Harriet Nordlund
Schedule of Events - October 1-15 2009
Harriet
Nordlund is an actress, play-writer and director, currently working
as the head of the Cultural Department within the council in
Jokkmokk, Sweden, the center for the native Sámi people of Lule
valley. She studied at the Theatre Academy of Acting in Stockholm,
with focuses in art, painting and drawing, Sami language, and Jacque
Le Coq’s summer clown-school in Paris. After her studies, Harriet
returned to the north of Sweden and started the first Sámi Theatre,
called ”Dálvadis,” in Jokkmokk together with the Sami artist Maj–Doris
Rimpi. She has worked with many established Swedish theatres, as
well as in small groups and production companies.
If you would like to attend Ms. Nordlund’s talks and workshops or if you would like to schedule additional activities for her, please contact Gordon Bronitsky at . She is especially interested in meeting with tribal colleges and Native American theater and performing artists.
October 1-8
University of Minnesota and Twin Cities area
Thursday October 1
4 pm: Four Series
Institute for Advanced Studies
University of Minnesota
click here for a flyer
about this event (Adobe Acrobat format)
Friday October 2
1:30-3:30pm: Kira Obolensky:
Beginning playwriting class
University of Minnesota
Sunday October 4
5 pm: informal talk to Native actors/writers that are a part of Rhiana Yazzie’s theatre group New Native Theatre (www.newnativetheatre.org)
7-8 pm:
Rhiana Yazzie radio program
First Nations Radio on KFAI 90.3 FM Minneapolis, and 106.7 FM in
Saint Paul and online at
www.kfai.org/firstnationsradio
Monday October 5
St Olaf College - Northfield MN
10 am: Coffee at Chapel
10:45 am: Tour of Campus
12 pm: Lunch in the Kings Room
1 pm: Continue Tour and see Viking Theater
6 pm: Samtalebordet in Black Ballroom
7 pm: Lecture in Viking Theater - “Two Hearts, Three Eyes and Four Ears: Sami Theater and Heritage"
Wednesday October 7
Presentation on Sami Culture
Karin Krull -
Adult Programs Coordinator
The American Swedish Institute
Thursday October 8
University of Wisconsin -
Madison, Wisconsin
4:00 pm: presentation to class of Thomas Dubois
October 10-13
Wake Forest University -
Winston-Salem NC
Saturday October 10
Evening: dinner with faculty
Sunday October 11
All Day: Guildford Native American Association in Greensboro
Monday October 12
4:00-6:30 pm: Harriet Nordlund - directed readings & improvisation workshop (Winston-Salem State University students may join in)
4:00-6:30 pm: Gordon Bronitsky - “Indigenous World Markets and the Arts: Creating Entrepreneurial Networks”
Possible visit to Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians