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Category: opera

16 June 2022 opera / Traction / Uncategorized

Building Capabilities: Rethinking the social value of culture

Today will see the third performance of O Tempo (Somos Nós) , “Time (It’s Us), this time at the Gulbenkian Concert

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2 June 2022 opera / Regular Marvels II / Traction

This is special

In the dusty hall of a disused prison workshop, 30 people shuffle into a big circle. Silence falls. They draw

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7 November 2020 opera / Regular Marvels II / Traction

Remote is the new normal

‘Inis Meáin Island is where you’ll find a more authentic escape from the modern world. With a population of 200

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23 June 2020 opera / Regular Marvels II / Traction

Osman and the snails

Governments across the world have taken extraordinary measures to arrest the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Since March, entire populations

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6 June 2020 opera / Regular Marvels II / Traction / Uncategorized

Opera in a pandemic

When the Traction project was conceived, its broad aim of exploring how digital technology might reconnect opera with contemporary European

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1 May 2020 opera / Regular Marvels II / Traction / Uncategorized

Opera during lockdown

The public health measures taken to slow down the Covid-19 pandemic have had a devastating effect on millions of businesses

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9 March 2020 opera / Regular Marvels II / Traction / Uncategorized

Is opera exclusive?

For better or worse, opera sits at the symbolic summit of European culture. Those who love it see it as

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24 February 2020 Community opera / opera / Regular Marvels II / Traction

Tell me about community opera…

One reason I was attracted to the TRACTION project was the feeling of exploring new territory. I really don’t know

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I’m a community artist, writer and researcher, working mostly in Europe. My latest book, 'A Restless Art', describes the history, theory and practice of participatory art.

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