Jude Kelly: Why women should tell the stories of humanity
Jude Kelly: Por qué las mujeres deberían contar las historias de la humanidad
Jude Kelly is artistic director of Southbank Centre, Britain’s largest cultural institution. Full bio
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to be of universal importance,
son de importancia universal,
to be merely about women?
que son meramente sobre mujeres?
when she was 12.
to become a theater director,
para ser directora teatral,
with the fact that people I'll never meet
gente que nunca conoceré
have progress.
por su progreso.
and obviously you are, too.
obviamente Uds. también.
Women of the World, seven years ago,
Mujeres del Mundo, hace 7 años,
across five continents.
a través de cinco continentes.
is Somaliland in Africa.
es Somalilandia en África.
was going to these caves.
era visitar las cuevas.
of the oldest cave paintings in the world.
pinturas rupestres más antiguas del mundo.
round about 9,000 to 11,000 years old.
9000 y 11 000 años de antigüedad.
ever since it evolved.
desde entonces ha evolucionado.
a nosotros mismos,
when I was a little girl.
yo era niña.
this joyful, youthful figure?
y joven figura?
and women who painted these."
y mujeres que pintaron esto".
absolutely askance, and he said,
it was 11,000 years ago."
cosas así.
Las mujeres no".
that I've seen continuously
que he visto constantemente
comes down through the masculine,
baja en forma masculina,
the priest, the rabbi, the holy man.
el hombre divino.
resides in the masculine,
creativo reside en lo masculino,
about who we really are,
the universal story
la historia universal
just talk about women's experiences,
hablarán de experiencias femeninas,
only really relevant to women
para ellas
para algunos hombres.
of whether we're prepared to believe
si estamos preparados para creer
realmente importan.
that women's stories really matter,
para creerlo,
no importan realmente,
about two examples of stories
de historias
of universal importance:
de importancia universal:
when they were little --
of this little alien
de un pequeño alien
estadounidense
y una hermana,
really bad scientists
malos
back to his spaceship
a su nave espacial
de bicicleta,
have found out, and they're catching up
se enteran y los persiguen
and they've got their guns,
it's terribly frightening,
es aterrador,
going to make it.
no lo lograrán.
the bikes fly up in the air,
las bicicletas vuelan en el aire,
de mis hijos,
he's there with them, he's saving E.T.,
con ellos, salvando a "E.T.",
and she's crying her eyes out.
en un mar de llanto.
Why can't I come?"
a E.T.? ¿Por qué no puedo ir?"
so much in E.T.,
a Steven Spielberg--
if you understand
of what's happened,
de lo ocurrido,
for the therapy bills?"
pagar la cuenta del terapeuta?"
had a word back from him,
ninguna respuesta de él,
of what he intended with E.T.,
sobre lo que pretendía con E.T.,
and embrace difference."
las diferencias".
the idea of girls' difference
la idea de la diferencia femenina
about all humanity.
sobre la humanidad.
about human goodness;
sobre la bondad humana;
a lad's heroic adventure.
una aventura heroica de varones.
for universal communication,
el poder de la comunicación universal,
through male's eyes.
masculina, a través de su visión.
a esto.
through all our books and our films,
todos nuestros libros, filmes,
by a male artist --
escrito por un artista varón,
that so many of these stories
de estas historias
una perspectiva masculina.
50 percent of the rights
tener el 50 % de los derechos
las novelas,
as a young woman
me enseñaron desde joven
example of human dilemma
el dilema humano
fearful that he won't be able to make it
temeroso de no lograr nada
en un mundo de hombres
for his father's murder.
por el asesinato de su padre.
about suicide being an option,
como una opción,
who actually commits suicide, Ophelia,
se suicida, Ophelia,
and abused by him,
por él,
to the audience about her feelings.
de expresar sus sentimientos.
he turns on his mum,
va hacia su madre,
to fall in love with his uncle
de enamorarse del tío
male dilemma, male struggle.
dilemas y luchas masculinas.
of human beings,
sobre los seres humanos,
had two women in it.
dos mujeres en ella.
matter less than men's.
valen menos que las de los hombres.
global recognition.
reconocimiento mundial.
Margaret Artwood,
sobre lavar la vajilla,
disposición genética".
that belongs to then.
a ellos.
to be a theater director,
a toda costa,
directors in Britain," he said, "Jude."
en Gran Bretaña", dijo, "Jude".
there's Joan Littlewood, who's retired,
Joan Littlewood, que se retiró,
who's just killed herself.
simplemente se suicidó.
would you like to be?"
the disgusting slur on gay women,
a las mujeres homosexuales,
that I wanted to be a director.
que quisiera ser directora.
the conductor, and she said,
directora de orquesta, y dijo,
said exactly the same.
me dijo lo mismo.
son directoras de orquesta".
we've made our mark.
hemos dejado huella
ahora será diferente".
of the Paris Conservatoire
del Conservatorio de París
great physical strength
"Significa un gran esfuerzo físico
no saben pintar.
said two years ago,
dijo hace dos años,
immediately if it's written by a woman,
si está escrito por una mujer,
because it's not worthy of me."
their story doesn't matter,
no son importantes,
to be the storyteller.
ser narradoras.
that you can't stand in the central space
puedes ser foco de atención,
your goods up to a small, select group.
a un reducido y selecto grupo.
on smaller stages,
en escenarios más reducidos,
que el de un artista.
these incredible, prominent spaces
espacios increíbles y prominentes
if you're not an artist?
si no eres artista?
or an entrepreneur or a medic
o empresario, o doctor,
en artistas mujeres?
from the cave paintings,
en las pinturas rupestres,
to tell the human story,
cuenten la historia humana,
is finally told by men,
sólo es narrada por varones,
to all our institutions,
en nuestras instituciones,
of incapability of women
sobre la inhabilidad de las mujeres
in Nigeria, in China, in Russia,
en Nigeria, China, Russia,
and women are being told
y a mujeres se les dice
of creative inspiration.
de la inspiración creativa.
can be a creative genius?
pueden ser genios creativos?
sean escuchadas,
their voices will be made.
ellas puedan expresar sus voces.
to get past this moment
that we are unequal,
a different world.
imaginar un mundo diferente.
women and men,
mujeres y hombres,
con igualdad de género.
Hagamos un film.
and the stamina
y el vigor
she's entitled to her dreams,
derecho a tener sueños,
on behalf of the whole world,
en representación de todo el mundo,
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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