TY - JOUR
TI - The (Ir)replaceable Master Director – Considering the Case of the Odin Teatret
AU - Nielsen, Daria S.
AU - Skjoldager-Nielsen, Kim
TI - The (Ir)replaceable Master Director – Considering the Case of the Odin Teatret
AB - 
	In 2019, a call for a new director for Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium – Odin Teatret was published. This, however, did not mean that the artistic leader of the group theatre Odin Teatret, Eugenio Barba, was to be replaced completely – there is a distinction between the laboratory and the theatre. In this article, we explore the problem of the passing on legacy and tradition from one generation to another in group theatres such as Odin Teatret. We ask: (1) How would it have been possible to continue after such a visionary director retired? (2) Would the next step be continuation or something new? In search for the answers we discuss the history, method, and dramaturgy of Odin Teatret and Barba, as well as the process of generational change in the laboratory, using documents which assess the situation of the organization and analyzing Barba’s theoretical writings. We consider them in terms of transformational leadership theory. In conclusion, we deliberate on possible scenarios of the generational change in group theatres that could provide a balance between keeping the tradition and implementing the new vision. 
VL - 2020
IS - Tom 21, Numer 2
PY - 2020
SN - 1896-8201
C1 - 2084-3976
SP - 123
EP - 134
DO - 10.4467/20843976ZK.20.011.12164
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/zarzadzanie-w-kulturze/artykul/the-ir-replaceable-master-director-considering-the-case-of-the-odin-teatret
KW - Eugenio Barba
KW - Odin Teatret
KW - transformational leadership
KW - generational change
KW - change of director; Eugenio Barba
KW - przywództwo transformacyjne
KW - zmiana pokoleniowa
KW - zmiana dyrektora