The symposium is a platform for artistic experiments, knowledge creation and dialogue between the performing arts scene and the academia. Thus, the symposium becomes a place for the Icelandic performing arts scene to come together, share methods and/or research, and look towards the future.
The theme of Praxis 2026 is „The Actor and the Role”" where the emphasis is on different acting interpretation methods and the actor's work within the performing arts.
Program:
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
- Opening and coffee chat (light refreshments)
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
- Sol Garre - Keynote speaker: What the body knows: Exploring the relationship of an actor with what she does
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
- Björn Thors: Alone on stage
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
- Halldóra Geirhardsdóttir: Reflections on repetition and rebirth - the actor's art
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM
- Agnar Jón Egilsson leads panel discussions. Participants: Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir, Oddur Júlíusson, Sólveig Arnarsdóttir and Stefán Jónsson.
More information about each lecture can be found here: https://www.lhi.is/rannsoknir/praxis/
Praxis is held in the large Black box of the Department of Performing Arts in the premises of the Iceland University of the Arts at Laugarnesvegi 91, 105 Reykjavík. You enter above a house, from the gravel parking lot.
Free entry. All welcome. REGISTRATION HERE.
