Jude Kelly: Why women should tell the stories of humanity
جود كيلي: لمَ يتعين على النساء رواية قصص عن البشرية
Jude Kelly is artistic director of Southbank Centre, Britain’s largest cultural institution. Full bio
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to be of universal importance,
تعتبر ذات أهمية كبيرة،
to be merely about women?
بأنها مجرد حكايات عنهن؟
when she was 12.
عندما كانت تبلغ 12 عاما.
عندما كانت تبلغ 15.
to become a theater director,
with the fact that people I'll never meet
الذين لن ألتقيهم مطلقًا
have progress.
أحرزوا تقدما.
and obviously you are, too.
و بوضوح أنتم أيضا عليكم ذلك.
Women of the World, seven years ago,
اختصارًا لـ(نساء العالم)، منذ سبع سنوات،
across five continents.
في القارات الخمس.
is Somaliland in Africa.
was going to these caves.
كان ذهابي إلى هذه الكهوف.
of the oldest cave paintings in the world.
الأقدم في العالم كله.
round about 9,000 to 11,000 years old.
9,000 إلى 11,000 عام مضى.
ever since it evolved.
when I was a little girl.
عندما كنت صغيرة.
this joyful, youthful figure?
هذا الشكل الممتع و النَّضِر؟
and women who painted these."
ممن رسموا تلك الصور."
absolutely askance, and he said,
it was 11,000 years ago."
11,000عامًا مضى."
that I've seen continuously
comes down through the masculine,
تنزلت من خلال الذكر،
the priest, the rabbi, the holy man.
أم حاخام أم قديس.
resides in the masculine,
تسكن في الذكر،
about who we really are,
من نكون حقيقةً،
the universal story
just talk about women's experiences,
سيتكلمن فقط عن خبراتهن،
only really relevant to women
of whether we're prepared to believe
ما تم تهيئة الكثيرين للتصديق
that women's stories really matter,
حكايات المرأة ذات أهمية،
about two examples of stories
of universal importance:
when they were little --
و (روبي) في الخامسة --
of this little alien
الكائن الفضائي الصغير
really bad scientists
العلماء السيئين جدا
back to his spaceship
have found out, and they're catching up
اكتشفهم الأشرار، و لاحقوهم
and they've got their guns,
it's terribly frightening,
إنه لشيء مخيف جدا،
going to make it.
the bikes fly up in the air,
تطير الدراجات في الهواء،
he's there with them, he's saving E.T.,
لكونه معهم، ينقذ "إي تي،"
and she's crying her eyes out.
Why can't I come?"
لم لا أستطيع الذهاب؟"
so much in E.T.,
if you understand
of what's happened,
for the therapy bills?"
had a word back from him,
of what he intended with E.T.,
لما نواه مع "إي تي،"
and embrace difference."
the idea of girls' difference
إلى فكرة اختلاف الفتيات
about all humanity.
about human goodness;
a lad's heroic adventure.
for universal communication,
through male's eyes.
خلال وجهة نظر ذكورية.
through all our books and our films,
جميع الكتب والأفلام الخاصة بنا،
by a male artist --
that so many of these stories
50 percent of the rights
as a young woman
example of human dilemma
fearful that he won't be able to make it
أنه لن يكون قادرا على النجاح
for his father's murder.
about suicide being an option,
عن كون الانتحار خيارا،
who actually commits suicide, Ophelia,
الذي انتحر فعلا هي (أوفيليا)،
and abused by him,
to the audience about her feelings.
مع الجمهور عن مشاعرها.
he turns on his mum,
انتقل إلى أمه،
to fall in love with his uncle
male dilemma, male struggle.
of human beings,
had two women in it.
matter less than men's.
أهمية عن قصص الرجل.
global recognition.
that belongs to then.
to be a theater director,
directors in Britain," he said, "Jude."
there's Joan Littlewood, who's retired,
و (جوان ليتلوود) المعتزلة،
who's just killed herself.
would you like to be?"
من هؤلاء الثلاثة؟"
the disgusting slur on gay women,
that I wanted to be a director.
أن أصبح مخرجة.
the conductor, and she said,
قائدة الاوركسترا، التي ردت قائلة،
said exactly the same.
الموسيقى نفس الشيء بالضبط.
we've made our mark.
تمكنا من ترك بصمتنا.
of the Paris Conservatoire
great physical strength
said two years ago,
منذ عامين،
immediately if it's written by a woman,
فورا أن من كتبهما امرأة،
because it's not worthy of me."
لأنها مضيعة وقت لي."
their story doesn't matter,
ليس لها أهمية،
to be the storyteller.
that you can't stand in the central space
لا تستطيع أن تقف في الوسط
your goods up to a small, select group.
لمجموعة صغيرة ومختارة.
on smaller stages,
these incredible, prominent spaces
المساحات الهائلة والمهمة
if you're not an artist?
or an entrepreneur or a medic
أو رائد أعمال أو طبيبًا
from the cave paintings,
to tell the human story,
is finally told by men,
to all our institutions,
of incapability of women
عن عدم قدرة المرأة
in Nigeria, in China, in Russia,
نيجيريا و الصين و روسيا،
and women are being told
يُخبَر الفتيات والنساء
of creative inspiration.
الإلهام الإبداعي.
can be a creative genius?
أن تكون عبقرية مبدعة؟
their voices will be made.
to get past this moment
هذه اللحظة الراهنة
that we are unequal,
a different world.
عالما مختلفا هم الفنانون.
women and men,
الرجال والنساء،
and the stamina
she's entitled to her dreams,
بأن لها حق في أحلامها،
on behalf of the whole world,
نيابةً عن العالم كله،
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jude Kelly - Theater director, producerJude Kelly is artistic director of Southbank Centre, Britain’s largest cultural institution.
Why you should listen
Jude Kelly was appointed artistic director of Southbank Centre, Britain's largest cultural institution, in 2006.
She founded Solent People's Theatre and Battersea Arts Centre, and was the founding director of the West Yorkshire Playhouse. In 1997, she was awarded an OBE for her services to theatre, and in 2015 she was made a CBE in the New Year honours for services to the Arts. She has directed over 100 productions from the Royal Shakespeare Company to the Châtalet in Paris.
In 2002, Kelly founded Metal, a platform where artistic hunches can be pursued in community contexts, with bases in Liverpool, Southend-On-Sea and Peterborough. She led the cultural team for the successful London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic bid and then served on the Board of the cultural Olympiad. She is a regular broadcaster and commentator on a range of issues relating to society, art and education.
Kelly created the WOW – Women of the World Festival in 2011. In 2011 she created the WOW: Women of the World Festival, now heading into its 7th year at Southbank Centre as well as in other parts of the UK and in countries all over the world.
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