ABSTRACT

Barba has directed over 20 productions with the Odin Teatret and the Theatrum Mundi Ensemble. The performance we are going to specifically explore is Ego Faust (available on video from Odin Teatret Film) performed at the XII session of ISTA held in Germany in 2000 by the Theatrum Mundi Ensemble. The ensemble is a transient company made up from the artistic staff, musicians and Odin actors attending the ISTA session. At the end of the session the ensemble present a performance as a gift or barter for the local community who have hosted the school. A Theatrum Mundi performance has been performed at the close of most of the 12 ISTA sessions. The form and content, while remaining similar, have progressively been refined and further developed with each performance.