Hku yearbook '15 '16•ma scenography

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HKU Theater

Master Scenography

HKU Theater

Master Scenography

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Course leader

Graduates

Hilda Moucharrafieh

Henny Dörr

YiLing Hung

Anja Podreka

Iro Karra

Maria Vera Alvarez

Course coordinator

Dalia Khalifé

Rita Hoogland

Katarína Máliková

Anna

MASTER SCENOGRAPHY A FRESHMAN AND A GRADUATE OF THE MASTER SCENOGRAPHY TELL THEIR STORY. WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS? ARE THERE DREAMS OF HOPE AND GLORY? AND HOW DOES ONE LOOK BACK AT TIME SPENT AT HKU? WISTFUL OR JUST RELIEVED?

Sam Bachy BEFORE In 2014 Sam Bachy received his bachelor degree in Fine Arts. After teaching English on the French island of Réunion for a year, Sam decided he wanted to apply for his master. From fine art to scenography? How does that work? ‘During my bachelor course I was working on the development of installations. I was particularly interested in immersive spaces. When I collaborated with someone who was experimenting with theatrical space, in Finland last year, I was starting to get very excited about scenography.’

What would you like to learn during this course? ‘I don’t want to specialize in one particular skill. But what I would like to learn is how I can implement performance or narratives in my work. Works are not just static objects. How does one activate the viewer or visitor? I would like to learn how scenography can contribute in this way.’ Do you have any dreams regarding the future? ‘Oh man, it’s too early to really say anything about that. But I’m already experiencing that I’m getting to know the professional field. Professionals aren’t just giving us a lecture, we are working together with them. I hope I can continue to work together with people like that, after I received my degree!’

GREAT ADVISE

‘ Use the tools you learned to apply during your education. And never forget that tunnel vision can be great, if you really want to go for something!’ Alexandra Dragne Alexandra Dragne AFTER In 2014 the Master of Scenography course moved from Groningen to Utrecht. Alexandra, adventurous as she is, tagged along without a shred of doubt.’ How did you experience this transition? ‘I’m very positively minded by nature, so that’s how I saw the transition basically. Of course I had to adapt after such a change, but the central location of Utrecht made that I saw it as a great advantage. The larger Dutch cities are very close, as well as other art schools. Because of it, I developed a broader scope of the professional field.’

How do you look back at your time at HKU? ‘It was an incredible dynamic time. Because I was relatively new to the field of theatre – I studied interior design previously – I met a lot of interesting people. I worked together on several projects, and I did stuff I would never have done if I didn’t follow this particular course. To be honest, only when I got my master’s degree, only then I realized to the full extend what I’d really experienced.’