{"id":16963,"date":"2020-07-24T16:03:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T14:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metropolis.dk\/?p=16963"},"modified":"2021-01-22T12:25:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T11:25:10","slug":"gritt-uldall-jessen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metropolis.dk\/en\/gritt-uldall-jessen\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Aug.: Gritt Uldall-Jessen"},"content":{"rendered":"
TIME: 2 Aug. 9.00-21.00h
\nSTART: F\u00e6lledparken, Copenhagen \u00d8
\nCATEGORY: Playwright \/ curator
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\u201cI miss the theatre enormously – miss that everyone is present in the same room and the sense of completing a ritual in unity.\u201d – <\/em>quote from my correspondence with playwright, Xiao Jing, in Beijing, China<\/p>\n

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China’s borders are currently \u2013 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic \u2013 closed to foreigners. Denmark’s borders are similarly closed to people travelling from China. Unnecessary travel to China is not recommended in Denmark.<\/p>\n

Since March 12, 2020, until now, I have been e-mailing back and forth with a Beijing-based author of performing arts texts, Xiao Jing (CHN). In our e-mail correspondence she describes her everyday life in Beijing, and I describe my everyday life in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

Xiao Jing was supposed to be in Copenhagen in June 2020, where we would have worked together on a reading of one of her new pieces. The project was supported by the Danish Arts Foundation and was part of the programme for CPH Stage. The festival was cancelled as a result of COVID-19, so we also cancelled our reading of the play. Instead, the play was performed as audio drama. It can be heard via this link: Tagterrassen<\/a><\/p>\n

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But what has it been like for Xiao Jing to be in corona quarantine in Beijing?<\/p>\n

How has the reopening of society gone and what does it look like right now in Beijing with the second wave and the consequent closure of society in general?<\/p>\n

How do you survive as a playwright during a pandemic in Beijing, China, where all theatres are closed?
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