The ecology of the rural setting in which Double Edge Theatre lives and works is as integral to its artistic work as to its principles of social justice, and these qualities mark the ensemble’s singular profile not only in the United States but also increasingly on the world theatre map. Stacy Klein co-founded the company in Boston in 1982 as a women’s theatre with a defined feminist programme. In 1997, Double Edge moved its work space to a farm that Klein had bought in Ashfield, Massachusetts, commuting from there back to Boston to show its productions. Within a few years, Klein and her collaborators were acutely aware of their separation from the local community, which necessitated a change of perspective to encompass personal and creative engagement with local people and to develop audiences within the area, while not losing sight of their international links. Carlos Uriona, formerly a popular-theatre activist from Argentina, had joined Double Edge and facilitated the local immersion that ultimately became its lifeline, most visibly during the Covid-19 pandemic, as Klein here observes. Klein, who had been a student of Rena Mirecka in Poland (starting in 1976), has maintained her friendship and professional relations with this founding member of the Teatr Laboratorium led by Jerzy Grotowski, inviting Mirecka to run wokshops at the Double Edge Farm. Collaboration with Gardzienice (also from the Grotowski crucible) through the Consortium of Theatre Practices (1999–2001) extended Klein’s Polish connections. She expanded her research on community cultures in Eastern and Central Europe and developed these experiences in her probing, distinctly imaginative explorations of theatre-making, while taking a new approach to participatory theatre-making in Ashfield. Her highly visual and sensual compositions are driven by her sense of the fantastic, no more strikingly so than in Klein’s Summers Spectacles, which are performed outdoors, in concert with the Farm’s natural environment – fields, trees, water, birds, animals, and heaven’s firmament. Double Edge’s profound commitment in the past decade to what it now terms ‘living culture’ and ‘art justice’ has taken root in multiracial collaborations, primarily with the indigenous peoples of Western Massachusetts. This Conversation took place on the winter solstice, 21 December 2020, a date that Maria Shevtsova, Editor of NTQ, had chosen symbolically. It was transcribed by Kunsang Kelden and edited by Shevtsova. Many thanks are extended to Travis Coe of Double Edge for assembling with such loving care the photographs requested.

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Covid 对话 4：Stacy Klein

双刃剧院生活和工作的乡村环境与其艺术作品一样，与其社会正义原则一样不可或缺，这些品质标志着该剧团的独特形象不仅在美国，而且越来越多地出现在世界剧院中地图。Stacy Klein 于 1982 年在波士顿与人共同创立了该公司，该公司是一家拥有明确女权主义计划的女性剧院。1997 年，Double Edge 将其工作空间搬到了克莱因在马萨诸塞州阿什菲尔德购买的一个农场，从那里通勤回到波士顿展示其作品。几年之内，克莱因和她的合作者敏锐地意识到他们与当地社区的分离，这需要改变观点，以包括与当地人的个人和创造性接触，并在该地区发展受众，同时不要忽视他们的国际联系。卡洛斯·乌里奥纳 (Carlos Uriona) 曾是来自阿根廷的流行剧院活动家，他加入了 Double Edge 并促进了最终成为其生命线的当地沉浸式体验，正如 Klein 在此所观察到的那样，在 Covid-19 大流行期间最为明显。Klein 曾是 Rena Mirecka 在波兰的学生（从 1976 年开始），与这位由 Jerzy Grotowski 领导的 Teatr Laboratorium 的创始成员保持着友谊和专业关系，并邀请 Mirecka 在双刃农场经营炒锅。通过戏剧实践联盟（1999-2001）与 Gardzienice（也来自 Grotowski 坩埚）的合作扩大了克莱因在波兰的联系。她扩大了对东欧和中欧社区文化的研究，并在探索中积累了这些经验，对戏剧制作进行了极具想象力的探索，同时在阿什菲尔德采取了一种参与式戏剧制作的新方法。她高度视觉和感性的构图是由她对奇幻的感觉所驱动的，这与克莱因的 Summers Spectacles 一样引人注目，它在户外表演，与农场的自然环境——田野、树木、水、鸟、动物和天堂相呼应苍穹。Double Edge 在过去十年中对现在所谓的“生活文化”和“艺术正义”的深刻承诺已经植根于多种族合作，主要是与马萨诸塞州西部的土著人民。本次对话于 2020 年 12 月 21 日冬至举行，该日期是 她高度视觉和感性的构图是由她对奇幻的感觉所驱动的，这与克莱因的 Summers Spectacles 一样引人注目，它在户外表演，与农场的自然环境——田野、树木、水、鸟、动物和天堂相呼应苍穹。Double Edge 在过去十年中对现在所谓的“生活文化”和“艺术正义”的深刻承诺已经植根于多种族合作，主要是与马萨诸塞州西部的土著人民。本次对话于 2020 年 12 月 21 日冬至举行，该日期是 她高度视觉和感性的构图是由她对奇幻的感觉所驱动的，这与克莱因的 Summers Spectacles 一样引人注目，它在户外表演，与农场的自然环境——田野、树木、水、鸟、动物和天堂相呼应苍穹。Double Edge 在过去十年中对现在所谓的“生活文化”和“艺术正义”的深刻承诺已经植根于多种族合作，主要是与马萨诸塞州西部的土著人民。本次对话于 2020 年 12 月 21 日冬至举行，该日期是 和天堂的穹苍。Double Edge 在过去十年中对现在所谓的“生活文化”和“艺术正义”的深刻承诺已经植根于多种族合作，主要是与马萨诸塞州西部的土著人民。本次对话于 2020 年 12 月 21 日冬至举行，该日期是 和天堂的穹苍。Double Edge 在过去十年中对现在所谓的“生活文化”和“艺术正义”的深刻承诺已经植根于多种族合作，主要是与马萨诸塞州西部的土著人民。本次对话于 2020 年 12 月 21 日冬至举行，该日期是新台币，象征性地选择了。它由 Kunsang Kelden 转录，由 Shevtsova 编辑。非常感谢 Double Edge 的 Travis Coe 如此细心地组装所要求的照片。