Category Archives: Exercises in Translation

Three Talks this Winter: Public Theatre, Political Translation, and Korean-German Music Theatre

Posted on 30 January 2023 by Jan Creutzenberg

Last semester was mostly teaching for me. Actually, the whole last year I had not so many students, but quite a lot of classes (including extra ones due to low enrollments…), first online and, since summer, again offline. The Korean … Continue reading →

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Korean Playwright Yeon-ok Koh Wins International Author Award at Heidelberger Stückemarkt #StueMa18

Posted on 4 May 2018 by Jan Creutzenberg

After ten days of theatre, readings of plays, performances, and discussions, the moment of truth has come: Who will be the winners at Heidelberger Stückemarkt 2018? The very first announcement was the most exciting part for me – the International Author … Continue reading →

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Possibly the First Mention of Brecht in Colonial Korea (Dong-a Ilbo, 1933)

Posted on 16 May 2017 by Jan Creutzenberg

While browsing online newspaper archives, I (more or less) coincidentally stumbled upon what might be the very first reference to Bertolt Brecht in Korean media. At least I cannot remember reading anything about this (albeit brief) mention, or any earlier … Continue reading →

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Beyond To Live or To Die: Hamlet in Korean Translation, Part 1

Posted on 28 November 2016 by Jan Creutzenberg

Translation is interpretation. It is creation as well as dismissal. It is a series of choices that are hard to count, even harder to overestimate. I once again was reminded of this practical fact while browsing through a number of … Continue reading →

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(One of) the First Theatre(s) in Seoul was Here!

Posted on 10 October 2016 by Jan Creutzenberg

I had been on the lookout for this for quite a while, knowing it must be somewhere around Gwanghwamun, but I couldn’t find it, until today. Running for the bus, I almost missed it again. But then I stopped and … Continue reading →

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The Conversations are (Not) Over

Posted on 21 June 2016 by Jan Creutzenberg

The Conversations are over, at least in Braunschweig, where Creative VaQi’s play The Conversations (크리에이티브 바키, 몇 가지 방식의 대화들), directed by Kyung Sung Lee (이경성) was shown last weekend at the Theaterformen-festival. And The Conversations just begun – in the … Continue reading →

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Lines of Grass 풀줄: Two Poems on the Roots Far Away?

Posted on 3 April 2016 by Jan Creutzenberg

Standing in the subway this morning, I came across an interesting poem, on the screen of my phone. It was the title that made me read it twice: “Das Gras” (The Grass, 풀) is almost similar* to Korean “participant” poet … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Drummers: Pungmul on Campus

Posted on 1 August 2015 by Jan Creutzenberg

The first day of this new semester on the countryside campus of Korea University (officially located in the new “capital” Sejong City, actually rather on the outskirts of the nearby village Jochiwon) was quite stressful. I was running from here … Continue reading →

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Foundlings: The Dwarf Ensemble (Theatre and Globalization 1)

Posted on 14 March 2015 by Jan Creutzenberg

This spring I joined a class on “Theatre and Globalization” at Coursera to give this MOOC-thing a try. The class is run by Christopher Balme and his team of the Research Project “Global Theatre Histories” at LMU München (see also … Continue reading →

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Threehundred Tons of Vegetables: The Non-Verbal Performance Nanta

Posted on 30 January 2015 by Jan Creutzenberg

Nanta (난타) was the very first performance I saw in Korea, back in the rainy spring of 2006. In the short time span of one week, we did all kinds of sightseeing, from the Folk Village to Gyeongbok Palace, from … Continue reading →

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