Curriculum vitae
Johan Petri
Theater Director, Dramatist, Dramaturge, Composer and Artistic Researcher
Education
| 2010-16 | PhD, Artistic Research/Performance Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 2008-10 | Conducting Orchestral, University College of Music, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1987-89 | Theater Science, Stockholm University, Sweden |
| 1984-85 | Composition Electro Acoustic Music, Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1980-84 | Performance Classical Music/Composition, Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Sweden |
Teaching/Lecturing/Supervicing
| Istanbul Int. Theatre Festival, Turkey, acting/theatrical composition (workshop ). 2017 |
| Orpheus Institute, Gent, Belgium, lecturing/supervision artistic research. 2014-15 |
| UC Berkeley, Department of Performance Studies, lectures on dramaturgy/directing. 2013 |
| University of Gothenburg, Dramatic Writing and Concept Developing (course/actors). 2012 |
| University of Gothenburg, Presentation of Productions (seminar). 2012 |
| Royal Collage of Music, Stockholm, Musical Dramaturgy and Communication (course). 2011 |
| Berghs School of Communication, Stockholm, lectures on dramaturgy/directing. 2010 |
| Beckmans College of Design, Sound Art in Public Spaces (course). 2009 |
| Beijing National Theater/Beijing, China, Contemporary Swedish Drama (seminar). 2002 |
| Irondale Ensemble Project, NYC, USA, Contemporary Swedish Drama (seminar). 1999 |
| Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, Musical Dramaturgy (series of seminars). 1998 |
| Hochschule für musik, Karlsruhe, Germany, Non-idiomatic Improvisation (seminar). 1987 |
| University of Växsjö, Sweden, Non-idiomatic Music Improvisation (series of seminars). 1996 |
Published books, articles, lectures (selective)
| The Rhythm of Thinking: Immanence and Ethics in Theater Performance. 2016. ArtMonitor, Gothenburg, ISBN 978-91-982423-0-0 |
| Creating Performative Critique - A reflective attempt of a dramaturgical and methodological kind on One Less Manifesto, by Gilles Deleuze. 2015. Orpheus Publications. |
| Thinking and the theatrical event. 2013. Conf. The Event in Political and Artistic Practice, Amsterdam, Holland. |
| John Cage and the Production of Meaning. 2011. Conf. Artistic Research, Brno, Czech Republic. |
| The Theatrical Expression of the Text; Staging Gertrude Stein. 2009. Kritiker 13, Sweden. |
| Rhythm and the Quality of Dialogue in Theater Performance. 2008. Lund, Sweden. |
| Poems for Paintings. 2007. Malmö, Sweden. |
Selected Productions
| 2019 | Dramatist, director, To celebrate one's own inner contradictins and inconsistencies, Theatre/Video performance based on Kurze Schatten II by Brian Ferneyhough, Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Founder, director, Radioteatern, digital plattform for radio plays, hörspiele and sound art. | |
| 2016 | Artistic Researcher, The Rhythm of Thinking: Immanence and Ethics in Theater Performance, PhD, University of Gothenburg |
| Dramatist, Red Doc, by Anne Carson adapted for the stage | |
| 2015 | Director, The Price of Everything, by Sonja Åkesson, Fri Scen/Stockholm City Theater, Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2014 | Director, dramatist The Blurred, The Factory, Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Director, The Baron in the Trees, opera by I Calvino/I Nilsson/ M Jacobsson, Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, Stockholm, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 2012 | Director, Ryoanji – A Meeting, The House of Dance, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2011 | Director, dramatist John and the Mushrooms, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Dramaturge, Now the time is waiting, by Kristina Lugn, Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, Teater Brunnsgatan 4, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 2010 | Director, The hard and the soft, by Öyvind Fahlström, Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art Tensta Art Center, House of Dance, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2009 | Director, The Loaf or the Lamp, by Erik Beckman, Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, Teater Pero, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Musical Dramaturge, Saul et Jonathan, M A Charpentier, cond. Fredrik Malmberg, Ensemble Vokalharmonien, Rhein Vokal Festival, Germany | |
| Director, Producer, vorschläge, sound installation based on M Spahlinger, Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, Tensta Art Center, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Director, Dido&Aeneas, Henry Purcell, conductor Fredrik Malmberg, Oskars Parish House, Västerås Castle, Sweden. | |
| 2008 | Dramaturge, The Merry Widow, Lehar, Folkoperan, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2007 | Director, Set Designer, I am I because my dog knows me, Gertrude Stein, Unga Klara, Stockholm City Theatre, Sweden |
| Composer, Dramatist/Dramaturge, Acre, video in collaboration with Marjetica Potcr, Art Biannual Sao Paolo, Max Proctor Gallery, NYC, USA | |
| 2006 | Director, The Blue Bull, Birgitta Lillpers, Swedish State Radio |
| Composer, Dramaturge, Baby Drama, Unga Klara, Stockholm City Theater, Sweden | |
| 2004/5 | Director, Producer, Sonata, video installation, Old Town, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Composer, Dramaturge, Cabaret Subsumption, Unga Klara, Stockholm City Theater Sweden | |
| 2003 | Director, The Explorer, by Stig Dagerman, Swedish State Radio |
| Composer, Musical Dramaturge, Clandestino, Mia Törnqvist, Intercult/Teater Tribunalen, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 2002 | Composer, Musical Dramaturge, The Most Important, by Nikolaj Jevreinov, Unga Klara, Stockholm City Theater, Sweden |
| Director, Under Milk wood, by Dylan Thomas, Swedish State Radio | |
| 2001 | Director Mamma, by Jörgen Gassilewski, Swedish State Radio |
| Composer, Musical Dramaturge, The Royal Daycare, Unga Klara, Stockholm City Theater, Sweden | |
| Composer, Musical Dramaturge, Dark Times, by Henning Mankell, Unga Klara, Stockholm City Theater, Sweden | |
| 2000 | Composer, Dramaturge, The Border, Stockholm City Theater, Sweden |
| Composer, Musical Dramaturge, The Investigation, Oratorio in 11 cantos, by Peter Weiss, Riksteatern, Sweden | |
| 1999 | Director The Free Thinker, by August Strindberg, Swedish State Radio |
| Composer, Musical Dramaturge, Complicated People, Stockholm City Theater, Sweden | |
| 1998 | Composer, Musical Dramaturge, The Magic Flute, W A Mozart, Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, Finland |
| Composer, The Perfect Pernilla, The Pantomime Theater, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 1997 | Composer, Musical Dramaturge, The Donated Heart, by Eva Ström, Swedish State Radio |
| 1996 | Composer, Musical Producer, Bengbulan, Gothenburg Film festival |
| 1995 | Composer, Ghost Sonata, August Strindberg, Irondale Ensemble Project, New York City, New York, USA |
| Composer, Musical Dramaturge, A Family Affair, Ostrowsky, Irondale Ensemble Project, New York City, New York, USA. | |
| 1994 | Composer, musician, I Fear this War, Alice Musik Prod, ALCD 012 |
| 1993 | Director, The Skirt, by Magnus Jacobsson, Earth Circus, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Composer, Musical Dramaturge, A Family Affair, Ostrowsky, Irondale Ensemble Project, New York City, New York, USA. | |
| Composer, Musical Producer, Speak! It’s so dark, by Suzanne Osten, Nominated for best film music Nordic Film Festival Haugesund, Norway | |
| Composer, Faust, J W Goethe, Swedish State Radio | |
| 1992 | Composer, Musical Dramaturge, OedipusEuripides, Stockholm City Theater, Sweden |
| 1991 | Composer, On Goodness, by Willy Kyrklund, Earth Circus, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Composer, Musical Dramaturge, The Piggle, from D W Winnicot, Unga Klara, Stockholm City Theater, Sweden |
Related Activities
| Founder and executive producer of record and book publishing company Alice Musik Produktion, since 1989. www.alice-musik.se |
| Founder and artistic director of Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, a group of theater artists, writers, composers and musicians that works with commissioning and producing new stage art. Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art, since 2009. www.alicekollektiv.se |
Comment on curriculum vitae
The list of productions in this cv is a limited selection. Involvement with contemporary dance is not listed which includes collaborations with choreographer Per Jonsson, choreographer/dancer Irene Hultman and choreographer/dancer Nathalie Ruiz. Composer of chamber music, film music and electro acoustic music is not taken up. Performing improvised music with groups and musicians like Lokomotiv Konkret, Tvist, Sten Sandell, David Stackenäs, Peter Söderberg and a varieties of ensembles in Sweden, Finland, US and Holland, is not listed. Different video art pieces are not mentioned, among them a series of videos based on texts by August Strindberg (2006-2007). Main professor at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, was professor Sven David Sandström, supervising/teaching composition, interpretation and improvisation; final paper at the Department of Theater Science, University of Stockholm, was on Eugeneo Barba and Theatre Anthropology, supervised by professor Willmar Sauter; Conducting education at SMI/Stockholm focused on analysis, late 19th and 20th century repertoire. Courses included in the PhD education are philosophy, performance studies, gender studies, rhetoric and pedagogy. I am the founder of Alice Collective for Sound&Stage Art which is an independent group of theater artists, writers, musicians and dramaturges’ working with contemporary sound and stage art. The collective has as an ambition to present new drama, music theater, opera and sound art, readings, concerts, art performances, radio shows and combinations thereof, at different venues and for different age groups. Among the writers and composers represented in the work of the collective are Mathias Spahlinger, Öyvind Fahlström, Erik Beckman, Kristina Lugn, Tora von Platen, John Cage, Ivo Nilsson, Italo Calvino. My work as artistic director and producer for record and publishing company Alice Musik Produktion, should be understood as introducer of projects. It includes formulating and assigning commissions for original music and texts, production planning/budget planning, recording and editing, chief editor of text, distribution planning/administration, contracting (regulating national/ international copyrights and distribution relations). The repertory that dominates my activities as producer is French, Italian and Spanish early baroque music and American, German and Swedish contemporary music. Composers among these are Nicolaus Vallet, Albert de Rippe, Claude Loyola Allgén, Karl Heinz Stockhausen, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Nicolaus A Huber, Steve Reich, Alivin Lucier, James Tenney. Swedish and international improvised music are also included in the catalogue. The company has produced a series called Poetry&Music where contemporary Swedish composers have been commissioned to collaborate with poets. The series so far includes Eva Ström/Akoz Rozmann, Stig Larsson/Dror Feiler, Jörgen Gassilewski/Sten Sandell, Birgitta Lillpers/Lars Sandberg, and Lars Forssell/Jonas Forssell. Teaching experience includes being responsible (planning, teaching, evaluating) for longer courses, supervision of individual students and series of seminars as well as separate lectures.