi det hele foregik udendørs, blev det til en “gadeteaterfestival”.
We often eschewed gags, tulle skirts and red noses in favour of original performing arts and artistry that could move, uplift and excite. We decided to present it all outdoors to bring unconventional theatre experiences to the audience – right where people are! Because we presented it outdoors, it became a “street theatre festival”.
Som noget helt unikt startede BIGFestival altid med en fælles åbningskabaret, en idé fra Niels-Peter Kløft.
Her viste alle optrædende uddrag af deres forestillinger. Dermed fik publikum en levende fornemmelse af festivalens program, imens de optrædende fik en fornemmelse af hinandens forestillinger og oplevede at arbejde sammen. Kabaret’en har skabt kunstneriske netværk og fællesskaber på tværs af nationaliteter og genrer.
It was unique for BIGFestival to always start with a joint opening cabaret – an idea from Niels-Peter Kløft.
Here, all performers showed excerpts from their performances. This gave the audience a vivid sense of the festival’s program, while the performers got a sense of each other’s performances and a chance to work spontaneously together. The Cabaret has created artistic networks and communities across nationalities and genres.
HISTORIE: Bornholms Internationale Gadeteaterfestival – BIGFestival – blev startet i Gudhjem 2011 af den internationale gadeteatergruppe, Dansk Rakkerpak i et samarbejde med Teaterforeningen Bornholm og daværende formand Jette Glavind Pedersen. Efter 2018 trak Niels-Peter Kløft sig, og Jette Glavind Pedersen, Lene Kofod og Sanne Prag overtog som festival arrangører i 2020-2021 (med COVID pause i 2019).
I 2022 og 2023 stod Thomas Danielsen fra Undreværket i Gudhjem for at arrangere festivalen festivalen – godt hjulpet af makkeren Helene Høm. Med sine særprægede udendørs rum, gaderne der slynger sig ned mod havet og det summende ferieliv i byens havne, udgjorde Gudhjem nemlig den optimale scene for internationalt artisteri, dans og performance.
HISTORY: Bornholm International Street Theater Festival – BIGFestival – was started in 2011 by the international street theatre group “Dansk Rakkerpak” in collaboration with “Teaterforeningen Bornholm” and its former chairman, Jette Glavind Pedersen.
In 2018 Niels-Peter Kløft resigned, and Jette Glavind Pedersen, Lene Kofod and Sanne Prag took over as festival organizers for 2020-2021 (with a COVID break in 2019).
In 2022 and 2023 Thomas Danielsen from “Undreværket” in Gudhjem organized the festival – with help from his partner Helene Høm. With its distinctive outdoor spaces, the streets winding down to the sea and the buzzing holiday life in the town’s harbours, Gudhjem was the optimal stage for international artistry, dance and performance.
“Teaterforeningen Bornholm” har alle årene været en nær samarbejdspartner – med særlig tak til Jette Glavind Pedersen, Peter Krukow, Erik Munch Hansen and Sanne Prag.
I alle årene har vi købt forestillinger i samarbejde med ‘Passage Festival’ i Helsingør/ Helsingborg, ’Internationella Gatuteaterdagar’ i Halmstad og ’Street Cut’ i Næstved.
“Teaterforeningen Bornholm” has from day one been a close partner – a special thanks to Jette Glavind Pedersen, Peter Krukow, Erik Munch Hansen and Sanne Prag.
Through out the years we have we have booked performances in collaboration with ‘Passage Festival’ in Helsingør/Helsingborg, ‘Internationella Gatuteaterdagar’ in Halmstad and ‘Street Cut’ in Næstved .
En stor tak til STATENS KUNSTFOND, BORNHOLMS REGIONSKOMMUNE og utallige store og små fonde, der gennem årene har gjort det muligt at vise forestillinger i topklasse for festivalens store publikum helt gratis!
Thanks to THE DANISH ART COUNCIL and BORNHOLMS REGIONSKOMMUNE and countless large and small foundations, that over the years have made it possible for us to present top quality performances for a large festival audience – for free!
(Fotos: HURyCAN (ES) foto Candelaria Antelo, Dansk Rakkerpak (DK), foto Christian Q. Clausen, M.P.A.C (SE) foto Alex Hinchecliffe, Adréanne Thoboutot (CA) foto Jerome Van Grunderbeeck, Les Güms (FR) foto Florian Delafourniére)
UNDREVÆRKET
…er en kulturforening, startet i 2016 af Helene Høm og Thomas Danielsen, der begge er kunstnere, i et nedlagt missionhus i Gudhjem. Vi arbejder for at fremme den professionelle kunst: For kunstnere og deres arbejdsprocesser (billedkunst, teater og litteratur m.m.) og for at tilbyde kunstneriske oplevelser af høj kvalitet for et offentligt publikum.
…is a cultural organisation founded in 2016 by Helene Høm and Thomas Danielsen, both artists, in a former mission house in Gudhjem. We work to promote the professional arts: For artists and their work processes (visual artists, theatre artists, writers etc.) and to offer high-quality artistic experiences for a public audience.
TEATERFORENINGEN BORNHOLM
…arrangerer professionelle teaterforestillinger på Bornholm og er drevet af frivillige. Stort set alt det teater, som bornholmerne kan se (ud over Bornholms Teaters produktioner) er skaffet hertil af teaterforeningen. BIGFestival var især hjulpet af formand Peter Kruckow, kasserer Erik Munk Hansen, bestyrelsesmedlem Sanne Prag og fhv. formand gennem 27 år Jette Glavind Pedersen
The theater association Bornholm organize professional theater performances on Bornholm and is driven by volunteers. Almost all the theater plays that the population on Bornholm can see (in addition to Bornholms Teater’s local productions) has been invited here by the theater association. BIGFestival was organized with special assistance from president Peter Kruckow, Erik Munk Hansen and Sanne Prag, as well as the associations former president through 27 years, Jette Glavind Pedersen.
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